Am I tripping? Or was the Sega Master System very elusive when it was current?

[ThatOneLum ThatOneLum]

They were pretty common around me even growing up in the 90s.

Early on in the decade the MegaDrive was the more popular system but a bunch of people still kept their older master systems because the games were way cheaper and more plentiful.

I think it highly depends on your country. SEGA had no where near the market dominance in most of the world, especially in the 80s, so they can be pretty rare in some places.

By the same token I was already basically an adult by the time I saw my first NES and almost no-one I knew had a SNES or N64 either. weird regional variations.

 

[ThunderBoy]

Here in Spain, the Master System was quite popular.
Perhaps on the same level as the NES.

As for Master System models, the one most commonly seen here was Model 2. I hardly saw Model 1.

 

[TinRattler]

I knew more people with the SMS than NES growing up.

 

[xii7]

The Master System was just as, if not more popular than the NES in Australia.

 

[Ad Infinitum]

Yea, I never saw one. But I did know a kid with an Atari Jaguar.

 

[Danieru-Emanyueru]

Yea, I never saw one. But I did know a kid with an Atari Jaguar.

Hey you have the picture that used to have here anti, are you anti? Are you back ???