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I actually don't have any gaming regrets. I suppose that all my consoles are hidden away rn and I'm not rich enough to game 24/7 but lets see: I started with a SNES, built up a decent collection that I still have From that generation, I had a friend with a NES I played periodically and a friend with a Mega Drive. I finally got a MD when the N64 came out so kinda sucked my friends sold their MDs and I couldn't trade but w/e. Also got a Master System at some point with all the games I wanted. A regret would be that my uncle threw away his Mega CD and 32X instead of giving it to me... I found an Amstrad CPC464 at a thrift sale. It was expensive for me at the time, like £60, but everything worked. I think I had to ask my Mum for a loan to buy it, she was finally conviced by the fact it came with an actual BOX of games. Got a lot of hours out of that. Next up, played my cousin's PSX a lot, got a N64 for £1, a PS2 at a decently earlyish time, and the pinnacle of that generation was my Dreamcast I got at launch and was allowed to play early although it was meant to be a birthday present. Got all the games I wanted for that. Skipped PS3 (glad) and Xbox (glad), got 360 and PS4, zero interest in Xbone, Wii U. I'd like a Switch but w/e too much money not enough friends to play with. Got Nintendo DS, Wii, Gamecube cheap, years after the fact. Handheld I just repped the original Gameboy and burned a hole in Pokemon and other RPGs and puzzlers. Upgraded to GBC. Never bought into the rest and don't feel like I missed much (yeyeye PSP fanboys, don't even @ me). The one singular thing I did not buy that I wanted was a Vectrex. There was one in my local games store I played for free every Saturday and one week I eventually decided to buy it and it was gone. Yes, I could eBay that shit any time, but I feel shame I did not secure it in person. So that's one regret. Other than that, I hate buying new "in vogue" consoles. Had the SNES, Dreamcast, PS2 and PS4 in vogue and they're genuinely the best consoles ever anyway. Got everything else decent after the fact for cheap.