Game console you wanted but never got originally?

[OldSchoolGamer]

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I want to know, what video game console did you want back in the day, or to be more clear, when it was released and commercially available at retail but you never got? Maybe you have it now, maybe you got it years later or maybe you never did get it, whatever your story please share and let us all know about the one video game console you wanted originally but never got?
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[stalepie]

I always wanted a TurboGrafx-16, especially after getting the Internet in the mid-90s and learning about all the Japanese games that never made it here. I still haven't gotten one because they tend to be expensive and I can never decide whether I want a U.S. version and get a converter, a Japanese Duo, or what.

Now I've bought a lot of the titles I wanted off PSN (Japanese), and have kind of cheated over the years with emulation and seeing videos, so I feel like I've already explored the system's library without ever actually having owned one of the systems.

[o.pwuaioc]

The Sega CD. :( I also didn't get my PS1 until 2001, but there were still games around for it in stores. I probably won't get any current gen stuff until after market as well. But that's more of me being totally content with retro gaming.

[Tron 2.0]

Pioneer Laseractive i thought it was cool that it could play LD,Genesis and TG16 games at the time.Still it's price was out of my range.I can say the same for the neo-geo aes but in the end i got a neo-geo mvs,back in 06.

By the way osg funny you mention the sms i to wanted one in it's day.Around the time i just had a nes in the 80's,now i did have friends that had the sms.Any time i got to play phantasy star,wounderboy and choplifter at a friends house made me want it badly.Now onto the present a "few years ago" i did get a sms from ebay and a bunch of games for it.At this point i had a famicom to but when i played both.I just didn't enjoy playing the sms at all by this point.So afther a year or so i sold the sms to a member here.

[JSoup]

Tie between:

Wonderswan Color. Game selection looks great.

and

Virtual Boy. I don't know, I thought this thing was awesome. VB Wario Land is something to behold.

[Shulamana]

I guess the only thing that came close was the Virtual Boy, I wanted to get one when they were on clearance for $30 but my 12 year old self was about $10 short. While I wasn't below begging my mom for a new game I don't remember thinking it was worth bothering at that time.

I can't think of any others that I really wanted but didn't get, but I was a sheltered Nintendo head who went NES > SNES > N64 and then hopped over into the PlayStation camp when the N64 failed to deliver RPGs. Got a Game Boy, sold it less than a year later, same general thing with the Game Gear a few years later. I don't remember seeing the TG-16 at all in stores, and while I played the Genesis at the video game counter in Sears every time we went I don't remember really wanting one.

[Collector_Gaming]

The Sega CD. :(

funny you say that. My little brother wanted a sega saturn back when they were the it item to have. and he got a Sega CD. ehh whatever i guess haha

Lets see i wanted a PS1 originally but i got a N64 instead... I am kinda glad i got the n64 too.. For some reason i feel it made me appreciate games more. On the PS1 they pump out a hit every once in awhile and then a bunch of 3rd party garbage that somebody spewed up within a weeks time or so. while N64 they aimed to try to make everything a hit game. But yea thats what went on there.

I originally wanted a Dreamcast but i got the xbox instead (which i asked for right around when it came out and saw the Dreamcast starting to decline badly).

Worst case of i wanted but never got originally is a Sega Genesis or SNES.... i wanted it badly... instead i got a used NES from a yard sale (but hey it made me understand the wonders of the classics so i am still grateful for getting that!).

[Genesaturn]

I used to stare down the NeoGeo display ever time I went into Media Play ...still one of the few systems I'm yet to own...one day NeoGeo...one day ::shakes fist::

[DigitalSpace]

Home console: The original PlayStation. Our household opted for the Nintendo 64, and while I was satisfied with it, there were a number of PS1 exclusives that struck my interest. There was a point where I could have got one as a birthday gift, but by that time, the PS2's launch was around the corner and I decided to wait for that and its backwards compatibility. I eventually acquired a original PS1 for $4.99 at a Goodwill, and last year, I bought a PSOne with the official LCD screen for $35 at the Portland Retro Gaming Expo.

