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pbj:
I had to head down to a fancy suburb to pick up my Ozempic.  Weather was horrible on the way there, so figured I'd better kill some time before I drove back.  Since I don't eat anymore and there wasn't enough time for an arcade, I punched "game store" into Google Maps.  Well, heck, like 2 blocks away was a place. 

https://www.player1videogames.com/

At this point, I'm at the "We have video game McDonald's at home" stage of collecting, but there's a few things on my list... and it was cool to see all these games and consoles in person...



And one of the things on my list was a Sega Phaser and Shooting Gallery



I still think it's the most accurate gun and game ever released on a home console.




 :cheers:

bobbyb13:
Quite an assottment of gear at that place.

I never got to play a lot of Sega games as it was and never got to try that gun.
You have to wonder how many were made- and still exist.

pbj:
I lived on the one street in America in Southern California where everyone asked for a SEGA master system for 1987 Christmas.  Ive only ever met two other people elsewhere that had one and they both lived on the east coast.  I suspect it was regionally popular in limited areas. 

“Did you have one of these as a kid?”

“Yep”

“Oh, did your parents buy the wrong system?  That’s usually how it happened.”

“…..no, I asked for it…”

“Really?  Why?”

 :dizzy:

Anyway, it didn’t have near the support of the NES so it was quickly surpassed in game quality, but a few hold their own.  It had the best versions of Double Dragon and Rampage.  Phantasy Star looks incredible.  Shooting Gallery actually tracks where your missed shots hit.

If you have a Genesis, you can already play Master System games off a $20 everdrive clone.

bobbyb13:
Yeah, I was lame because I was broke and only had an old 2600 when everyone else was getting NESs.
By 1987 I was off the map for gaming though because in spite of my awkwardness and acne I was chasing girls because I had a car and a job I guess.
Timing explains why I missed so much with Sega stuff actually.

slickam:
I still have my Master System and Phaser, but I never had Shooting Gallery. I played a lot of Safari Hunt though, and always preferred it to Duck Hunt on my friend's NES.

I only knew one other person in Edmonton with one. Everyone else I knew with a console had a NES.

I never had many games for it, but you're right that Double Dragon was great. I also really liked Space Harrier and Wonder Boy.

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