Do u buy games for systems u do not own

[Missionfailed]

Like when u are out looking for games and stuff or not even looking, and u come across a game from an obscure system or just a system that u never taken a liking to....do you walk away our are u all in for grabbing it up? I especially grab em up to try and find it a good home but its harder on disc base games cause u are never sure if they actually work. Case in point i found 3 sega cd games before i had a sega cd. Vay, Lunar 2 and a disc only willy beamish. Beamish was the only one with scratches on it and it ended up not working after i finally obtained a sega cd. Sucks because i really wanted to play that one.

[Fleach]

I'll pick up games for systems I intend to own eventually. That helps get the collection for that console rolling a bit faster. Otherwise I'll just pass on a game for something I don't own.

Because my collection is still on the "smaller" side I keep everything I buy. There's really nothing I can buy to flip or trade at this point in my collecting days.

[singlebanana]

Of course, when you do that you know you've made the move from gamer to collector.

[Johnny Nintendo]

I just started doing this, but not for the purpose of collecting.  I will buy games from other systems if they are cheap, and then I resell them or see if anyone here needs them.

[moonraker_fats]

Yeah, it's hard to pass on a deal or something you won't come across often.  Being somewhat new to collecting, especially with limited funds, I'm starting to find that when I pick up stuff that's not within my current collecting goals (especially a system I don't own), I sometimes regret it later when funds are tight and I can't get something I find that is part of one of my goals.  You can't pass on Lunar for the Sega CD though...I believe that's criminal in most states

[Tynstar]

Sure do. I owned the entire Atari 7800 library for a year or so before I owned a 7800 system.

[engel762]

I tend to pick up stuff for systems I don't own, when I find them cheap.  An odd side effect of this is, I tend to find the systems for those games for cheap not too long after I buy the games.  Case in point, I bought a couple Sega CD games for 3 bucks each, and then found a Sega CD model 2 paired with a Genesis model 2 for 30 bucks.  Now if I could only get that to work all the time

[Shadow Kisuragi]

If it's boxed, I'll make sure to pick it up since I'll need the game for the system eventually. I own 40+ systems, yet I've got games for another 20 I've yet to own. My wife and I collect hardware, so it's not like I won't have a system for it down the road - games, on the other hand, can often be hard to find locally.

[ApolloBoy]

I once bought an X68000 game in anticipation of grabbing an actual X68k, but that eventually went down the tubes so I wound up selling it.

[Am4zingGam3r]

Only if its something really obscure like Nikko digiBlast games or Inerton VC-4000 games

[NES_Rules]

Sure do. I owned the entire Atari 7800 library for a year or so before I owned a 7800 system.

You win this thread.

[techwizard]

i had a Saturn game and a couple original xbox games for a long time before getting either system.

[monkees19]

I will but usually it's with the intent to flip em. I picked up a bunch of Master System games a few months back and I don't have one of those. I think I'm pretty good on consoles for awhile, though I do need to repair my Game Gear and I wouldn't mind picking up a Nomad at the right price. Even a PSP cheap also wouldn't kill me.

[Shadow Kisuragi]

I have an SMS that may need the card slot cleaned/repaired if you're interested, since you need an SMS.

[Missionfailed]

So do u guys shy away from disc games that have scratches?