Yep, Sony was being really overreaching with the then Sony-Nintendo Playstation as they were planning on releasing a CD only version of the system (basically a SNES without the cartridge port and only a CD-ROM drive) and releasing a statement that they would be the sole source for Superdisc games.

So Nintendo pulled the plug on that and partnered up with Philips. So instead of the Sony-Nintendo Playstation we got those HORRIBLE Zelda games for the CD-I, and Sony went in their own direction for video games and gave us the world conquering Sony Playstation in 1994.

I've played those Zelda CD-i games, and they're not horrible. Mainly bland. Hotel Mario is somewhat enjoyable but in the end I'd say the Philips CD-i is just a waste of time.

Right now I'm sitting with

NES (packed away)
N64 (packed away)
Saturn (packed away, I need to get an A/V cable for it)
Dreamcast (packed away, I need to get this back soon for Pier Solar DC)
PS2 (had one, sold it, got a Slim for $5 at the thrift store a month or so ago)
Xbox ($5 from the thrift store, had Halo 2 in the drive)
Xbox 360 (with the HD-DVD drive now!)
PS3 Phat
Wii
Crystal Blue 2DS.

I had a Wii U, sold it, and regret that decision still today.

I may regret it down the road, and there were good times had. But I sold off my Neo Geo AES collection. I didn't have a ton of games, but a fair amount. Hopefully the next owner enjoys it as much as I did. My favorite game that I owned? Ghost Pilots.

Neo Geo is nice. I collected MVS games back in the days.

It's a fun system, unfortunately AES games can get spendy, especially if you start looking towards the more popular games. MVS is the way to go if you just want to play them. If I get the urge for some Neo Geo I still have the Neo Geo X.

Yeah and I was into arcade games, so MVS was obvious. Had this out in my garage. Miss it sometimes since I'm a huge arcade fan (pick up 'n play with high speed is my kind of thing).

I've collected vintage video games and computers for about 15 years or so now. Besides all this listed below I have a range of different peripherals and games. I like to collect a little bit of everything, expecially the more obscure stuff, but also mainstream. Have several copier units from Hong Kong, home made hardware, pirated material etc. Very interested in the demoscene as well, so some of my computers and consoles are rigged for that kind of stuff. Have maybe around 500 original games in total. If you count all the pirated material I have, then it is well over a thousand.

I'll try to list what I have here, might miss out a few things and the list will be messy:
- Magnavox Odyssey with Shooting Gallery rifle
- 3 pong consoles from the 70s
- 3 Atari 2600 (one 6-switch (NTSC) with composite/s-video mod, one 4-switch (PAL) and one junior (NTSC) with composite mod)
- 2 Commodore 64 (one "bread bin" and one 64C
- Osborne 1 portable computer
- 3 NES (one NTSC, one PAL, one top loader (NTSC) with AV mod)
- AV Famicom
- Sega Mega Drive (PAL model 2 and NTSC-J model 1 with CD unit)
- SNES (PAL and NTSC)
- Super Famicom
- Nintendo 64 (PAL and NTSC-J)
- 3 PSX (all chipped)
- PC Engine (modified with s-video)
- PC Engine GT
- 2 Game Boy (one stock, one heavily modified)
- Game Boy Color
- Game Boy Advance
- Virtual Boy
- 2 Amiga 500 (one stock and one with 512kb extra RAM)
- 2 Amiga 1200 (one stock and one tower converted with PPC accelerator, 256MB RAM, IDE interface, PCI bus board etc)
- Neo Geo AES (universe bios chip)
- Neo Geo CD
- NEC PC-FX
- Kontiki-100 (Rare Norwegian made computer from the 80s)
- Misc PCs from the 80s and 90s (different types from 8088 to Pentium III CPUs)
- Playstation 2 (matrix infinity chip)
- Playstation 4
- xBox (modified)
- xBox 360 slim
- Nintendo 3DS
- Sinclair ZX81

I wish I was able to collect any arcade games. If I could, I'd try extremely hard to somehow hunt down an original 1983 Stern Cliff Hanger machine. I love that game so much even if it was a bit lazily made because they just spliced together two Lupin anime films into a game (Castle of Cagliostro and Mystery of Mamo, which are both great, imo (especially Cagliostro)).

