# 1988 was amazing **URL:** \ **Category:** Video Games\ **Created:** [May 8, 2018, 4:21pm UTC](https://www.retrogameboards.com/t/1988-was-amazing/791 "2018-05-08T16:21:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![apathetic](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/www.retrogameboards.com/apathetic/32/4119_2.png) [@apathetic](https://www.retrogameboards.com/u/apathetic)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2018, 11:17am UTC](https://www.retrogameboards.com/t/1988-was-amazing/791/21 "2018-05-10T11:17:40Z")
As much as I love the Genesis/Mega Drive it really took a while for it to be worth owning, other then for the feeling of something new. I was pretty young at the time and didn’t notice that untill much later in life when I was going over systems launch/launch window games. ---
**Author:** ![NeoZeedeater](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/www.retrogameboards.com/neozeedeater/32/415_2.png) [@NeoZeedeater](https://www.retrogameboards.com/u/NeoZeedeater)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2018, 2:50pm UTC](https://www.retrogameboards.com/t/1988-was-amazing/791/22 "2018-05-10T14:50:37Z")
> [@Yakumo](#): > > In 1987 I had a Master System which I loved until the Autumn of 1988. What happened then? I got a Sega Mega Drive of course. Oh, so many house playing what are truthfully crappy games for the system. Altered Beast, Osamu (a platformer) Space Harrier 2 which was turd compared to the original and finally Thunder Blade. I may have had a thunder Force 2 as well or did that come out early 1989? Man, even though those games are not stella titles it was like owning a part of the future. Yeah, the Japanese launch window wasn’t great (I still love Space Harrier II, though, despite its flaws) but I would have loved to have the system that early. Did you live in Japan or import it? I wasn’t aware of any places in my area selling Japanese MD imports until 1990. [Previous page](https://www.retrogameboards.com/t/1988-was-amazing/791.md?page=1)