Ever Get a Game Before the System to Play It?

[Tron 2.0]

Done it once so far it was when i was switching from, AES to MVS on the NeoGeo setup.

While i was selling... the AES systems plus games i was buying MVS carts at the same time.

By the time i was done i didn't have the CMVS untile a month had gone by.

I remember the waiting part having all these carts and no system to 'try them out.

The day the, CMVS got here i was very excited like some kid getting a xmas present.

[Black_Tiger]

I bought Shape Shifter while waiting for the Turbo Duo to be released and my friend who didn't even own a Turbo CD like I did, bought Dragon Slayer because of the cool art and the fact that it was an RPG.

It was cool to see Dragon Slayer's System 3.0 warning screen. Too bad Shape Shifter's is just plain white text on a black screen.

Once I got my Duo, we got to play both and were very happy with the new format.

Soon after I sold him my Turbo CD and he mail ordered the System 3.0 card.

[Ryu]

I remember buying Donkey Kong Country before getting a Snes. I got Twilight Princess before I got a Wii.

[eternalblue81]

Wow, I think I'm one of the worst when it comes to this. I have a whopping 41 Xbox games, and no Xbox. Only about 14 of them are backwards compatible on my 360, which is currently broken now, anyway. :/

At first I picked up new games for it here and there because I'd find new console-exclusives that I was interested in for less than $5 or so. Then when I got my 360 I continued buying Xbox games in hope that they'd be added to the backwards compatible list. Now I continue to buy used and new Xbox games because since the console's more or less dead, I'd rather find the games I want for it now, rather than later before the games start drying up and become harder to find.

I also have 12 PSP games and no PSP to play them on.. I'm pretty certain I'll get either an Xbox or PSP later this year, but I'm definitely waiting to see if the rumors about a redesigned PSP come to anything.

[Magnum]

I have tons of games for systems I don't own yet

if you can find a cheap game, then buy it fer christ's sakes

[bust3dstr8]

I was buying GBC and GBA for about 6 months before I landed a Cube w/ Gameboy Player.

[Technosis]

I picked up some bargain basement priced Dreamcast games long before the console

[8Ways2Tuesday]

I think I got my first X360 game about a month before the system, since I knew when I got the system I wouldn't be able to afford a game with it. ;

Got myself a couple wonderswan games in December because I knew I was getting one for Xmas. Same with my GBA a few years before. There's nothing worse than getting a system as a gift and having nothing to play for it (and all the stores are closed).

Right now I have a handful of Game Gear games and a non-functioning GG.

[S-Wind]

All the time!

It is inevitable that I will get what ever system comes out, so it is a no-brainer that when I see games for a system (regardless of whether or not I currently own that system) on sale or on clearance, I buy them.

[Habeeb Hamusta]

card fighters clash for ngpc.

[Dingo]

I've yet to buy a game before I have the system, but I have a feeling that I'm going to do that with Castlevania Dracula X Chronicles for PSP.

[chrissylas]

About 5 years ago some guy tried to trade in Panzer Dragoon Zweii at Gamestop (we'd long stopped taking in Saturn games) so I offered the guy $5 for it and he sold it to me. I probably didn't pick up a Saturn system until 2 years after that. It remained my only game for the system until about 6 months ago. I never seem to be able to find good looking Saturn games for sale.

[OatBob]

I've bought a bunch of NES games before the system. Actually, if you call the top-loader second rate, you could say that I still don't have a proper system.

[Rugal]

Yes i have, i did it with the SNES, N64 and the Sega CD. I have 2 SFC games but no SFC.

[Xizer]

Well, I've got six Atari 2600 games sitting on the shelf. I've had 'em for about a year now but I haven't gotten around to picking up a 2600 yet.

[hbkprm]

does pc count

[bangtango]

does pc count

Sure, I don't see why not. So what is the game or what are the games?

[dylan0228]

I`ve bought games before the systems were even released.

[Sparkster]

Yeah, I picked up Mega Man Anniversary for the PS2. I wasn't going to, but the dude was selling it for $2.

[Bassgrabber]

I have some GC games in anticipation of getting a GC or Wii. I also picked up a few PSP and PS2 games before I got those systems. No regrets :-)

[Barbarianoutkast85]

When I first started collecting retro games, I bought a box of 13 Atari Jaguar games. That box sat in my closet for a year and a half before I found a Jaguar in the wild.

[Fuzzball24]

If you count buying Xbox games before having an original Xbox, but being able to play them on a 360, yes!

Damn, you guys are now gonna make me do this. I'm a impulse buyer.

[77punk]

i still have a copy of blue thunder (given to me for free) for atari jaguar cd that i will probably very likely never play. Im sure im missing out in those festivities..

[grolt]

I bought VIRTUA FIGHTER in a Wal-Mart bin in 1997 or so for $0.99. I bought it more for my love for the series than anything else, but did plan on eventually getting a system. Here I am now, ten years later, just finally getting my first 32X.

To a lesser degree, I bought a lot of Sega CD games a couple months ago, and only now bit the bullet and bought a boxed unit. Still, I really don't have much interest playing them, but those blue cases sure look pretty.

[mezrabad]

I have no XBOX 360 yet I'm feeling very compelled to get a copy of Bioshock. I also seem to be jonesin' for Oblivion GotY edition.

It just ain't right.