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

[Dreamcast99]

Picked up Tetris for a Philips CDI, after 4 years I think I give up on hoping to find one on a Goodwill run.
If you have a modded xbox it plays TG16CD and sega cd games very well (and imo has a better controller, mainly due to cord length)

[palmer6strings]

It's pretty rare that I find games for systems I do t have, so I don't really have that problem. If I actually do come across a game for a system I don't have, I usually pick it up then get the system later.

[kaysow]

2600 was before my time but i'd like to get vader one sometime and a couple carts. and i do own dreamcast games with nothing to play them on, but generally i'll try to avoid that sort of situation since you can't confirm the used stuff you just bought actually works. only got a few snes, 3ds and vita games before picking the machines up.

[AxelSteelBMX]

I usually make it a point to avoid buying games for system I don't yet own. There have been a couple of exceptions here or there, but that's generally my rule. This rule mostly only applies to newer-gen systems, as I have all the older systems I want at this point. But I've missed out on good deals in the past simply because I couldn't justify the purchase without a system to play it on.

[amarthar]

I've done this once. Street Fighter Alpha 3 for PS1. I never owned a PS1 or any other Sony console. But I did play the game. Around that time I also discovered emulation, so I played the crap out of it on PC.

Right now I'm also considering buying Persona 3 Portable and Persona 4. I've played them in the past and I think those are the best JRPGs out there. If only P3P had the expansion that P3FES has that would be THE best version of the game.

[JDavis]

I've considered buying some Turbografx/PC-Engine CD games since they can be played on emulators.

But the only games I've actually bought without owning the system were a few 3rd party Wii games that Walmart stocked the week leading up to the Wii's release. Almost didn't get the Wii launch night and most of those games turned out not to be very good (as is often the case with launch titles), so I've avoided repeating that mistake.

[Kriegspire]

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

This.

Picked up Kingdom Hearts for 5 euros and a few other games for 1-5 euros a piece, all decent titles.
Never owned a PS2 though. Might try and get a hold of a backwards compatible PS3 just for that.

[RealPlumpBox]

yes, I have a bunch of CAVE shmups for JP XBOX 360.

[J. Stamos]

 I will buy games for systems I don't have if the game part of a franchise I am a fan of or as a collector item. For example I reciently bought Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and Jaws for NES even though I don't have a NES but because I am a fan both franchises.