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.