I decided yesterday that I was going to get a GameCube soon. As I had stated in a previous post, I have never owned a Nintendo system, but I am planning on picking up a Revolution next year. So what changed my mind?

After much thought about intellectual property, and a conversation with a close friend, it became clear that I am going to miss out on at least 8 to 10 games which: a) will NEVER be ported and b) which falls into the category of some of the best games available. That's it. Very simple.

I have a list. I just need a GameCube. $99.99 new? Preplayed, probably $89.99??? It's a deal I can't pass up.

It's very strange to look back at the gap in my gaming. Between my Atari 2600 and my 286 12MHz PC, there was an extreme gap until I bought my first Gateway Pentium 133MHz in 1995. My next console after the Atari 2600 was the Dreamcast in 2000.

So why no Nintendo? I guess it was because of college. I didn't have the money. Simple as that. I'm still amazed at some of the people on here younger than 17 and who have gamed more than I have. But then again, maybe I shouldn't be. I didn't list every Atari 2600 game I owned on here (I wonder if I even can?), and some of the early PC games I place on my original IBM 8086 don't exist in any system. Maybe I'm severely underestimating here.

Nevertheless, onward and forward!