SG-1000 Did you know Sega's first console had an RPG?

[Eclipse14]

It's true! Beats out even Miracle Warriors on the Master System by roughly 6 months (Phantasy Star was shortly after).
I made this to talk about it, which if anything gave me a chance to talk about this system. It also has connections to my previous video, which you can find here.

Welp, here you go. Apologies if it sounds a little rougher than my usual work.

 

[Stingy Perry Stingy Perry]

I didn’t even know about SEGA’s other earliest consoles besides the Master System.

 

[Waffles's iconWaffles]

I did... NOT.

Cool!

 

[Morgana Veil]

Emulated a few SG1000 games like Dragon Wang (don't laugh I didn't name it) Sega Ninja, Girl's Garden (even for what it's on it's a bad game) and Gulkave (a fun side-scrolling shoot 'em up) Never really tickled my fancy game-wise, but eh it's always fun to see a company's roots, like Nintendo's Game & Watch line

 

[Firenoh]

I feel like if the Black Onyx was my first introduction to RPGs, I wouldn't want to play one ever again. Thank god dungeon like this has gone the way of the dodo. Excellent video, Eclipse.

 

[Tortuga]

Yeah Black Onyx i heard about it
It was also pretty faithful port from original pc88, very impressive considering SG 1000 hardware

 

[Nelson2001 Nelson2001]

I played this game once and it's not bad but I didn't know what to do because the game system is a WRPG but it is understood by that and also that this game was the last official game of the SG-1000 in Japan.

 

[prnzoDraGoonZweiOrta]

the 1st-person dungeon exploration is a nightmare on this but thank fuck Phantasy Star refined it. I feel PS4 should've given it a 16-bit GPU shot. I'm sure it was tried for PS II but didn't work n was deemed too clunky.

I think FDS has this game n its sequel? either that or Black Onyx is not the only game with choppy nightmare 'Hunt-the-Wumpus' labyrinth bullshit around that time

 

[Moloch]

It would be cool if someone would translate the Game Boy Color port of this game.

 

[bjork]

SG 1000 also has a pretty great versionf of H.E.R.O. and a slightly impossible Golgo 13 game that I still like anyway.

 

[ThatOneLum]

I might have to try this one out. The Master System always struck me as the perfect system for 8-bit RPGs, and lately I've been on a run of trying some of them out.

I had a chance to get my hands on an SG-1000 a few years ago that sadly fell through, but I've always been interested by SEGAs earlier systems pre-master system, but trying to actually get a chance to try any of them out is pretty rare outside of retro game conventions when sometimes you'll see a display model or one set up in those gaming areas they sometimes have.

This game sounds like it's interesting, despite what a lot of people are saying about the 1st person dungeon crawling. If I can make it through Akalabeth I feel like I should at least be able to give Black Onyx a run for its money.

 

[miles]

Cool! I had no idea.

 

[Eclipse14]

Emulated a few SG1000 games like Dragon Wang (don't laugh I didn't name it) Sega Ninja, Girl's Garden (even for what it's on it's a bad game) and Gulkave (a fun side-scrolling shoot 'em up) Never really tickled my fancy game-wise, but eh it's always fun to see a company's roots, like Nintendo's Game & Watch line

Well, I do usually say that almost every system has something for it, and all one has to do is take a dive to see what you find. If it doesn't work out, what can you do?
Gulkave is pretty awesome, though.

I think FDS has this game n its sequel? either that or Black Onyx is not the only game with choppy nightmare 'Hunt-the-Wumpus' labyrinth bullshit around that time

The original Famicom had a completely reprogrammed version known as "Super Black Onyx". The Fire Crystal would not get on any home console (mainly because it's an expansion pack, in essence).

 

[prnzoDraGoonZweiOrta]

I might have to try this one out. The Master System always struck me as the perfect system for 8-bit RPGs, and lately I've been on a run of trying some of them out.

I had a chance to get my hands on an SG-1000 a few years ago that sadly fell through, but I've always been interested by SEGAs earlier systems pre-master system, but trying to actually get a chance to try any of them out is pretty rare outside of retro game conventions when sometimes you'll see a display model or one set up in those gaming areas they sometimes have.

This game sounds like it's interesting, despite what a lot of people are saying about the 1st person dungeon crawling. If I can make it through Akalabeth I feel like I should at least be able to give Black Onyx a run for its money.

there's actually not many, unless you count Game Gear or OW-Action like Golden Axe ZeL... I mean Warrior

 

[ThatOneLum]

there's actually not many, unless you count Game Gear or OW-Action like Golden Axe ZeL... I mean Warrior

The main ones in familiar with are:

Ultima 4
Phantasy Star
Ys: The Vanished Omens

I know golden axe warrior is also sort of an RPG but its more action oriented as you say.

I want to put more RPGs on SmS tbh lmao

 

[prnzoDraGoonZweiOrta]

The main ones in familiar with are:

Ultima 4
Phantasy Star
Ys: The Vanished Omens

I know golden axe warrior is also sort of an RPG but its more action oriented as you say.

I want to put more RPGs on SmS tbh lmao

Spellcaster has RPG elements but yea action not RPG or JRPG... other games like WB/Monster World series n Lord of the Sword n even Anmitsu Hime/Alex Kidd: High Tech World have quest elements... or go around checkin rooms with High School! Kimengumi lol... as far as OW-Action I'd take Golvellius: Valley of Doom (my fav SMS game so ofc... love Compile) over Golden Axe Warrior any day

Game Gear has a Lunar n Defenders of Oasis n I think a Madou Monogatari is translated... then there's that game where you go around through a forest in the dark scrolling like Gauntlet lol... or Phantasy Star Gaiden or the 1st person adv of Phantasy Star Adventure (unless I have the 2 mixed up? ughh lol) - Ax Battler is a JRPG Golden Axe n had more fun with it than Warrior

I'm sure I'm forgettin a small few but you get the gist... n I agree I think both Master System n GenMD should've gotten a LOT more RPGs... I'm goin back to my childhood in the 80's to start a protest xD