Folks, we might be kicking off 2023 with some potentially bad news - The Master System Evolution has finally disappeared from TecToy’s website.
I hope the console is only temporarily out of stock following the Christmas period, but I have a feeling we won’t ever see the console be restocked again.
If I’m right, 2023 could mark the end of an era and (possibly?) the first year since 1985 that a brand new Master System / Mark III cannot be purchased anywhere in the world.
Could this be the potential fallout caused by SEGA severing its ties with AtGames back in 2018? TecToy clearly still has a relationship with the company (you can see a recent Atari Flashback and their Legends Core console for sale on their website), but since the company lost the rights to manufacture SMS/GG/MD clone consoles for the rest of the world, this presumably either extended to the Brazilian market as well, or made producing such clones commercially unprofitable. It’s also equally possible the console is no longer selling very well for TecToy.
AtGames have made some woeful Mega Drive clones over the years, but for what it’s worth I think their SMS/GG products were usually half way decent. I don’t see a reason why SEGA couldn’t have allowed AtGames to continue producing their SMS/GG related consoles. We know there’s never going to be a Master System mini and it’s not like they’re doing anything else significant with the Master System back catalogue.
In any case, I don’t see any other way TecToy could continue to produce the console without the help of AtGames or a similar supplier. Truth be told, with so many cheap Raspberry Pi like consoles running emulators available on the grey market, the days of the dedicated hardware clone have been coming to an end for a long time. This day was probably going to come sooner rather than later.
So I guess that’s it. I’m calling it. After a remarkable 37 years, the Master System is now a dead console.
Com ele você podia jogar online com seus amigos no Mega Drive, mas apenas uma pequena lista de jogos era compatível, Mortal Kombat II, Mortal Kombat 3, Super Street Fighter II, FIFA Soccer 95 e NBA JAM.
Originalmente lançado como X-Band nos Estados Unidos, a Tec Toy nos presenteou com sua versão nacional que levou o nome de Mega Net 2. Lembrando que a Tec Toy já havia lançado o Mega Net 1 que permitia o envio e recebimento de e-mails, fax e recebimento de notícias online da Tec Toy e Editora Abril.
This ended up being only 5 generations long because... there's only so much you can accomplish exclusively underground... but I left it open ended in case anyone has any ideas! If you take on this challenge please use #VaultTecChallenge so I can see!
EDIT: Ok... so a lot of people like this idea! So, I expanded it. Full 10 Gen version here. 👽
Relevant Mods, CC and Downloads below the cut!
-MODS-
You need some kind of homeschool mod. The one I found was:
Better Schools: Online Schooling by KawaiiStacie
A mod that allows your children to attend school via computer.
-BUILDS-
If you don't want to build your own vault, there are some vaults on the gallery that could easily be gently modified for this challenge. I looked up some builds, but I'm sure there are many more out there. If you build a vault and upload it to the gallery, tag it with #VaultTecChallenge so others doing the challenge can find it!
>> Vault 148 by ChillyAcademic - This is by far the most detailed and realistic vault I have found on the gallery thus far.
>> Fallout Shelter 14A by Hero_E92 - A really good-sized vault that probably doesn't need a ton of adjustment.
>> Bunker by Mariedcause - A really great build that could work for this challenge very quickly.
>> User RistoTCT has a set of modular vault rooms built along with a base lot to attach them to. Check their gallery to see them all.
>> Fallout Bunker by erinmeakin - This is a large vault that would likely need some adjustment, but many facilities are already done for you.
-CC-
There is a TON of Fallout cc out there to make your gameplay more true to the source material. I will try to list a lot here just to get you started. 👽
Hancock Sim by @remussims
Kitchen of Tomorrow by @surely-sims
House of Yesterday by @surely-sims
Vault-Suits by @wastelandwhisperer
Fallout Billboards by @wastelandwhisperer
Nuka-Cola Jumpsuits by @wastelandwhisperer
Fallout 4 Chems by @llazyneiph
Fallout Toys by @llazyneiph
Fallout Playground by @avunde
Vault Bedroom Set by @avunde
Fallout 3 TV by @avunde
Fallout Diner Set by @avunde
Motorcycle and Eyebot by @avunde
Fallout Walls Floors and Terrain by @avunde
Fallout Mini Fan Pack by @litttlecakes
Nuka Cola Shirt by SuperNerdyLove (TSR)
Port-A-Diner Buffet Table by @biguglyhag (simsworkshop)
Fallout 3 Jukebox by @biguglyhag (simsworkshop)
Synth Eyes by @gen-sim
The Fallout Collection by Cheoola (TSR)
Vault Suits and Pip-Boy 3000 by @plazasims
Fallout 4 Computers by @veranka-s4cc
Radio by @veranka-s4cc
Nuka-Girl Posters by Hannahgaskarth (TSR)
Vault-Tec Table Lamp by Hannahgaskarth (TSR)
Vault-Tec Welcome Mat by Hannahgaskarth (TSR)
Vault-Tec Shorts (female) by Hannahgaskarth (TSR)
Tiny Living Vault Tec Lamp by Hannahgaskarth (TSR)
Tunnel Snakes Jacket by Hamfluff13 (TSR)
Fallout Cola Art by @georgies-porgies
Containing prompts for companions, characters and npcs from Fallout 3, Fallout New Vegas, and Fallout 4.
