Which non-main console to start?

[Niku-Sama]

if you decidin between a neo geo and dreamcast and money is an issue dreamcast would be the better...i mean, i found 2 in a dumpster that work...how often do you find neo geo's in a dumpster that work? or at all?

[2Dskillz]

Would it be wiser starting out to collect a lot for one console, or focus on picking up a variety of consoles?

Right now I kind of feel like I want more machines, and I totally blame the DP forums for this growing urge

[Ed Oscuro]

Games come first...if you're on the fence about something, emulate it! No sense getting a number of arcade port leftovers on the Master System (FOR EXAMPLE, not bashing the system) and then dumping it all...only to find Power Strike and Monster World III (among others) later on

Of course it's nice to have the systems first, but I've generally bought up games I knew I wanted, and have yet to decide what rev of system I want (Amiga and PC-Engine as examples of systems I still don't own).

[Tron 2.0]

NeoGeo:For it's fighters and action games.

TG16/PCE:For it's shooters but it does have some good solid action titles.Btw some games are cheap some are expensive

Saturn:Shooter,Fighters,Action games you name it,it has it.

That's all that comes to mind for me.

[Tron 2.0]

A PC Engine/Turbo Duo would be my other recommendation, since as far as I'm concerned, you pretty much can't do any better as far as shmups go. And since it also has a lot of great platformers and some good fighters, it's a great option. It's a little expensive to get the hardware, but after that it's not so bad. Many of the best games are very cheap.

Wrong some games are cheap for it some... are expensive

Example, U.S Neutpoia 2 go for $100.00+ these days :P

While a common game like, Blazeing Lazers go's for a few bucks.

[AB Positive]

A dreamcast or a NGPC seem like good choices for you, but let me give a bit of a tongue-in-cheek warning on the NGPC.

If you start collecting NGPC, you WILL end up collecting some form of regular Neo. Don't care if it's CD, MVS, or AES, you will collect neo. I've had at one point and time a decent collection of everything but the CD system, and it's addictive to collect for as it is to play. Word to the wise, make sure you have a decent job before collecting Neo. That's all I'm saying

-AB+

p.s. go for the Neo stuff

[Aussie2B]

Wrong some games are cheap for it some... are expensive

Example, U.S Neutpoia 2 go for $100.00+ these days :P

While a common game like, Blazeing Lazers go's for a few bucks.

But you can just as easily get a Japanese copy of Neutopia 2. :P

I think the US library is more for collectors, while the Japanese library is more for people who just want to play. Just look at Dynastic Hero. I think somebody would have to be mad to pay $500 for a US version when you can get a Japanese version for probably no more than $20. I'd liken the situation to MVS versus AES. There's no overwhelming reason to go with the SIGNIFICANTLY more expensive option as far as playability goes, so in the end, it's a collecting thing.

I don't own a single US game for my system yet, and really, I don't feel like I'm missing anything. In my opinion, most of the system's best games never even left Japan, and with the big bucks games, I don't think most of those are significantly better than the cheap games.

[Dreamscape]

Perhaps you should look into the Sega Saturn. To get the best out of the system you would have to do some importing, but it's well worth it.

[Tron 2.0]

Wrong some games are cheap for it some... are expensive

Example, U.S Neutpoia 2 go for $100.00+ these days :P

While a common game like, Blazeing Lazers go's for a few bucks.

But you can just as easily get a Japanese copy of Neutopia 2. :P

I think the US library is more for collectors, while the Japanese library is more for people who just want to play. Just look at Dynastic Hero. I think somebody would have to be mad to pay $500 for a US version when you can get a Japanese version for probably no more than $20. I'd liken the situation to MVS versus AES. There's no overwhelming reason to go with the SIGNIFICANTLY more expensive option as far as playability goes, so in the end, it's a collecting thing.

I don't own a single US game for my system yet, and really, I don't feel like I'm missing anything. In my opinion, most of the system's best games never even left Japan, and with the big bucks games, I don't think most of those are significantly better than the cheap games.

Ture then again i got the, U.S Neutpoia so i could play it in english

I did do the opposite on, Dynastic Hero though got the jpn version insted.

Just like you mentions it's "dirt cheap" compare to u.s version.

TG16: games cheap to expensive.

PCE: the same as above.

So in the end it's what ya buy if ya wanna save money

[freckledpeas]

Would it be wiser starting out to collect a lot for one console, or focus on picking up a variety of consoles?

Right now I kind of feel like I want more machines, and I totally blame the DP forums for this growing urge

This one really is a personal choice. For example, my personal goal is to collect systems first, since I like to have these on display in my game room. However, not everyone has the same goal as I do. Therefore, one could argue (quite strongly) that it is better to focus on one console. I think if you find the one console that satisfies your gaming needs, then keep supporting it until you get that urge for something new and different. This would be especially true if your funds are limited.