Portable: Game Boy. My mom wouldn't buy me one because she didn't like the screen. She did get me a Game Gear, though, and I was pretty satisfied with that. To this day, I still don't own an original Game Boy (although I do have two Game Boy Colors - which were also $4.99 Goodwill finds), and didn't start collecting original GB games until I acquired my first Game Boy Advance in 2004.

[Edmond Dantes]

Practically all of them. I remember making a "letter to Santa" where I asked for every game console that I saw listed in the Sears catalogue.

But the biggest ones had to be the Sega CD and the TurboGrafx, both of which I have now (two different versions of the latter, in fact, so you could say I overcompensated), followed closely by the Game Gear (had, then sold to pay some bills).

Saturn and Dreamcast are distant 3rds.

[Dr. BaconStein]

I was apparently one of the few kids who had both the Genesis and the SNES (and a Pico too!). But after that, I never got anymore SEGA consoles. I always wanted them, though. My cousin had a Game Gear, a Saturn, and a Dreamcast. I think I wanted the Dreamcast the most for obvious reasons, especially since I was older when it came out. I still don't have any of them yet, but I'd like to get more SEGA consoles someday. I love their sleek design, and in the case of the Dreamcast I'm really eager to try some of the newer indie shmups on it.

Ironically being a clone console nerd, I did get a GenMobile last year just for the fun of it, and now I find myself impressed with the many third-party variations of the Genesis and would like to get more. I know I'm not supposed to like them, but they just look so cool.

EDIT: I guess it's also worth mentioning, my first handheld was the DS, but I always had an interest in the original GBA and the earlier GameBoy models. I feel kind of guilty for basically pirating all the games I wanted for the GBA (some of them I downloaded when the games were new). To this day I don't actually own any of those games, but I might see if I can pick them up someday.

[Razo00]

The only one I always wanted back in the days was the Neo Geo. I remember as a kid dreaming about it. There was one Japanese family living in my neighborhood and I remember the oldest son bragging to my older brother on how badass it was. Only got a taste of the Neo Geo at a local arcade playing SamSho2, Super Sidekicks, and Sengoku. 20+ years later I got about 50 Mvs Carts, 20 Aes Carts, Aes Consoles, CMVS, and a Mvu Candy Cab. Suck IT! I always wanted a super famicom and famicom, but with cart converters out there, I just don't see the need for owning the systems. Every other system I wanted I already owned and either sold or kept. The only systems I could I see not ever letting go of is the Neo, Genny, and Snes. Maybe the Nes also.

[Gamevet]

I remember seeing an article in Electronic Games & Computer Entertainment magazine, about the Vectrex. I've never seen one personnally, but I did see an old Star Trek Game laying in the bargain aisle at Toys R' Us. I'd still like to get one, but I can't see myself spending that kind of cash. The same with the Neo Geo, far too much money for a system I can play through emulation and compilation discs.

[OldSchoolGamer]

Much appreciated all these great replies, stories and comments! Great stuff guys thanks! :cheers:\\^_^/

[Retronick]

I always wanted a TurboGrafx-16, especially after getting the Internet in the mid-90s and learning about all the Japanese games that never made it here. I still haven't gotten one because they tend to be expensive and I can never decide whether I want a U.S. version and get a converter, a Japanese Duo, or what.

Now I've bought a lot of the titles I wanted off PSN (Japanese), and have kind of cheated over the years with emulation and seeing videos, so I feel like I've already explored the system's library without ever actually having owned one of the systems.

What's funny is all I wanted for Christmas was an NES but I got the TurboGrafx-16 instead. As the time I was pissed, but I grew to love that console. If you were to get one, I would recommend a PC-Engine Duo-R or RX with a converter for the hucards. The CD Games will work regardless.

As for the console I wanted BADLY, but never got when it was available? There's a few of em, but I think that award goes to either the Turbo Duo, or the original TurboGrafx CD add-on. I didn't get either one of those consoles until I was a married adult with a big-boy job.

[retroman]

For me it was the NeoGeo which i got years later...i just remember wanting one so bad back when it came out...

