Any consoles you never got to play or own

[needler420]

What are some consoles you never got to play or own but always wished you had.

For me it's the sega saturn and neo geo. I never got to play either system before not even at a friends etc.

I plan to get a sega saturn in the near future but a neo geo probably won't happen till the future. They are expensive and starting a neo geo collection would jeopardize me being able to start with next gen on release. I don't count WiiU as next gen.

The first game I plan to get when I get a sega saturn is nights into dreams and all the sonic games.

I still need to work on rebuilding my sega genesis collection which I'm starting from scratch since selling all my games as kid.

I have a long way to go to rebuilding my collection and in the mean time I cut back on my modern gaming expenses to help fund some retro gaming.:onfire:

[Jack_Burton_BYOAC]

A ton of them. Historically, I would have killed to play a Neo with King of Fighters at home around 1998. The 3do, CD-I, and Jaguar were equally mysterious in the late 90s. Later on I learned about the Sega Master System, Turbo Grafx 16, and others. I kept my eyes peeled for years in pawn shops, and at yard sales, but no luck.

In more recent times I'd like to try out an Amiga CD32 or FM Towns Marty to appreciate the historical significance of both systems.

I'd also love to be able to get my hands on a Famicom Disk System and play through a couple of famous games like Zelda or Metroid in their "real" forms.

[Kiddo]

Haha, this is probably overkill of a list, but from what I don't own...

1) A PC-Engine Duo, most frustratingly.
2) A NeoGeo AES or CD
3) A 64DD
4) A 3DO
5) A Jaguar or Jaguar CD
6) A Phillips CD-i
7) A Master System/Mark III (although I could just get a Power Base Converter for my Genesis...)
8) A Terebikko
9) A FM Towns Marty
10) A Capcom CPS Changer
11) A Colecovision
12) An Intellivison
13) An Odyssey I/II
14) A Color TV Game
15) Any consolized arcade boards.

[Steven]

Neo Geo for me although 6 years back I did play it for about 5 minutes at an e-friend's place.

Would have liked to explore its library more, though. Would have REALLY liked to explore its library back in the '90s when I was a wide-eyed kid for the "full effect," though ;)

[Atarileaf]

Never touched or played a Vectrex in my life. I'd love to after just watching other collectors on youtube who have one.

[Tanooki]

I've touched a lot of things, even weird stuff like the NeoCD, CDi(owned it), Turbo Duo(owned it too), as did I with the Fairchild Channel F2 system, but one I always wanted and still even today have never laid a hand on since the price is still bullshit on it is the original Neo-Geo home console and only got my fix for it on arcade cabinets all over. The 64DD I did for a little while but then I realized there really wasn't anything I missed out there on it other than I suppose if it was fun that Sim City title and Doshin the Giant.

[sloan]

Jaguar CD
Neo Geo AES
Emerson Arcadia 2001
Philips CD-i
Bandai Pippin
TurboGrafx CD

[wiggyx]

There are plenty that I've never played or owned, but honestly none that I really care about too much. And honestly, they're reall only the oldest or most obscure. I've played every Atari console, and I don't care for em, and anything else is just oddball stuff like the playdia, or pippen, or CPS charger (I can play those games on pretty much any console, no need for a über pricey JP only console for me). None of them have enough (or any) good games to warrant my interest other than having them on my shelf as cool collectibles.


On a related note, the few Saturn Sonic games blow. I wouldn't worry about them too much. Save your pennies for stuff like Guardian Heroes, Dragon Force, or the two non-RPG Panzer Dragoon titles.

[LimitedEditionMuseum]

Every system I have, once I got it was my first time seeing one besides a NES. My most anticipated was the Neo Geo AES and vectrex. Out of everything I got this year, I haven't played the Vectrex yet and the Nintendo 64 is my least favorite.

[7th lutz]

Neo Geo and Pc Engine duo r. I said Pc Engine Duo R instead Torbo Duo because of Pc Engine Duo R doesn't have the durability issues as the turbo duo.