Anyone into arcade gaming needs to make a pilgrimage to this place . . .

http://www.gallopingghostarcade.com/

Went there a couple weeks ago during a business trip--good Gawd it's the BEST ARCADE EVER!!! Just check out this game list:

720
1942
1943
19XX
Aero Fighters
Aero Fighters 2
Aero Fighters 3
After Burner II
Air Buster
Alcon
Alien 3 : The Gun
Aliens
Alien Storm
Alien Syndrome
Alien vs Predator
Altered Beast
AntEater
APB
Arch Rivals
Area 51
Arkanoid
Arkanoid : The Revenge of Doh
Arm Champs II
Art of Fighting
Art of Fighting 2
Art of Fighting 3
Assault
Asteroids
Astro Fighter (Cocktail Table)
Atomic Punk 2
Aurail
Bad Dudes
Bad Lands
Batman
Battle Toads
Battlezone
BeachHead 2000
Bermuda Triangle
Berzerk
Bio Freaks
Bionic Commando
Black Knight (Pinball)
Black Tiger
Blasted
Blasteroids
Blood Brothers
Blood Storm
Bomb Jack
Bosconian
Breakers Revenge
Bubble Bobble
Bubbles
Buck Rogers : Planet of Zoom
Bucky O’Hare
Bump ‘ N’ Jump
Burger Time
Cadash
Cadillacs and Dinosaurs
Capcom vs SNK
Capcom vs SNK 2
Captain America and the Avengers
Captain Commando
CarnEvil
Carrier AirWing
Centipede
Championship Sprint
Choplifter
Circus
Circus Charlie
Cobra Command
Combatribes
Commando
Congo Bongo
Contra
Crackdown
Crazy Climber
Crazy Taxi
Crazy Taxi High Roller
Creature from the Black Lagoon (Pinball)
Crime City
Crime Fighters
Cruis’n USA
Cruis’n World
Crystal Castles
Cyberball 2072
Cyvern
Dangar UFO Robo
Darius Gaiden
Defender
Devastators
Die Hard Arcade
Dimahoo
Dirty Pigskin Football
Discs of Tron
Dig Dug
DJ Boy
Dodonpachi
Dodonpachi II Bee Storm
Dodonpachi Daioujou
Donkey Kong
Donkey Kong Jr.
Donkey Kong 3
Donpachi
Double Dragon
Double Dragon II
Double Dragon (Neo Geo)
Dragon Ball Z
Dragon’s Lair II : Time Warp
Dragon Saber
Dragon Spirit
Dungeons & Dragons: Shadow Over Mystara
Dungeons & Dragons: Tower of Doom
Dynamite Duke
Elevator Action
Elevator Action II
Escape from the Planet of the Robot Monsters
ESWAT
Extermination
Eyes
F-14 TomCat (Pinball)
Fallen Angels
Fatal Fury
Fatal Fury 2
Fatal Fury 3
Final Fight
Flicky
Food Fight
Forgotten Worlds
Freddy : A Nightmare on Elm Street (Pinball)
Frenzy
Frogger
Frontline
F Zero AX
Fun House (Pinball)
G-Loc
Gain Ground
Galaga
Galaga 3
Galaga ’88
Galaxian
Galloping Ghost Pong
Garou Mark of the Wolves
Gate Of Doom
Gauntlet
Gauntlet Dark Legacy
G-Darius
Ghost Pilots
Ghosts & Goblins
Ghouls & Ghosts
Giga Wing
G.I. Joe
Gladiator
Godzilla
Golden Axe
Golden Axe : Revenge of Death Adder
Gondomania
Gorf
Gorgar (Pinball)
Gradius II
Gradius IV Fukkatsu
Gravitar
Grid, The (x6)
Guilty Gear XX Accent Core
Gun Smoke
Gun Survivor 2 – Biohazard Code Veronica
Gyruss
Halley’s Comet
Hammer Away
Haunted Castle
Heavy Barrel
Holosseum
House of the Dead
Hydro Thunder
Ikari Warriors
Ikaruga
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
Injustice : Gods Among Us (PS3)
In The Hunt
Ironman Ivan Stewart’s Super Off Road
Jackie Chan The Kung Fu Master
Jackal
Jail Break
Joust
Joust 2
Jr. Pac Man
Judge Dredd
Jungle King
Karate Champ
Karnov
Kick
Killer Instinct
Killer Instinct II
Killer Instinct (2013) (XBoxOne Arcade System)
King Of Fighters 1994
King Of Fighters 1995
King Of Fighters 1996
King Of Fighters 1997
King Of Fighters 1998
King Of Fighters 1999
King Of Fighters 2000
King Of Fighters 2001
King Of Fighters 2002
King Of Fighters 2003
King Of Fighters NeoWave
King Of Fighters XI
King of Fighters XII
King Of Fighters XIII
King of the Monsters
King of the Monsters 2
Klax
Knights of the Round
Krull
Kung Fu Master
Last Blade
Last Blade 2
Lethal Enforcers
Life Force
Lucky & Wild
Lunar Lander
Mace The Dark Age
Mad Planets
Magical Drop II
Magician Lord
Magic Sword
Mappy
Mario Bros.
Mars Matrix
Marvel Super Heroes