[Cloud121]

All I wanted for Christmas 1995 and 1996 was a Sega Saturn. I had a chance to get one for my birthday in 1997, but decided on a PlayStation, then changed my mind again got a Nintendo 64. I didn't get my Saturn until Sunday, August 18, 2000.

[Tron 2.0]

Much appreciated all these great replies, stories and comments! Great stuff guys thanks! :cheers:\\^_^/
You're welcome by the way i keep thinking i may get a snes again. I miss owning one and with flash cartridge such as the,super everdrive i was thinking why not.

[Genjackson]

I wanted a PSP when it came out, but like every other system, I waited until I got one for next to nothing like 3 years later.

[Nebagram]

Not so much a console but in the 80s I'd always craved either an Amiga or an Atari ST. Both looked amazing at the time but were both also amazingly expensive, especially as my mum insisted on buying everything from mail-order catalogues that had a stupid mark-up over retail stores (that trend didn't end until I got my Dreamcast in 1999). The one console I always wanted but never got would probably be the Playstation 2 I asked for for Christmas 2001. This denial only lasted for about a week though as by then I was 18, working full-time and simply went out and bought one anyway.

[Retronick]

All I wanted for Christmas 1995 and 1996 was a Sega Saturn. I had a chance to get one for my birthday in 1997, but decided on a PlayStation, then changed my mind again got a Nintendo 64. I didn't get my Saturn until Sunday, August 18, 2000.

Seeing as how you remember the exact date, your Saturn experience is probably not unlike my own. Love my Sega Saturn!

[Sabz5150]

The Neo-Geo.

Why didn't I get it? $700 for the console and ~$200 per game. My dad gave me the option one year of the Neo-Geo or a Sega Genesis for my birthday one year. I chose the Genesis. I knew at two bones per title, I'd have maybe... two or three games.

Not much has changed today on either of those fronts.

[stardust4ever]

Every ear for Christmas as a kid in the 80s, I begged my parents for a Nintendo. I never got one :( , that is until 2002, we were cleaning out the garage and found an old Nintendo, still in the original box. Apparently my mom had finally bought one from a family friend, which laid waste in the garage for nearly ten years! It was the action set, but missing the Zapper and Mario Brothers/Duck Hunt. I went to Game-X-Change and went berserk buying classic games, and the rest is history. I went through 20 years worth of retro consoles in 5 years time, finally buying a Wii in December 2006. But the NES remains my first love, even if I was 21 years old when i finally got one. :)

[Collector_Gaming]

Portable: Game Boy. My mom wouldn't buy me one because she didn't like the screen. She did get me a Game Gear, though, and I was pretty satisfied with that. To this day, I still don't own an original Game Boy (although I do have two Game Boy Colors - which were also $4.99 Goodwill finds), and didn't start collecting original GB games until I acquired my first Game Boy Advance in 2004.


funny story my grandmother works for herself on the side cleaning houses and such. She came up to me with a original game boy (i wanna say it was 2004 when she gave it to me)... It was sitting in a dumpster or something.. Worked beautifully. although now i think something fried :P... Eh still can't be a free gameboy!

[wiggyx]

I used to stare down the NeoGeo display ever time I went into Media Play ...still one of the few systems I'm yet to own...one day NeoGeo...one day ::shakes fist::

This.

I eventually ended up with an AVS and consolized MVS, but had to sell them in college to help pay bills.

The only reason I never had one as a kid was the price. No big story, just too damned pricey. Even if I coulda saved up for the console, I never woulda been able to afford any games. Rented one a few times from an awesome local rental shop that had tons of imports and whatnot, but that's it.

I am planning on grabbing another couple of MVS units before it becomes too trendy to do so and all the MVS game price go through the roof (or at least too high to warrant purchase on my part).

[TheChristoph]

I lusted after the Sega CDX when I first saw it in EGM and I still do. I had a Genesis and Sega CD already, and even sold it to a friend when Mortal Kombat 2 came out for SNES. But man, I still want that CDX.

[Jaruff]

I don't think there's one that I wanted that I never got. I was always into PC gaming anyway at a young age.

