Geekade Top Ten: Sega Master System Games

The Sega Master System is 30 years old. 

30 years ago, the Sega Mark III was released in Japan, so The Stone Age Gamer Podcast’s Dan Ryan and Kris Randazzo decided to rank the best that the console had to offer. Released in North America in 1986, the Sega Master System was a direct competitor to the NES. And while the system was wildly successful in both Europe and Brazil, it ultimately sold fairly poorly in Japan and North America tallying about thirteen million units sold. (Which sounds good, until you realize the NES sold about sixty-two million units…) 

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Geekade Top Ten: Muppets

It’s time to light the lights

From Fraggles to frogs, The Muppets have seen a big resurgence following the smashing success of the 2011 movie starring Jason Segel and Amy Adams. Last year’s Muppets Most Wanted with Ricky Gervais and Tina Fey did admirably as well. Sesame Street was picked up by HBO in a deal that has the potential to get the seminal children’s series a broader audience and higher production values than ever before, and Fraggle Rock’s addition to Hulu has resulted in some big exposure and a brand new audience, leading to a new series based around the Doozers and a new movie supposedly in the works from Joseph Gordon-Levitt.

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