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    Default Ever Get a Game Before the System to Play It?

    MarkM2112's response in another thread got me to thinking about this.
    While collecting games, did you ever get a game before you got the game system that you needed to play it on?

    I've done this several times myself. Back when I had a stack of NES games for trade, I sent some in to BRE (I think) who had a deal that if you bought some number of games, you could get your choice from a list of games free. I sent in my games and bought some others for the NES and picked out Galaga '90 for the TurboGrafx. I didn't own the system at that time and it wasn't until 3 years later tht I found one at a garage sale.

    Another time, I found a copy of R-Type for the GameBoy on the road while riding my bicycle through town. Sure enough, a couple of years later, I was the owner of a GameBoy.

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    i have a bunch of psx games and still no psx yet. i also had some O2, intellivision, and c64 games, but i never wanted to get the systems i just put them in my trade pile.

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    I have a significant stack of TG-16 HuCards... maybe 20 games or so, including some good titles like Blazing Lazers and Ordyne, but no system. I found one at a thrift only once, but it was $50 so I passed. All my TG16 games are thrift finds.

    Someday I will break down and purchase a console off the 'Net, but I'm dragging my heels on it because if I DO manage to find one "in the wild," the find will be that much more exciting.
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    Well, because of my past life as a videogame columnist (already a year ago, :-( ), I got several games I got to keep, including games for the PS2 and the Xbox. I don't own a PS2 yet (I had one on loan from Sony for 6 months) and don't intend to get an Xbox. Still, I'd hate to get rid of my copy of Jet Set Radio Future, which I really like (but it's not enough to get me to buy an Xbox). Oh, and I also have some PC games (I have a Mac), none of which that's directly compatible with a Mac (and I sure can't afford buying a copy of VirtualPC for games that may be too taxing on my Mac anyway).

    So, what did I do with these extra games? Some ended up at my aunt's house (my 18-year-old cousin is a gamer), while others ended up at EB, paying off for some nice games (including Metroid Prime and Metroid Fusion). And I will get a PS2 when I can afford to buy one.

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    Yep, I got Arcadia 2001/LeisureVision, C64 and 8 bit Atari carts. No machines.

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    Yup...started buying XBox games before I got my XBox. That's the first system I've done that for tho.
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    I have some games that that I can't even find the systems to play them on! I have a Bandai @mark game and some Samsung Gamboy carts but no system to play those on either.

    I also have some systems with no games, my Arcadia 2001 and the RCA studio II. Though I am not in too much of a hurry to pick up any of those...

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    I'm currently collecting GBA games but don't own a GBA. I'm waiting until March
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    I assume you mean new games and not used games (you can't pass up a used game just cause you don't have or know what system it is for) so I picked up Rayman for the PSX the day before the PSX came out. I had heard rumors that the sytems where in the stores and you could pick up your pre-order. The rumor was half true, they had the systems, but I didn't have enough money to bribe the guy that worked there. I picked up Rayman and read the manual that night.
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    I bought most all 32x games long before I got a 32x...and then only because it was really cheap...

    The games were $2 on clearance, and all the ROMs on the internet were bad dumps, so I couldn't resist the challenge...

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    I have two import TurboCD games, and no Duo with which to play them. Feel free to donate one.

    I also have a copy of Super Street Fighter II Turbo for the 3DO. I bought it at Wal-Mart for a buck, and I've never found a system to play it on.

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    I've got some 32x cd games, while I don't have a sega cd. I'm not really interested in playing them either, but I am interested in owning them.

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    I bought Command and Conquer Red Alert for the PC a couple months before I got my computer. I read that book so many times waiting for the chance to play the game... but I had to learn how to install it first... since it was my first computer.

    As for used games. I'll pick up any game if the price is right... but as of right now I have about 10 genesis games and no console... $30 at the pawn shop for the console... I'll wait until the summer and pick one up for 5 at a garage sale...
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    I own a couple of Atari 2600 games, but I don't really plan on getting a system (it was before my time).

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    I've got two of the Zelda games for CDI, yet no CDI still

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    Yes I have a Sega Master System Games, Playstation, Atari 7800, and some others yet no systems.

    On a related note, I plan on buying Zelda: Wind Waker, yet I have no Gamecube. I just wanna get that cool promo disc just to have it.

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    Quote Originally Posted by BHvrd
    On a related note, I plan on buying Zelda: Wind Waker, yet I have no Gamecube. I just wanna get that cool promo disc just to have it.
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    i did both. picked up a cheap Saturn game at goodwill, and got a pico with no games there too.
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    I told them I sold it for money to buy video games.

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    I own 3 PS2 games, but no PS2. Likewise, I have 3 Arcadia 2001/Leisure Vision games but no system, and a couple of Vic-20 games but no computer.

    I only bought the arcadia and vic-20 games because I wanted to buy something (the addiction, ya know), while I actually bought the PS2 games with the intention of playing them once I get my PS2.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Kaine23
    Quote Originally Posted by BHvrd
    On a related note, I plan on buying Zelda: Wind Waker, yet I have no Gamecube. I just wanna get that cool promo disc just to have it.
    You and me both!
    don't forget you have to pre-order it to get the bonus disc.

    i also have a small box full of extra controllers/accessories that i've accumulated for systems that i don't own.

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