If I had to say one, it would be a PSP. Don't want one now however but when they came out, I thought it was bitchin'.

[jammajup]

Colecovision

[Flashback2012]

Colecovision

Oh yes. As a kid, THE store in town to go to was Sears. I remember when we got to go there, my little brother and I would BEG to go by the electronics section so we could marvel at the Colecovision unit they had set up. Although we had a 2600 in the house that provided endless hours of fun for us, as a 9-10 yr old kid, I remember being utterly amazed at the Colecovision. To me, games like Donkey Kong and DK Jr. looked exactly like they did in the arcades and I thought how awesome it would have been to play arcade games at home. Even the games that weren't in the arcades like Smurfs: Rescue in Gargamel's Castle blew my mind. I never got one during it's heyday but years later I happened upon a set up at the flea market with the Expansion port to play 2600 games. What sucks is I have NO idea what happened to the damn thing! :puppydogeyes: I'd make a go for one nowadays but every one I see goes for stupid money. :|

I remember wanting both the Neo-Geo system and Laseractive back when they came out. I loved the Neo in the arcades to death but I didn't have the funds to go anywhere near what they were asking for the games, let alone the console. I already had the TG16 and Genesis but thought it was so cool to have both systems in one unit along with a Laserdisc player. I did end up getting both systems eventually from a friend when he was getting out of games. He scored them off eBay years ago on the cheap and passed those savings on to me when he decided to sell. :)

For more modern stuff, I've wanted a 360 but never bit because of MS's track record for unreliable hardware. They burned me once already with the original Xbox. I barely used my unit and it broke down on me. I ended up replacing it with a newer unit and that one also started acting up. I would love to have that new Star Wars styled system but I am having a hard time rationalizing spending $450 for a system that has a peripheral I'll most likely never use (Kinect) and a game that looks absolutely horrid. That and I don't want to willingly put money in Lucas' pocket. :ass:

[sloan]

All the early 80's systems, Intellivision, Colecovision, 5200.

I was an arcade enthusiast and these were the best way to bring the arcade home.

Didn't own any of them until about 3 years ago, so it was a long wait, but well worth it.

[BoringSupreez]

I've wanted just about every system I've ever seen at Walmart or wherever, but the biggies would be Sega Genesis and GBA.

I was only 5 when I wanted the Sega, and my parents didn't think I needed one. So of course, I didn't get one. I finally did once I was 13, but it would have been nice to have one when the games were still commercially available.

The lack of a GBA was my own choice. I was saving up for a PS2 back in 2004, and I saw a GBA at the store for $75. I almost gave in and bought one, but I resisted and got a PS2 a few months later. I got a Gameboy Player about 4 years later, and don't really regret my decision.

[hellraiser]

32x...

In hindsight maybe I got lucky. Not that it wasant awesome but it had a short run I my parents weren't gonna flip the bill for another system so quickly.

[carbz413]

Back when I got my Genesis, I didn't really pay attention to any of the other systems. Afterwards, I regretted not getting an SNES. I still haven't bought one yet either, due to its cost on ebay. I have a few snes games that I could play on an FC Twin, but it would be nice to experience the games on their proper system. :)

[Oldskool]

Neo - Geo

I lusted so hard at the AES. And loved popping quarters into the cabs. Little did I know that one day I would have a Big Red standing tall and proud in the garage - for about the price of what 1 AES cart sold for, new.

Other minor ones include CDX, X'Eye, and Master System.

The Master System I did not even own until just a couple weeks ago! Which is sort of odd because I am such a big Sega Fan. I always thought as a kid that it just wasn't as good as the NES so I never got into it. When the Genesis came is when I switched over but by then the Master System was pretty much history and forgotten.

[Retrocade Fantasia]

PC ENGINE Duo there was just something amazingly cool about that thing.

For years I wanted a Saturn and I finally got one this past December

[Gerald]

The Turbografx-16. It was the first next generation system I was exposed to and the initial games looked really scary and intriguing like Alien Crush, Devil's Crush, and Splatterhouse. Later, when it was doing really poorly Toys R Us was selling it for $15 but never got it because I already had a NES at the time.

