Ever Get a Game Before the System to Play It?

[DKTheArcadeRat]

I kinda did the opposite of this? I have a bunch of TurboGrafx games, and a PC Engine game or two, but no system to play them on. I had one when I bought the games, but I got rid of the system. Have been waiting around on a deal on a modded TurboDuo or PC Engine Duo for a while now, so the games collect dust.

[TheGam3r]

I have alot of Genny Carts that are in my room and my genesis is at mailboxes etc in plattsburgh

[Rickstilwell1]

I asked for Sonic Mega Collection for GameCube as soon as it came out, even though I didn't have the system. I saw it in Nintendo Power and was overjoyed to see this all in one disc. My grandma bought it for me since she knew I always liked those games and she trusted that I would probably buy the system as it was a Nintendo product. I got the game on Christmas.

I couldn't hold back for long though, and bought my GameCube as soon as possible with my Christmas money that year. Being a fan of the old Sonic games I enjoyed hours just looking at all the extra content and replaying those classics.

Then my stepdad got me Oddworld: Munch's Odyssey for Xbox at one point because I liked the Playstation Oddworld games. Finding out that Oddworld was moved to the rival system, I just had to buy that $60 pawned Xbox to play it. Back then that was a good price for the system.

Another one was Super Mario Bros. Deluxe for Game Boy Color. I had fun looking at the instruction booklet before deciding to get a Game Boy Advance at the time instead of a Game Boy Color because the GBA could play GBC games anyway. I think at the time I had thought the Super Game Boy would have played GBC games though, which was wrong. It mainly appealed to me because I had SMB1 for NES, but never had a box or instructions.

When I got my first Atari 2600 lot for free from my stepdad, he had a loose Donkey Kong for Colecovision in there which I couldn't play. That one was just sold because when I was in 4th grade, I had no idea what a Colecovision was. I was probably lucky to get to experience that Atari because I grew up in the 16 bit era. But unlike some people my age I loved it.

The last example of having a game before a system is an import example. I imported Mr. Nutz for Sega Mega Drive because I liked the emulated rom, not knowing that PAL Mega Drive games don't work on NTSC systems. So I hunted down the US SNES version as well.

[psychopat]

I bought halo 3 (legendary edition) before getting my X360... I tought these will go off in the same day but I still see it in stores for half the price I paid.... I got screwed up!

I also have 3 a 3DO game and some 32X games but no systems!

[ToddofDoom]

Every once and a while I will buy a game for a system I don't have if I know it is rare or worth money or if I am going to want it later.

Examples:

I found Crazy Climber in a local used video game store before I had a 2600. I knew that it was a rare title and only set me back two bucks.

I don't have a PS3 yet, but went ahead and bought a copy of Disgaea 3 and a strategy guide. I know I will get around to getting a PS3 eventually and it might be hard to find later.

I found a cheap copy of Mutant League Football before I could find a cheap Genesis.

I bought Venture for the ColecoVision at a flea market for fifty cents. I don't have a ColecoVision, but it is one of my favorite old games to play on emulators and I will probably find one some day.

Occasionally I will buy a game that I can't play if it is part of a collection unrelated to video games. For example, I have a copy of the Famicom Transformers game even though I don't have a Famicom. I consider it more a part of my Transformers collection instead of part of my video game collection.

[The 1 2 P]

I have had 360 games for well over two years and I just got my 360 earlier this month. I also have several DS and Psp games but neither system.

[darkslime]

I have a bunch of PS3 games, but no system. D:

[Game Freak]

yeah, i bought twilight princess november 28th, 2006. Almost bizarrely, i got the Wii the next night. I also have a bunch of Sega CD games and two Game Gear games, although lacking the respective systems. I also have Pole Position on the 5200, and no power cord adapter thingy for it >_>

[SegaAges]

I got trickstyle before I got a dc

[fahlim003]

I got my first import PS1 game (incidently my first PS1 overall) before I had a system that could boot it although the time between the actions was quite small. Otherwise I had Jurassic Park Operation Genesis for Xbox before I had Xbox or Xbox 360 with BC although I sold the 360 and game before it ever could have been run. Most recently I got Mother 3 for GBA and I've yet to get a GBA. Not really a big issue either, I got the game more out of respect than to use it.

