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Missionfailed
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Do u buy games for systems u do not own
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March 21, 2013, 07:21:38 AM »
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.
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Re: Do u buy games for systems u do not own
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March 21, 2013, 07:54:01 AM »
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.
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Re: Do u buy games for systems u do not own
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Of course, when you do that you know you've made the move from gamer to collector.
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Re: Do u buy games for systems u do not own
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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.
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March 21, 2013, 08:38:57 AM »
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
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Re: Do u buy games for systems u do not own
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March 21, 2013, 11:35:52 AM »
Sure do. I owned the entire Atari 7800 library for a year or so before I owned a 7800 system.
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March 21, 2013, 11:41:13 AM »
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
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March 21, 2013, 11:46:40 AM »
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.
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March 21, 2013, 11:49:26 AM »
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.
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Only if its something really obscure like Nikko digiBlast games or Inerton VC-4000 games
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Quote from: Tynstar on March 21, 2013, 11:35:52 AM
Sure do. I owned the entire Atari 7800 library for a year or so before I owned a 7800 system.
You win this thread.
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i had a Saturn game and a couple original xbox games for a long time before getting either system.
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March 21, 2013, 06:18:15 PM »
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.
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Shadow Kisuragi
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March 21, 2013, 06:31:49 PM »
I have an SMS that may need the card slot cleaned/repaired if you're interested, since you need an SMS.
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Missionfailed
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So do u guys shy away from disc games that have scratches?
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