If you’re new here, welcome! If not, welcome back, lovelies! Here is the official list of my prompts for Kinktober 2023!!!
It will be updated and linked with each post, so keep checking back as we go to see if you missed anything at all! And please be patient with me, I’ve done quite a bit of prep work, so hopefully I can get all the days I have planned (28 of them, with one break day every 10-ish days) out on time, but if I fall behind just pretend you didn’t notice pls 😅
Please, if you’re underage DO NOT interact with this post or the links below, as it is all fraught with sinful explicit situations! Mentions of NSFW and explicit NSFW in links below the cut!
Be safe all, and I hope you enjoy!
Oh, and here is the Official 2023 Kinktober List, which I tried to follow as best as I could this year!
I have a theory about the motorboat Dick steals during Prodigal in Batman #512.
You know. This boat.
The one that’s very specifically a WayneTech boat.
I think Dick just…never gives it back afterwards. And calls it his.
Why? Because I can’t work out WHY else Dick very specifically owns a boat but not a car at the start of the Nightwing ongoing.
Here Dick is during Legacy in ‘Tec #701. You can see he’s just claiming he owns this boat as “I figured we’d need one someday”.
I note it’s now silver, not red, but I think “artist mistake” or “it was repainted” is a better reason for the colour change than “Dick bought a completely separate boat”.
Why? Because immediately after this, Dick moves to Blüdhaven, and spends a LOT of plot time going on about being his own man and paying his own way independently. And his finances are quite tight.
How tight? Well Dick can’t afford a car, according to Nightwing #13.
Dick, bless his heart, is living in a shitty apartment and financing it by working as a bartender in a cop bar. What money he has is tied up in Haly’s Circus.
So Bruce, on finding this out, hands over Dick’s trust fund. You know, the one that Bruce hasn’t mentioned before and is definitely from investments started by the Graysons and not substantially added to from the Wayne fortune, oh no.
(And then Dick uses part of the money to build his amazing ridiculous modular disguise car like the nerd he is, and buys his building)
But this is the thing, right? Dick couldn’t ‘afford’ a car before this, but he has a motorboat just on the off chance it’s useful??
Nah. Dick ‘borrowed’ that boat and never bothered to give it back. Thanks for the toy, Dad.
Date: November 1996
Platform: Game Gear / Sega Master System / Nintendo 3DS eShop
Developer: Aspect Co. Ltd.
Publisher: Tec Toy Indústria de Brinquedos S.A. / Sega / SEGA of America, Inc.
Genre: Platformer
Theme: Fantasy
Franchises: Sonic the Hedgehog
Also known as: G Sonic
Type: Appropriation
Summary:
Sonic Blast (known in Japan as G Sonic) is a 2D side-scrolling platformer developed by Aspect and published by Sega for the Sega Game Gear in November 1996. It was later released for the Sega Master System in South America by Tec Toy in December 1997.
The fifth and final 8-bit platformer to feature Sonic the Hedgehog, Sonic Blast features both the titular hedgehog and Knuckles the Echidna as playable characters and pre-rendered 3D graphics (similar to Sonic 3D Blast).
The GG version was included as a hidden mini-game in the 2003 game Sonic Adventure DX: Director's Cut, in the 2004 compilation Sonic Mega Collection Plus, and in the 2005 compilation Sonic Gems Collection (as a limited "demo"). It digitally re-released for the Nintendo 3DS (via Virtual Console) on April 2012 (in Japan), June 2012 (in Europe), and June 2013 (in North America).
I finally got around to decorating Willow's camp for the holidays. Pic above is his temporary tent down near the Watoga train station. It's got the tree, presents, red and green bedroll, wreath and colored lights, very cozy.
And then it was off to the Bunker, which is not the same location as the Clothes Horse. The Clothes Horse is near the Whitespring. The Bunker is built against a hillside and has more of a log cabin theme.
I spent the money on the Weather Controller (Snow). (There's another one that makes it lovely nice weather all the time.) I saw ForgeTec's review of it, and then found a camp with the snow controller, and man, it really does give a good winter feel to the camp and a short distance around it. The snow doesn't pile up or stick, but everything looks overcast and snowy and it really makes it feel a lot more like winter.
