Buying Games for Systems You Don't Have (Yet)

[kylethestyle]

Anyone else do this? I came across a giant bin of 2600 games at a thrift store today and bought one game I knew was good: Pitfall. They were all priced $2.99 and I noticed some other popular games like Space Invaders and Ms. Pac Man. Problem is, I don't have an Atari 2600. I told myself when I started collecting that the NES was as old as I would go. Now I'm here buying 2600 games. I also have two original Xbox games and I don't own an Xbox or Xbox 360. Is this this bad? Do I have a problem?! Anyone else do this?

P.S.
I saw Pitfall II in the pile and researched it when I got home and it looks to be a pretty good game. I'm regretting not buying it, but I'm also thinking to myself, "Do I really want a 2600?"

[KMSoulja]

I own like 7 PSP games now and i dont own a playstation portable.
Lol
I used to have one though and i still plan on getting another one.
So as long as you plan on getting one I find it completely acceptable.

[SnesGuy]

Anyone else do this? I came across a giant bin of 2600 games at a thrift store today and bought one game I knew was good: Pitfall. They were all priced $2.99 and I noticed some other popular games like Space Invaders and Ms. Pac Man. Problem is, I don't have an Atari 2600. I told myself when I started collecting that the NES was as old as I would go. Now I'm here buying 2600 games. I also have two original Xbox games and I don't own an Xbox or Xbox 360. Is this this bad? Do I have a problem?! Anyone else do this?

P.S.
I saw Pitfall II in the pile and researched it when I got home and it looks to be a pretty good game. I'm regretting not buying it, but I'm also thinking to myself, "Do I really want a 2600?"

I did the exact same thing lol. I ended up doing the atari flash back 2 mod.

Now I just need a NGPC (have a small stack of games for it )

[sheep2001]

Anyone else do this? I came across a giant bin of 2600 games at a thrift store today and bought one game I knew was good: Pitfall. They were all priced $2.99 and I noticed some other popular games like Space Invaders and Ms. Pac Man. Problem is, I don't have an Atari 2600. I told myself when I started collecting that the NES was as old as I would go. Now I'm here buying 2600 games. I also have two original Xbox games and I don't own an Xbox or Xbox 360. Is this this bad? Do I have a problem?! Anyone else do this?

P.S.
I saw Pitfall II in the pile and researched it when I got home and it looks to be a pretty good game. I'm regretting not buying it, but I'm also thinking to myself, "Do I really want a 2600?"

I did the exact same thing lol. I ended up doing the atari flash back 2 mod.

Now I just need a NGPC (have a small stack of games for it )

Yup,  about 2 years ago  I bought a stack of turbo grafx cd games that were too good a deal  to pass up.  Still don't have any means to play them. Lol

[Mixie]

I have a few SNES and Genesis games but I don't own either system at the moment. I do plan on getting both of them at some point but I'm not sure when xD

[Superchop]

Bought an original xbox game (thinking I could play it on my 360) but then found out it was one of the few xbox games incompatible with the 360 :\

Not wanting to have a game I couldn't play I started looking at xbox's....not long after I found a CL ad that had one for cheap lol

But I would buy games for systems I don't have if I know I wanted to get the system...I'd hate having a game with no way to play it lol

[Blumpkin]

I've been buying Sega CD games even though I don't own the system. I've been waiting to come across one at a good price.

[KMSoulja]

I've been buying Sega CD games even though I don't own the system. I've been waiting to come across one at a good price.

I bought everything for my bare model 1 sega cd that was supposed to work but didn't, so i returned it to the buyer. I still have all that stuff (joining plate with screw, mixing cable, Retro game cave 3in1 power adapter & I even own a Mega Everdrive that also acts as a Backup Ram cart) but no sega cd

Eventually I'll get one though.

[Mick Dundee]

I dont have a TG16 or Gamegear, but own Kieth Courage, Shining Force: tSoH and Defenders of Oasis.

 I primarily collect RPGs. If I see them cheap enough I grab em.

[larryinc64]

I found a NES game at a dump (Tecmo Bowl) and I took it, I did not own a NES
I got a N64 controller at a tag sale, no N64
I found Genesis, NES and SNES CIB games at a old video store for cheep (Battletoads In Battlemaniacs, Pro Wrestling, Sonic 2, Gods, Lagoon, and some others), Did not have those
Found 2 Dreamcast games at tag sales (Generator and Soul Calaber) No DC
Got a Saturn game at Goodwill (Dragonforce), No Saturn
I have Rockband 1 & 2, The Beatles Rockband instruments, and soon Tales of Xsomething for PS3, No PS3 currently.
I bought a Famicom game off eBay (Chalenger), No Famicom currently.
I own many manuals and boxes to games I do not own.

You can see some of the stuff on display in old collection pics.
http://www.thecoverproject.net/forums/index.php?topic=11412.0

[scarmullet]

I only do it when I know I'll be picking up the system...although I have a box of Odyssey 2 games and do not currently own one. I did at one point buy Sega CD games when I didn't have a system because well...I could just use an emulator till I got the system, same with 3DO.

[e_brugal]

Well, i have some PS2 games but i don't own one, planing on buying one in a future

[Zalovar]

I've done that quite a bit and have eventually acquired most of the systems that I wanted....with the exception of the Sega CD...found a bunch of games that were in really good shape at a local thrift store for like $2.00 a pop so couldn't pass that up.  Still waiting on finding a good deal on a working Sega CD. 

[venkman00]

I haven't bought any, but I have received games from people who don't want some of their Wii games anymore. Now that the Wii mini is out, I might actually buy it and get to play them.

[Seraph Man]

I owned Mega Man 1-6 before I got my NES

I own Mega Man for the Game Gear and Mega Man X7 and X8 for the PS2, and own neither systems.

I plan to get Mega Man: The Wily Wars reproduction cart for the Genesis, as well as Mega Man 64 for the Nintendo 64, despite not having either console, and I was planning to get Mega Man: Powered Up and Maverick Hunter X for the PSP without actually buying a PSP (by chance I ended up getting 3 PSPs for free, and managed to get one of them to work, so now I have a working PSP with no games).

The only reason I have them is because of my Mega Man Collection. I have no plans of ever getting a Game Gear, and I've been on the fence about a PS2 for a long time (not so much on "is PS2 good?" but rather "is it worth it to try and hunt down the quality PS2 games now?") and even if I decide I want it, I won't be making any purchases anytime soon (being broke sucks).