I've been trying not to spend too much money on buying stuff. This, of course, fails every day or so. I have found a solution of sorts. I've been going back and buying games from one era at a time and have been trying to burn through them. I have a Power Base Converter and Phantasy Star on the way. My goal is to get through Phantasy Star, Kenseiden, Golvellius, and then Power Strike. After that I will move on to Phantasy Star II, Shining In The Darkness, and various other franchises along the way. If I feel like playing something modern I work on Phantasy Star Universe (almost done with this mess) or Phantasy Star Portable (still a lot of talking but much more bearable). My eventual goal is to have a complete US Dreamcast collection with a few awesome imports, but aside from that everything is disposable. The downside is that I like playing on original hardware. The solution? Buy the first game in a franchise and keep eating through them. Once I have played a series from start to finish, I sell the whole collection off as a lot. This is really easy to do with dead companies like Compile or series with multiple canons, like Phantasy Star or Shining Force. In the long run it costs some money because I will invariably lose on the lots, but I get the experience of playing on original hardware and flipping through the cases and manuals. I can't afford the space as much since I move around. After I become more successful, earn more money, and have a home, I could collect again. But I want the experience more than the damn carts.