[Mason P.]

I have an Intellevision Pitfall game and no system. I also had Metal Gear 2 and Twisted Metal Black before I had a Playstation 2. I just got Final Fantasy for the PSP and I don't have the system.

[obesolete]

way way back i bought snes zelda with my babysitting money. many months later I actually got to play it when i had saved up enough for the snes itself!

[Sonicwolf]

I got a 3DO Game before I got a 3DO and I recently purchased some lame looking CD-I game and I have yet to get that abomination of a system.

[mnbren05]

I bought games for the DS before I ever had one. I called it Planned Parenting. lol

[Steve W]

I just bought a Neo-Geo CD game, Fatal Fury 3, on the million-to-one chance I might ever come across a console in the future. I thought that maybe I have a better chance of finding a CD based console rather than the cartridge based one. Hopefully the thrift store gods will eventually smile upon me and grant me a Neo-Geo of my very own.

[HurricaneAndrew]

I bought a Dreamcast game before I found a decent Dreamcast system.

I also have about 10 Atari 5200 games with no 5200 to play them on, an Intellivision game with no Intellivision, and 3 ColecoVision games that were in a box of Atari 2600 games that I bought, but I have no ColecoVision.

[sebastiankirchoff]

I have some Sega CD games I got for dirt cheap, but still don't have a system.

[TazVag]

My very first video game, Jurassic Park for the NES, I begged for and ended up getting before I even had the console. "Coincidentally" I got the NES to play it on that Christmas.

[Lady Jaye]

The only time it happened to me was for the 360, when I bought Guitar Hero World Tour complete band pack (on sale at $100)... This being said, the purchase of the 360 was already planned and actually happened less than a month later, so it's not like I had to hold out playing the game for long.

I gotta say that I'm tempted to get Demon's Souls on the PS3 now even though I don't have a PS3...

[Yukima]

I bought Pokemon Crystal and Pokemon Card GB 2 (Japanese) before I got a GBC! I also got my first Super Famicom game before I actually attempted to break out my SNES cartridge tabs. I eventually did it successfully (note: I was only 12) about 10 minutes before I started playing the game!

[Baloo]

I bought Sega CD games at a local thrift store before I got the system actually, and I got Knuckles Chaotix before I got my 32x System.

The Sega CD games were too cheap to pass up ($3 each CIB and good titles: Silpheed, Sonic CD, Sewer Shark (traded this one away), and Ecco the Dolphin). It prompted me to get a Sega CD.

The 32x was being bought here on DigitPress when I got Knuckles Chaotix.

[vivaeljason]

I got Metal Gear Solid before purchasing a PS1. It's worth noting that I still don't have (or ever had) a PS1, and I've never actually played it.

[VanHelzen]

I had 3 'Alien vs. Predator' cartridges and 'Attack of the Mutants pinguins' for about 2 years until I actually bought an Atari Jaguar.

Looking back on that, I was being quite silly not to buy a Jaguar for such a long time.

[Flashback2012]

I have several XB360 and Wii games as well as a PS3 game that I have no system for.

When the original Game Boy came out, I picked up Super Mario Land and Baseball before actually owning the system. My dad thought I was nuts for buying the games and no system to play them on.

[PentiumMMX]

To update on my previous entry, I'll mention quite a few games I've bought before I've gotten the system for:

- Final Fantasy VII (PlayStation. Early-to-mid 2004)
Desperate to play it and not wanting to pay $50+ for the PC version, I settled with getting the PlayStation version and using a crappy demo version of Bleem to play it, until I was able to afford the system a month later.

- Luigi's Mansion (Gamecube. December 2005)
Only a day after winning an auction for a Gamecube on eBay, I searched all across town before I found a copy of Luigi's Mansion at a pawn shop for next-to-nothing. Even though I beat it withing a few days of my system arriving, I still enjoyed it; occasionally playing through it again just for the fun of it.

- Sonic Blast (Game Gear. A few hours ago as of writing this)
I had a Game Gear at one point, bue due to severe techincal problems (The A button was messed up), I had to return it. I wasn't planning on buying another one...until I found Sonic Blast buried in a bucket full of Game Gear games at Game-X-Change. Now, I once again have games for it...but still need to buy the system for it again (And this time, get one that works)