Konami Game Master

The Game Master (コナミのゲームを10倍楽しむカートリッジ, Konami no Gēmu o Jū-bai Tanoshimu Kātorijji, lit. "The Cartridge that Allows Konami Games To Be Enjoyed Ten Times More", commonly abbreviated the Jūbai Cartridge) is a cheat cartridge designed for Konami's MSX games that was released on December 12, 1985. It allows player to start at different stages, adjust the number of lives, save the game's progress and high scores, make screen dumps, and play in slow motion, as well as other uses.

An updated model called the Game Master II (コナミの新１０倍カートリッジ, Konami no Shin Jū-bai Kātoriji, lit. "Konami's New Tenfold Enjoyment Cartridge", commonly abbreviated the Shin Jūbai Cartridge) was released on February 18, 1988. This new versions adds support for MSX2 games and features SRAM that could save data from compatible games.

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Gamemaster

A gamemaster (GM; also known as game master, game manager, game moderator or referee) is a person who acts as an organizer, officiant for questions regarding rules, arbitrator, and moderator for a multiplayer role-playing game. They are most common in co-operative games in which players work together and are less common in competitive games in which players oppose each other. The act performed by a gamemaster is sometimes referred to as "Gamemastering" or simply "GM'ing".

The role of a gamemaster in a traditional role-playing game is to weave the other participants' player-character stories together, control the non-player aspects of the game, create environments in which the players can interact, and solve any player disputes. The basic role of the gamemaster is the same in almost all traditional role-playing games, although differing rule sets make the specific duties of the gamemaster unique to that system.

The role of a gamemaster in an online game is to enforce the game's rules and provide general customer service. Also, unlike gamemasters in traditional role-playing games, gamemasters for online games in some cases are paid employees.

Game Master (console)

The Game Master is a handheld game console designed to compete with the Nintendo Game Boy. In Germany it was marketed by Hartung, while in the UK it was released as the Systema 2000 by already well established maker of cheap LCD games Systema. It was also sold under alternate names in other countries, including Super Game and Game Tronic. The Game Master has a 64 x 64 monochrome LCD screen capable of displaying graphics on par with the Atari 2600.

The design was much like the Sega Game Gear with a D-Pad and 2 action buttons, although another variation, the Game Plus, features a more Game Boy-like design. The cartridges resemble those used by the Watara Supervision, with the card edge of the cartridge jutted out past the plastic of the cartridge. The Game Master utilizes a 40-pin cartridge port like the Supervision but is not compatible with Supervision games.

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