My Growing Collection of Retro Video Game Systems

I have decided to start a collection; a collection of Video Game Systems from times gone by. Over the last month I have purchased and Odyssey 2, Atari Video Pinball, Coleco Vision, and An Atari 5200. The Odyssey 2 and Video Pinball was purchased at a garage sSale in Pacifica from a person who knows quite a lot when it comes to retro gaming. I was able to score the connecting cables (which also works with my Atari 2600) and 6 games. Both systems work perfectly well and I will review each system in a later post.

The Coleco Vision and Atari 5200 was just purchased today. I purchased them both from a collector at a Flea Market in San Francisco. He only had the bare consoles, no games or connecting devices/adaptors. Part of me doesn't really mind as of now since I do not have a strong desire to play the systems right this minute, but I'm wondering at this point whether or not the systems actually work. I met the guy who I purchased the Odyssey 2 and Atari Pinball from at the Flea Market. He said he would help me find the connector cables that I need.

Over all my collection of Video Game Systems as of right now includes the following:
Atari 2600 (Unknown working status)
Odyssey 2
Atari Video Pinball
Coleco Vision (Unknown working status)
Atari 5200 (Unknown working status)
Nintendo Entertainment Systme (I have 3 in my possession and only one works...barely)
Sega Genesis (Version 1 and 2)
Sega CD (missing connector cables)
Sega Master System Powerbase for the Genesis
Sega 32x (missing connector cables)
Sega GameGear (does not work anymore, looking to replace)
Nintendo Gameboy Color
Nintendo Gameboy Advanced SP
Nintendo DS (Gen 1)
Super Nintendo
Atari Jaguar
Nintendo 64
Sony Playstation
Sega Dreamcast
Sony Playstation 2

Pretty good collection so far. System side I am currently looking to purchase the following in the next oh lets say 6 months
Turbo Grafx 16
Nintendo DSi
A more stable working NES
Philips CD-I (would be shocked if I could get my hands on one that works)

I don't know. There's some kind of charm that these older systems and games bring that the current generation of gaming just can't provide or replicate, even through emulation. Simply put, nothing beats playing the original game, with the original system, with the original controller.