Yet another Sonic Master System game is headed to the Virtual Console, this time in Australia. The OFLC has rated Sonic Chaos for Wii. It’s unlikely that Australia would get a Sonic game that North America wouldn’t, right? Well, let’s see. Sonic Chaos was never released for the Master System in North America, just for Game Gear. This would technically be an import game if it was released in North America.

Of course, there are several Sonic collections available that feature the Game Gear version anyway. There are always options.

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There’s just a single game available today on the Virtual Console, and it’s Space Harrier for the Sega Master System. As much of a Sega loyalist as I was during the pre-Ocarina of Time years, the only Sega system I ever owned as a kid was a Game Gear for which I only owned Sonic games (and The Lion King), so there’s not much I can tell you about this game or others that didn’t involve any sort of blue hedgehog.

Then again, this game was released on consoles from pretty much significant manufacturer, from Nintendo to Hudson, Microsoft to Sony, and even Atari and Commodore. I’ve not played those versions either, so you’ll have to decide for yourselves how the game is. Unless all of you want us to bring back the “Yay or Nay” feature where we’ll have someone play and review them all…do you?

• Space Harrier (Sega Master System, 500 Wii Points)

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