Marvel Super Heroes vs Street Fighter
Marvel vs Capcom
Marvel vs Capcom 2
Mazinger Z
Mega Force
Mega Man Power Battle
Mercs
Metal Black
Metal Slug
Metal Slug X
Metal Slug 3
Metal Slug 4
Metal Slug 5
Michael Jackson’s Moonwalker
Midnight Resistance
Millipede
Missile Command
Mission Craft
Monster Bash
Monkey Ball
Moon Patrol
Mortal Kombat
Mortal Kombat II
Mortal Kombat 3
Mortal Kombat 4
Mortal Kombat (2011)
Mortal Kombat X
Mouse Trap
Mr. Do!
Ms. Pac Man (TURBO)
Ms. Pac Man
Mutation Nation
NAM 1975
NARC
Nastar Warrior
NBA Jam
NBA Jam Tournament Edition
Need For Speed Underground
Nemesis
Neo Geo Battle Coliseum
NFL Blitz ’99
Nibbler
Nightmare in the Dark
Ninja Baseball Batman
Ninja Gaiden
Ninja Warriors
Omega Race
Operation Thunderbolt
Operation Wolf
Outfoxies, The
Outrun
P-47 Phantom Fighter
P.O.W.
Paperboy
Pac Land
Pac Man
Pengo
Phoenix
Pigskin 621 AD
Pinbot (pinball)
Pit, The
Pit Fall II Lost Caverns
Pit Fighter
Pole Position
Popeye
Power Drift
Primal Rage
Primal Rage II
ProGear
Psychic Force 2012
Punch Out
Punisher, The
Puzzle Bobble
Q*Bert
Qix
Radiant Silver Gun
Raiden
Raiden II
Raiden Fighters
Raiden Fighters II
Rally X
Rambo III
Rampage
Rampage World Tour
Rampart
Rastan
Ray Storm
Real Ghostbusters
Revolution X
Rival Schools : United By Fate
Road Blasters
Road Runner
Robocop
Robotron 2084
RockMan 2 The Power Fighters
Rolling Thunder
Rolling Thunder 2
R-Type
Rush N Attack
Rygar
S.T.U.N. Runner
Salamander 2
Samurai Shodown
Samurai Shodown II
Samurai Shodown III
Samurai Shodown IV
Samurai Shodown V Special
Samurai Shodown VI Tenkanichi Kenkakuden
Sarge
Satan’s Hollow
Saturday Night Slam Masters
Scramble
SegaSonic The Hedgehog
Sega Strike Fighter (DLX)
Shadow Dancer
Shinobi
Shock Troopers 2
Silent Scope
Silent Scope II Dark Silhouette
Silk Worm
Simpsons
Simpsons Bowling
Sinistar
Sky Shark
Smash TV
Sol Divide
Solar Assault
Solar Fox
Soul Calibur III
Space Ace
Space Duel
Space Harrier
Space Invaders
Space Invaders (Pinball)
Space Lords
Spawn
Speed Racer
Spiderman
Splatter House
Spy Hunter
Star Castle
Stargate
Star Wars
Star Wars Return of the Jedi
Star Wars Trilogy
Stratovox
Street Fighter
Street Fighter II Turbo Hyper Fighting
Street Fighter Alpha 3
Street Fighter III 3rd Strike
Street Fighter Alpha
Street Fighter The Movie
Street Fighter Zero 2 Alpha
Street Fighter Zero 3 Upper
Strikers 1945 Plus
Strider
Strider II
Strike Force
Subroc 3D
Sunset Riders
Superman
Super Cobra
Super Contra
Super Hang On
Super Monaco GP
Super Pac Man
Super Puzzle Fighter II Turbo
Space Fortress Macross
Super Street Fighter II X Grand Master Challenge
Super Street Fighter IV AE
Survival Arts
SVC Chaos – SNK vs Capcom
Tapper
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles – Turtles in Time
Tekken 3
Tekken Tag Tournament
Tempest
Tengai
Terminator 2 Judgment Day
Terra Cresta
Tetris
Timber
Time Traveler
Thunder Blade
Thunder Force AC
Thunder Jaws
Tiger Heli
Time Killers
Time Pilot
Time Pilot ’84
Time Soldiers
Toki
Toobin’
Total Carnage
Track & Field
Trog
Tron
Truxton
Turbo
Tutankham
Twilight Zone (Pinball)
Twin Cobra
Twin Cobra II
Twin Eagle
Twin Eagle II
Uchuu Daisakusen Chocovader Contactee
Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3
Ultraman
U.N. Squadron
Vampire Savior
Vampire Savior 2
Vanguard
Vendetta
Viewpoint
Vindicators
Virtua Fighter 4 Evolution
Vulgus
VS Castlevania
VS Super Mario Bros.
Wacko
War Final Assault
War Gods
Warlords
Wild West Cowboys of Moo Mesa
Wind Jammers
Wizard of Wor
World Heroes
World Heroes 2
World Rally
Wrestle War
WWF Super Stars
WWF Wrestlefest
WWF Wrestlemania
X-Men
X-Men Children of the Atom
X-Men vs Street Fighter
X Multiply
Xenophobe
Xevious
Xexex
XYBots
Zaxxon
Zed Blade
Zombie Raid
ZooKeeper