There are still a good amount of systems that I don't have, but I don't have desire to get such as Colecovison. My issue with Colecovision is the fact it has a very bad reputation for in terms of reliability.

[kedawa]

Never touched or played a Vectrex in my life. I'd love to after just watching other collectors on youtube who have one.

I've never played or seen one in action either. I actually had an opportunity to buy one for the store I worked at, but I told the customer that he'd get far more for it online, and I haven't come across one since.

[swlovinist]

Of all the things that I have collected over the years, I have never got my hands on a Neo Geo CD. I own a NGP, AES, MVS, and even the new NGX, but passed on several NEO GEO CD units. I had an opportunity to buy one at SRGE, but the unit was untested so I passed. One of these days I will get one just to add to the collection. Maybe sometime in the next couple of years.

[Tron 2.0]

Vecterx it's vector base graphics was unlike it's other for the time.

Pioneer Laser active just because it plays lds,genesis and TG16 games.

[The Adventurer]

Super Nintendo

I got an NES in 1989, along with it I got a subscription to Nintendo Power. The build-up hype to SNES's launch was one of the more exciting of my life. But my mom didn't like Video Games, and felt my NES was enough. So I spent many a dark year pining for a SNES, but never got one. I wouldn't get a new video game system until 1996 and the launch of the Nintendo 64.

[j_factor]

Only some really rare ones:

Fairchild Channel-F
Emerson Arcadia 2001
RCA Studio II
APF-MP1000
CreatiVision
Adventure Vision
Epoch Cassette Vision
Casio Loopy
FM Towns Marty
Bandai Playdia
Bandai Pippen
RDI Halcyon
LaserActive
Tandy VIS
FM Towns Marty
Amstrad GX4000
Commodore MAX
Commodore 64GS
Sega SG-1000 / SG-1000 II / Card Catcher
Nintendo 64DD
Capcom CPS Changer
NEC PC-FX
Zeebo

I'm not really crying over any of these.

[Balloon Fight]

I haven't played a lot of the extremely rare ones, but some of the more common systems I've never touched are:

Jaguar
Jaguar CD
TurboGrafx CD
3D0
Sega CD
Atari 7800

[c0ldb33r]

Super Nintendo
But you've played once since right?

... right?

[o.pwuaioc]

Of the popular ones:

TurboGrafx CD
3DO
Jaguar/CD
Philips CD-i (why would I, though?)
Vectrex
Colecovision (hopefully will buy this soon!)
Atari 5200

[A.C. Sativa]

I don't think I've ever played a TG-16. I've never even been in the same room as a Jaguar/Jag CD, much less played one. As far as systems released in the U.S. I think that's it. Outside of the CD32 I haven't played anything that wasn't released in the U.S.

[Gunstar Hero]

Super Nintendo

I got an NES in 1989, along with it I got a subscription to Nintendo Power. The build-up hype to SNES's launch was one of the more exciting of my life. But my mom didn't like Video Games, and felt my NES was enough. So I spent many a dark year pining for a SNES, but never got one. I wouldn't get a new video game system until 1996 and the launch of the Nintendo 64.

It is never to late to get one! The Super Nintendo is everything an NES owner would want and they are reasonably priced now so I highly recommend checking it out!

[shane7951]

I never owned a TG16 as a kid, still don't. I plan on picking one up though. The Jackie Chan Action Kung Fu port really makes me want the system.

[Gunstar Hero]

I've never played a TG-16, Saturn, Virtual Boy, or Jaguar besides emulation. There are many other systems I haven't played but these are a few I would like to try.

[ncman071]

i know this is sort of going against the grain of the topic, but i have played and owned basically every systems i drooled over growing up as a preteen in the early 90's on into my early teens throughout the rest of the decade....

growing up all i ever had was a 2600, then the NES, SNES, then finally the ps1 before i became an adult......then when i was like 22 i started trying to collect.........by the time i was 27 i had every system i could have dreamed of besides the neo geo aes/mvs...

my point is NONE of those systems come close to touching the snes....wow what a great system...better than the genesis, jaguar, 3do,.....which is why i don't miss any of the systems i had to sell this summer....

but anyway, i know there are plenty of people who love those other systems...i just personally love the snes.....

ok ok...if i found another jaguar, sega saturn, or 3do in the wild for cheap i'd snatch it up in a heart beat....but i will never spend the money i spent on those systems ever again...

oh yea i would love to find another sega cdx again as well....

anyway...sorry about this rediculous post

[The Adventurer]

But you've played once since right?

