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I forgot to mention one thing: if I'm going to expand I want something somehow portable, something I could use also live... I have some really heavy gear in my studio, like a Korg DSS-1 which is an amazing synth imho but I wouldn't take it to a gig, it's just too heavy.

first of all thanks a lot to everybody for your answers!

@GwEm: Atari ST sounds interesting, but not really portable, is it?
@Jellica: Well I'm still figuring out the C64. What I really like is the Mssiah monosynth. But that's a monosynth, you can't do a whole track with it. I could get a second c64 and another mssiah cart and use sequencer on one and monosynth on the other... but I liked the idea of addin something with a different sound to the setup. Anyway, generally speaking you have a point, maybe I should think less about buying gear...
@herr_prof: that's a good advice... will think about it.
@arottenbit: yeah gameboy... have been thinking about it... but I must admit that I'm a bit tired of the sound...
@chunter: well yeah, I somehow need just one more device... but boss pedals are a great idea nonetheless...

The Shrut-1 is one of the most exiting projects I've seen lately, and I really think I'll get get as soon as it's ready! Though I don't really know how it will be released...

you guys really make me want to buy a new soldering iron!
Hmm... I've been considering the voice of saturn synth thing for some time now... anybody has got his hands on it?
Apart from that I know doepfer has released a DIY synth kit at NAMM... can't find the link right now, but if anybody wants to know I'll search for it.

Too bad to come to know of the existence of this thing just to know I never will get one...
though I would really like to expand my current chiptune setup...

Do they have pro-sound mod?

yeah! this is just so amazingly lo-fi!

Well that's true, there's some good ones out there, won't argue on that. But I think it's either the real thing or a really good emulation... because using vsts on the computer is a bit of a strange thing when doing chiptunes...

I mean there's several reasons because people like to make/listen to chiptunes. One is the sound, the esthetics, the nostalgia factor. Another is the act itself, the reduction, the musical minimalism. I think so many people use the gameboy to make tunes because it's small and portable and there is something in the act itself to stand on a stage and perform music on a gameboy. From that point of view a plugin like chipsounds doesn't make a lot of sense. It makes sense for people like me, who just love the sound, and aren't necessarily purists, and work on a DAW anyway... but then, the sound should really be as good as possible, and should be also very flexible and powerful. maybe even exceeding the original platform it's emulating.
In fact I quite like Quantum64, which is no emulation, but has some great features and a distinctive sound of it's own...