I was into Nintendo originally also. I had the NES and then waited for the SNES before going on the the 16-bit generation. I remember reading about the planned CD add-on for the SNES in EGM and was really looking forward to it. Of course, that never materialized and it ultimately became the PlayStation which I did eventually get. Ironically, Nintendo's next system would still be cartridge based. I also eventually got a Genesis and Sega CD (I had a Game Gear early on) but always thought the Sega CD was a disappointment. It did have a handful of really good games but there were just far too few.