Ever Get a Game Before the System to Play It?

[grolt]

Bought a Virtua Fighter 32X when they were clearing out in Wal-Mart for $1.99 in 1996. Eleven years later I finally got a system. Good port, better than the Saturn version.

[SpaceHarrier]

Picked up Panzer Dragoon Orta, Doom 3 and I think DOA 3 a couple weeks before I bought an Xbox, about 1 1/2 years ago..

[SegaAges]

I got trickstyle on 9/9/99.

Since my birthday is 10/8, may parents actually got me a system from 9/9/99, but I didn't have it yet, so I did buy Trickstyle for DC before I had a DC

[MrSparkle]

Kind of the opposite here but when i first got my n64 i didnt have a game for it for awhile. I remember being so excited to have it anyway that i would just play with the controller imagining how much it would rock when i finally got a game for it lol.

[The 1 2 P]

Yes...

[Mayhem]

Gotta bunch of 5200 games (mostly homebrew) and still no console to play them on yet...

[Gamebrain]

I actually found a couple of 3do games a long time ago (i think around 1996 or so) before actually getting a 3DO off of ebay in 2004.

SF 2 Turbo (great port), Samurai showdown, and DOOM (yuck, worst console port hands down)

[allyourbase]

I recently bought Superman for the Nintendo 64. I heard it was friggin' SWEET! I can't wait to get a system so I can get some gaming on!


In other news, back in the day I got both Hex and Star Wars: Rogue Squadron for my birthday (Nov. 26th) from my grandfather in the mail... Turns out my mom had gotten my an N64 for Christmas that year. I flipped out so severely from excitement that she let me open it christmas eve night.

Rogue Squadron- one of my favorite titles back in the day
Hex- try every day to remember to forget this one

[VACRMH]

Adding PS3 to my list. I picked up Genji for $5 a few months ago.

Either I'll just get the damn system, or play it at a friends house.

[Porksta]

I traded for a few Dreamcast games before I actually owned a Dreamcast.

[DKTheArcadeRat]

I kinda did the opposite of this? I have a bunch of TurboGrafx games, and a PC Engine game or two, but no system to play them on. I had one when I bought the games, but I got rid of the system. Have been waiting around on a deal on a modded TurboDuo or PC Engine Duo for a while now, so the games collect dust.

[TheGam3r]

I have alot of Genny Carts that are in my room and my genesis is at mailboxes etc in plattsburgh

[Rickstilwell1]

I asked for Sonic Mega Collection for GameCube as soon as it came out, even though I didn't have the system. I saw it in Nintendo Power and was overjoyed to see this all in one disc. My grandma bought it for me since she knew I always liked those games and she trusted that I would probably buy the system as it was a Nintendo product. I got the game on Christmas.

I couldn't hold back for long though, and bought my GameCube as soon as possible with my Christmas money that year. Being a fan of the old Sonic games I enjoyed hours just looking at all the extra content and replaying those classics.

Then my stepdad got me Oddworld: Munch's Odyssey for Xbox at one point because I liked the Playstation Oddworld games. Finding out that Oddworld was moved to the rival system, I just had to buy that $60 pawned Xbox to play it. Back then that was a good price for the system.

Another one was Super Mario Bros. Deluxe for Game Boy Color. I had fun looking at the instruction booklet before deciding to get a Game Boy Advance at the time instead of a Game Boy Color because the GBA could play GBC games anyway. I think at the time I had thought the Super Game Boy would have played GBC games though, which was wrong. It mainly appealed to me because I had SMB1 for NES, but never had a box or instructions.

When I got my first Atari 2600 lot for free from my stepdad, he had a loose Donkey Kong for Colecovision in there which I couldn't play. That one was just sold because when I was in 4th grade, I had no idea what a Colecovision was. I was probably lucky to get to experience that Atari because I grew up in the 16 bit era. But unlike some people my age I loved it.

The last example of having a game before a system is an import example. I imported Mr. Nutz for Sega Mega Drive because I liked the emulated rom, not knowing that PAL Mega Drive games don't work on NTSC systems. So I hunted down the US SNES version as well.

[psychopat]

I bought halo 3 (legendary edition) before getting my X360... I tought these will go off in the same day but I still see it in stores for half the price I paid.... I got screwed up!

I also have 3 a 3DO game and some 32X games but no systems!

[ToddofDoom]

Every once and a while I will buy a game for a system I don't have if I know it is rare or worth money or if I am going to want it later.

Examples:

I found Crazy Climber in a local used video game store before I had a 2600. I knew that it was a rare title and only set me back two bucks.

I don't have a PS3 yet, but went ahead and bought a copy of Disgaea 3 and a strategy guide. I know I will get around to getting a PS3 eventually and it might be hard to find later.

I found a cheap copy of Mutant League Football before I could find a cheap Genesis.

I bought Venture for the ColecoVision at a flea market for fifty cents. I don't have a ColecoVision, but it is one of my favorite old games to play on emulators and I will probably find one some day.

Occasionally I will buy a game that I can't play if it is part of a collection unrelated to video games. For example, I have a copy of the Famicom Transformers game even though I don't have a Famicom. I consider it more a part of my Transformers collection instead of part of my video game collection.

[The 1 2 P]

I have had 360 games for well over two years and I just got my 360 earlier this month. I also have several DS and Psp games but neither system.

[darkslime]

I have a bunch of PS3 games, but no system. D:

[Game Freak]

yeah, i bought twilight princess november 28th, 2006. Almost bizarrely, i got the Wii the next night. I also have a bunch of Sega CD games and two Game Gear games, although lacking the respective systems. I also have Pole Position on the 5200, and no power cord adapter thingy for it >_>

[SegaAges]

I got trickstyle before I got a dc

[fahlim003]

I got my first import PS1 game (incidently my first PS1 overall) before I had a system that could boot it although the time between the actions was quite small. Otherwise I had Jurassic Park Operation Genesis for Xbox before I had Xbox or Xbox 360 with BC although I sold the 360 and game before it ever could have been run. Most recently I got Mother 3 for GBA and I've yet to get a GBA. Not really a big issue either, I got the game more out of respect than to use it.