They were also selling a MasterSystem II for around the same price and I believe it had a built in game. I remember when I first got my NES, Toys R Us still sold some Atari and Master System games. Nintendo was the mainstream system, so all those other games seemed very foreign and made me interested in how they played.

[Tron 2.0]

I lusted after the Sega CDX when I first saw it in EGM and I still do. I had a Genesis and Sega CD already, and even sold it to a friend when Mortal Kombat 2 came out for SNES. But man, I still want that CDX.
Ditto another console i wouldn't have mind having.Sega Genesis with a Sega-cd all in one shell very sleek.

While having a genesis&sega cd model 2 is fine a cdx would save me some space.

Still i've notice a sega cdx can be a little pricey.

[Darth Binks]

I wanted an SNES so bad. I had friends that had SNES and some that had Genesis, but I skipped that console generation when I was younger. I was fortunate enough to have friends to play with so it wasn't completely missed. Now I have a SNES, and I love it! When I bought it recently, it felt like I was finally completing something I should have done a long time ago.

[RCM]

Turbo Grafx-16 and Turbo Express.

TG-16 and Bonk and everything else they were offering in '89 looked so far beyond the NES I got in '86 or '87. It took me 15 years to finally acquire a TG-16, and a little longer for an Express. I actually sold off the TG-16 to purchase a PC Engine Duo RX and have it modded. While I don't have the TG-16 anymore, I at least use its controller when I play on my very sexy RX.

I don't know why, but every time I fire up a TG-16 game the soundtrack just brings me back, more than most games of that era.

[PROTOTYPE]

NeoGeo! Who in the right mind would and could afford this? All I could do is drool... @_@

[ACiD]

I remember being in The Wiz when I was about 7 or 8 and playing around with the Virtual Boy. I at the time loved the colors black and red and thought it was a cool idea.

After playing for roughly 30-45 minutes and removing myself from the viewer i noticed my vision was a bit fuzzy.

Regardless, I thought it was cool how the 3D popped out.

I asked my Dad if I could have it but he saw how gimmicky it was and knew it wouldn't be around for long, so I never got it. Turns out he was right, but I really like that Wario Land. =P

I think between Virtual Boy and CRT Monitors, they permanently damaged my vision causing me to wear glasses.

[Tron 2.0]

NeoGeo! Who in the right mind would and could afford this? All I could do is drool... @_@
When it was released in the 90's who could for a neo-geo,but least now it's different aes is expensive but mvs is cheap.

[Casati]

The Turbografx-16 was a big seller at the local ToysRUs in 1989, but I didn't want to spend money for two systems and bought the NES, because of the larger catalog but I preferred the T16's graphics. I did buy one about a year ago but have only a few games for it.

[Nirvana]

I wanted a Nintendo 64 so bad when I was little just because of Pokemon Stadium and Super Smash Bros. I loved Pokemon, and the appeal of having the characters on a 3D plane was just really cool to me at the time. Whenever I went to Target with my mom and my brother, I would literally spend the entire time at the Kiosk just playing Pokemon Stadium.

Oddly enough, to this day I can still say I've never owned the system.

[Compute]

Pretty much all of them. I remember reading the list of consoles in the 1993 EGM Video Game Buyer's Guide and ticking mentally what order I would want the systems. 3DO, Sega CD, TG, SNES, 32X, CDi, Jag, LaserActive, Gameboy, Lynx. Fuck, I wanted it all. I wanted an SMS, and I wanted a Virtual Boy. I had no desire to own N64 or Gamecube, although I did eventually have a Gamecube during its relevancy.

[allsport11]

The Pioneer Laseractive and NeoGeo are the two that I have always wanted to get my hands on but so far have not had a chance to. The closest I got for the Laseractive was a few years ago. I used to frequent the Cash Converters looking for retro consoles and games and picked up most of my systems/games there. One day I was paying for something and a guy walks up behind me carrying a working/mint condition Laseractive with the Genesis module. He paid $35.00 for it. Don't know how I missed it. :(