The front door: twinkling Christmas lights and a rather dirty snowman.
Over by the craft door: a white molded tree with a little model train going around the base.
Upstairs: Three trees! Two are aluminum Christmas trees, in yellow and pink. In the back is a rather solid, possibly metal, molded tree shape. I bought those aluminum trees on the 2nd time they appeared in the atom shop, because I couldn't get them the first time and I wanted them so bad.
Downstairs: a burlap-wrapped Charlie Brown style tree. There are flairs decorating it like ornaments (including a gold toy grenade, a 3 ball from a pool table, a little Vault Boy, etc). Toys for Tots type stuff under the tree since no kids live here, but it's fun to decorate. And a couple color wheels, originally for the aluminum trees, but they're fun anywhere.
And the stockings! The Bunker cabin doesn't have a fireplace, so these are nailed to the wall. There's a Vault Tec one for Willow, a Nuka Cola one for Beckett, and a Slocum's Joe Donut Shop one for Sage in case he shows up.
Release: October 3rd, 1989 | GGF: Action, Platformer, Puzzle | Developer(s): Brøderbund Software, Inc., Arsys Software, Inc. | Publisher(s): Brøderbund Software, Inc., Softgold Computerspiele GmbH, Revelation Software, Domark Software Ltd., Riverhill Soft Inc., Ocean Software Ltd., Virgin Games, Inc., NCS Corporation, Victor Musical Industries, Inc., Turbo Technologies, Inc., Konami Industry Co., Ltd., Tengen Inc., Mindscape International Ltd., Tec Toy Indústria de Brinquedos S.A., Red Orb Entertainment, Ubisoft Entertainment SA | Platform(s): Apple II (1989), Amiga (1990), Amstrad CPC (1990), Atari ST (1990), DOS (1990), PC-98 (1990), SAM Coupe (1990), Sharp X86000 (1991), TurboGrafx CD (1991), FM Towns (1992), Game Boy (1992), Game Gear (1992), Macintosh (1992), NES (1992), SEGA CD (1992), SEGA Master System (1992), SNES (1992), Genesis (1993), Game Boy Color (1999), Mobile (2007), Xbox 360 (2007), PlayStation 3 (2008), BlackBerry (2009), iPad (2010), iPhone (2010), Android (2012), Nintendo 3DS (2012), Wii (2012)
Croissant is an only child, not sure how she grew up exactly, probably relatively normal, she loves her parents but they live far away so they don’t really know everything she’s got going on right now.
She got muscle and is a short queen! Also asexual biromantic
She really likes sandwiches, probably has certain sandwiches for different days of the week, just to spice things up.
When croissant is nervous about something or thinking a lot she tinkers, one time she got into an anxiety spiral and next time someone checked up on her she had built several new prototypes for useless machines (not worthless, but the useless machine type, you know the box)
Did I mention this girl has anxiety because she does! She builds stuff when she’s anxious because nervous work is better than sitting with the thoughts and overthinking everything.
Her friends are happy to listen to her worries and reassure her.
Though she hasn’t told hero or sandwich about the time travel stuff because she’s worried it’d hurt them.
She has a whole arc about eventually taking to them about the time travel and it works out great I promise.
She fucking loves overalls. She’s got a few pairs in her closet.
And tank tops and baggy pants. They’re comfy.
She has a complex about being as little like timekeeper as possible, even when she’s been reassured by timekeeper themselves that she’s no longer on a path to be anything like them, she gets nervous about it.
Sometimes there’s a brief glimpse in a mirror and she swears her eyes looked like spirals for a moment, or the light makes her hair look a shade too gold in the light.
She should probably see a therapist about it.
She got recruited by the tbd when she built a timecraft, how she got her hands on time travel tec is a mystery, it’s baffled everyone. Croissant thought for a solid hour she invented time travel but no, she didn’t.
Making time travel tec without prior knowledge of the rift was still fucking impressive though!
Croissant has a nervous tick where she flips/fidgets with whatever’s in her hand, holding her wrench? She’s gonna spin it a bit, holding papers? She’s gonna crease the edges a bit, holding a pen? Chew on it or click it. She’d probably love stim toys, wouldn’t be surprised if she has a few at home.
She has an appartment with a dedicated workroom, but her workplace at the tbd is like a second home.
One of the menders put a hammock in there for her and she uses it a lot.
Croissant is kind hearted and cares so much for people, she puts their needs over her own most of the time. She tends to also struggle with accepting good things being done for her. She’s working on it though.
She and timekeeper have a ‘cover’ where they say their sisters. I mean it’s not wrong, though it wasn’t her idea she just went “yep, sure, that’s my chaotic time god sibling haha”
Idk what else to say here my girl is so kind and soft and is full of anxiety and problems and issues I love her she just like me frfr