... right?

Yes. I guess I thought this thread was from a childhood historical perspective. Oops.

[Flashback2012]

I still own most of the systems I've picked up over the years with the exception of a PC-FX which I sold off to a friend because I was in a tight spot and needed the money.


Here are some systems I've never got to play on or do not yet currently own

Nintendo 64DD - My interest in the N64 never was that great to begin with and by the time this came out, my interest had already shifted to the DC. I was also starting to lose interest in importing games/titles from Japan because domestic publishers were putting out games here more.

Jaguar CD - I remember buying a Jaguar brand new from Kay-Bee Toys for $50 (though for the life of me I cannot remember what I did with the box :|). I bought a lot of Jag CD games off of eBay years and years ago but I've never purchased a CD unit to play them in. It's always been on the back burner and it's been a case of never being around when I have extra disposable income or readily available when I don't (like right now)

Phillips CD-i - This one is a misnomer because I actually own a CD-i unit but it's not made by Philips. My unit is a "portable" manufactured by Sony. The only downside to my unit cannot play games like Dragon's Lair or other video based games because it lacks a Digital Video cart. I've tried out a CD-i in stores but never enough to get a good impression of it.

FM Towns Marty - This is one system I've always heard about and seen that I've never got to try out or own. I fondly remember seeing pics for this system in magazines and then later on through the internet. If I had the chance to get one I would have but so many other systems tied up my gaming dollars and this system always remained on the back burner.

Intellivison - I've had the opportunity to play an Intellivision but never owned one and I've never had any desire to.

Odyssey I/II - I've never seen or played on an Odyssey I but at one point I owned a CIB Odyssey II along with several CIB games that my friend and I bought from a guy at the flea market YEARS ago. It sat and sat and sat for years. Finally I think he put it on eBay because he was tired of the space it was taking up after getting the okay from me. I was okay with it because I've never had much interest in gaming machines pre-2600.

Atari 5200/7800 - I never took any interest in either of these systems growing up. We had the 2600 and NES for our gaming needs and the only system I wanted as a kid but never got was the Colecovision. I ended up buying a Coleco years later (though it's now lost or more likely stolen :|). The 5200 I've never had any care for while the 7800 was something I would have liked to own but never got around to picking up.

Bandai Pippin - I never picked one of these up because my gaming interests were more towards the Playstation and Saturn and the import scene. Plus I never saw these in any stores so they were mostly out of sight, out of mind.

Amiga CD32 - This is one system I've always wanted to play but have only seen once in person.

Vectrex - I've gotten the opportunity to play (much love for Star Castle) but I don't own one of these.

[CatTehBus]

for me it's gotta be the Sega Saturn and Sega Master System, I really want to but I've never had a chance to play any title from either of these systems ever. Such a shame the Saturn has such amazing games

[OldSchoolGamer]

Only Atari jaguar come to mind...........

[Daria]

Turbografx.

*le sigh*

Sad thing is, I even own games for it. But no system to play them on.

[o.pwuaioc]

^Same here. I have games for a ColecoVision, DS, and PSP, but I don't own any of those systems.

[kedawa]

I've never played a TG-16 either, but I don't think it counts since I owned a PC Engine for a while.

[BlastProcessing402]

My initial thought was Virtual Boy, but then I remembered playing a few seconds of one at a demo station in a TRU.

Demo stations would also rule out 3DO and Game.com, and while I never played it as a console, I did play an arcade NeoGeo once.

So other than ancient, obscure, or import only stuff, I guess that leaves Jaguar [CD], CDI, NeoGeo Pocket [Color].