I need to post what all I ended up settling with on the system. I ended up getting like 40 games or so. I will probably pick up a few more down the road, but decided to switch my focus to other systems like Nes for the time being.
I might have mentioned this earlier, but my favorite thing about the SMS is that the ratio of good to bad/sports games is very favorable. It's a great system to collect for, because there's a limited library (114 US games), the games all came in hard cases that have been preserved well over time (and that have a mostly-uniform look that shows well on a shelf), and it has a fun variety of genres (while the PCE might be shooter heavy, the SMS has good games for virtually every game type). The other great thing about the SMS is that the good games are relatively inexpensive, while the bad ones usually command the most (Smurfs 2, James Buster Douglas Boxing, Great Ice Hockey). On the NES it's the opposite - the good games everyone wants are often expensive, like the Mega Man or Dragon Warrior games, or for guys like us, Bonk's Adventure. Add in all the fun options like the dual formats, light gun games, paddle controller, 3D glasses, etc. and it's just such a charming little system.
