Monopoly

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For the Sega Mega Drive game, see Monopoly (Mega Drive). For the Sega SC-3000 game, see Monopoly (SC-3000).

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Monopoly
System(s): Sega Master System
Publisher: Sega
Developer:
Licensor: Parker Brothers
Genre: Table

















Number of players: 1-10
Release Date RRP Code
Sega Master System
US
5500
Sega Master System
EU
MK-5500-50
Sega Master System
UK
£24.9524.95[3] MK-5500-50
Sega Master System
SE

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Monopoly is a licensed game based upon the Monopoly board game, and was developed by Nexa and published by Sega for the Sega Master System. Up to 10 players can play in a single game, any of whom can be computer-controlled. The cartridge features a battery back-up RAM, so games can be saved and resumed later.

Another Monopoly game was released for the Mega Drive in 1992, published by Parker Brothers who also manufacture the board game.


History

Development

Monopoly was the first Master System game to be developed in the US in an attempt to capture the mood of the American public, who at this point were greatly favouring Nintendo's rival console, the NES, over Sega and their Master System. All previous games, despite sometimes being localised, were developed by Sega and other companies within Japan, although ironically the project originally started with Chinese developers at the helm.

Development on Monopoly took about six months - three months in Nexa were brought on-board to "save" the project after initial testing was not considered to be up to Sega's standards. It was also released at least twice in the US - initial print runs (identifiable by incorrect use of a capital "P") contained an Easter egg programmed by Kevin Seghetti, which Sega had Nexa remove shortly after launch.

Production credits


Magazine articles

Main article: Monopoly/Magazine articles.

Physical scans

Sega Retro Average 
Publication Score Source
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0 review
Sega Retro Average 
Publication Version Score
ACE (UK)
71
[5]
Complete Guide to Consoles (UK)
69
[6]
Complete Guide to Consoles (UK)
69
[7]
The Complete Guide to Sega (UK) PAL
69
[8]
Computer Action (DK)
75
[9]
Console XS (UK) PAL
79
[10]
The Games Machine (UK)
64
[11]
Mean Machines Sega (UK)
69
[12]
S: The Sega Magazine (UK) PAL
88
[13]
Sega Power (UK) PAL
75
[14]
Sega Pro (UK)
69
[15]
Sega Pro (UK) PAL
79
[16]
Tilt (FR)
55
[17]
Sega Master System
72
Based on
13 reviews

Monopoly

Master System, US
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Cover
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Cart
Monopoly sms us manual.pdf
Manual
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Poster
Master System, EU
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Cover
Master System, EU ("No Limits")
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Cover
Master System, SE

Technical information

ROM dump status

System Hash Size Build Date Source Comments
Sega Master System
CRC32 026d94a4
MD5 f2d360f60acd4ca1e50ab301e20de581
SHA-1 6bad7176011dd4bbd007498d167399daacde173d
128kB Cartridge (EU)
Sega Master System
CRC32 69538469
MD5 b887836983fccb5ec706630cf835939f
SHA-1 8dd7bb4f666f70f7f57687823d0068c9100af8e5
128kB Cartridge (US)
Sega Master System
 ?
CRC32 7e9d87fc
MD5 19e6167c6bad839603240adeda122ac7
SHA-1 68830fb46a010cf2f2d04bdc69e3759f6d42b8de
128kB EPROM cartridge Page
Sega Master System
 ?
CRC32 e0d1049b
MD5 c7b4aa45ded97242b9e20f7a76c6fbd2
SHA-1 6d100d43cddfb761d3560786c26e345873452a4b
128kB EPROM cartridge Page

References


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