They even keep the high scores ontop of all the games for you to try to beat.

I nearly got the high score on Samurai Shodown II (missed it by 3000 pts!!)

Hope i get the chance to go out there again soon!!

Are you certain you were not just dreaming or died and went to gamer heaven ! ! !
Omg.... that such a place with that many blasts from the past even exists is nothing short of miraculous. ...
thanks for passing on the link !
If i am not heard from again,.......better check that arcade ........

I keep a Sega Saturn around, just because Digital Illusions' True Pinball is my favorite video game ever. It came with the smaller controller (the black US version of the Japanese controller). I bought the larger controller separately because that's the one I was used to in the 90s, but the springs in the shoulder buttons are shot. I have the white Japanese controller too. It gives an "unsupported controller version" message when I try to save my initials on high scores. That doesn't matter anyway, since I don't have a memory card to save the high scores.

Other than that, I have a few handheld electronic games, most notably the original Simon. I wonder whose pocket they thought it would fit in.

Have you ever been to Funspot? I was just there almost a week ago, and it's also amazing.

I bought myself a PlayStation 4 on Monday. I bought the "Last of Us Remastered" bundle, and Target had a promotion going where if you buy any PS4 you get copies of "Destiny" and "Assassin's Creed: Unity" included for free. I also bought "Project CARS." I ended up having to exchange the system, though. First one was defective out of the box and wouldn't keep the controller connected or turn back on after going into Rest Mode. :/ I also didn't really want "AC:U" so I took it back as well and got "Far Cry 4" and "Battlefield 4" with the money they gave me back for it.

Minus the immediate snag of having to exchange the system, I'm really loving it so far. Haven't gotten to play around with it much since I had to work a couple of 12-hour shifts this week, but I absolutely adore "Project CARS." It's also the first time I've really tried gaming in surround sound and playing stuff like "Battlefield" in Dolby 5.1 is phenominal.

diggy_dude, have you tried replacing the CR2032 battery in your Saturn? It shouldn't require a memory card to save games.

I bought a console back in 1994 noone else had, the 3DO. It was an excellent piece of hardware for its time and they released a couple of very good titles on it.
I really liked the whole concept behind it but unfortunately it was a failure

I still have my Panasonic 3DO console to this day and it still works.

I still enjoy my ole ColecoVision from 1983 'Zaxxon by Sega was a true Arcade port and so was Bump & Jump witg the steering wheel adaptor!

I thought I'd never buy anything related to Nintendo again, but yesterday I got myself a first revision Super Famicom at $30 shipped. Once I have everything set up with my BVM, I will probably get myself an SD2SNES. The reason why I got the first revision is because the RGB quality is far superior in comparison to any later one (last SFC revision (1chip) and Snes Jr. can be modded to get equal results however). I'm looking forward to this.

the Saturn has built in memory so the backup cart is virtually uneeded unless required [which is some Japanese games to my knowledge] or as well a backup of the saves on the system

make there is a working battery so it won't ask you to input the time and date all the time which also helps in saving.

Didn't know about that RGB thing... Still haven't bought an RGB cable for my Super Famicom, but opened mine and could see it isn't the "good" type you bought. I wouldn't have second thoughts about the SD2SNES cartridge. It is just fantastic! Own one my self, and can say I can't believe I didn't buy one sooner. Only complaint I have is that mine can be difficult so insert into the console. It is custom hardware, and guess they missed by maybe 1mm when creating the mold for the shell. Have to insert it slightly at an angle for the connectors to meet. Not a problem when you get used to it, though.

Guess most consoles have "good and bad" revisions. Even the Neo Geo have poor RGB at the later revisions. Thankfully the one I bought from Japan were one of the earliest types that have good RGB!