| Generation NEX Videogame Console | 
| From: Messiah Entertainment
Buy Used: $59.99
as of 9/9/2010 22:23 CDT details
Seller: Console Solutions
Rating:  11 reviews
Platform: Nintendo NES
Media: Video Game
Number Of Items: 1
Operating System: Nintendo Entertainment System
Shipping Weight (lbs): 2.1
Dimensions (in): 7.5 x 8.5 x 4.5
Model: M083
UPC: 879767000833
EAN: 0879767000833
Release Date: March 13, 2006
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Features:
| • | Slim Design | | • | Built in 2.4GHz Wireless Support | | • | Dual Cartridge Slots: NES/FAMICON | | • | Dual Mono Audio Support | | • | Includes one wired controller |
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| Editorial Reviews:
Product Description
Open up the closet and dust off your NES game collection. Messiah Entertainment, Inc.'s Generation NEX Videogame Console is a tribute to all that is cherished about gaming, a time in gaming history long gone, but not forgotten. Messiah has brought you back in time to 1985, a time in gaming history where graphics and sound did not matter. A time when game play was most important and fun was the focus. The Generation NEX Videogame Console is a blend of past, present, and future....taking an old but incredibly fun product and updating it with today's technology. Get ready to relive the glory days, because Messiah Entertainment, Inc. is...BRINGING GAMING BACK TO LIFE!
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| Customer Reviews:
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 The best nes console clone October 8, 2009
Shari Spector
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
it looks like the nes but smaller reads the games without blowing on the cartrages and its got a great controller
 Close, But No Cigar August 5, 2009
Samson Wick (Council Bluffs, IA United States)
4 out of 5 found this review helpful
A friend of mine talked me into buying this a couple of years ago so I could shelve my NES to save it any more wear and tear but still play the games if I wanted to. For about 3 years it sat unopened on a shelf. This week I decided to try to use it for my Famicom Disk system because the company (who appears to be defunct now) claimed that it was compatible. I've even seen You Tube video of people using it with the Famicom Disk system.
So I finally unboxed the thing and now I have some impressions to share.
Positive:
Of all of the NES/Famicom knockoffs I've seen (and owned) this is by far the most elaborate.
It is styled after the old NES and that gives it a very distinct look.
It is the only "famiclone" I am aware of that has ports for the original controllers. I haven't tried the controllers that came with it, but most famiclone controllers are junk. The fact that you can use real Nintendo controllers with it is a definite plus.
NES games seemed to play with very few issues - it replicated the play experience pretty well - right down to the slowdown when too many sprites enter the screen at once. Again, I wasn't using the provided controllers, I was using an NES MAX controller.
Negative
The color pallet is definitely wrong. You may not notice this unless you are really familiar with what a particular game should look like or if you compare it side by side with a real NES, so it is up to you whether this is really a problem. All of the colors are brighter and tinted differently than they are supposed to be.
The sounds for NES games seem like the console is using the wrong MIDI library or something. Many of the sounds are just wrong.
I think these things must have had very poor quality control. I have heard a lot of people saying that it worked flawlessly for them, and a lot of people saying quite the opposite. Unfortunately I appear to have obtained a bad one, and the fact that it is so old - though I just unsealed it this week - and that the makers - Messiah Entertainment - appears to have gone out of business means that I have little in the way of recourse or troubleshooting.
When I insert the Famicom Disk RAM Adapter and turn the console on, the sound is very low and very distorted. The game I did most of my testing with: Yumei Koujou: Doki Doki Panic! (the game that would later be made into the U.S. version of Super Mario Bros. 2) uses a rare feature called the Famicom Disk System Sound Channel. Ironically the Generation NEX seems to decode that sound channel perfectly, but the standard sound for the games comes out muffled, scratchy and stuttering. It makes for quite an odd effect - some sounds are muffled and scratchy, and others are very loud and clear. No amount of troubleshooting has corrected the problem. As I stated earlier, I know this problem does not affect all of these consoles because I've seen YouTube footage of people playing games on the FDS with a NEX and there are no sound issues. I know this problem is not with my RAM adapter because it works fine in a proper Famicom.
Lastly, they should have included some sort of eject mechanism for the NES slot. The games are extremely difficult to remove once they have been inserted.
Summary:
The Generation NEX has some unique features that make it attractive - the ports for real Nintendo controllers and the neat retro styling. But the colors are all off and there is no way to adjust them. The quality control seems pretty terrible so it's a crap shoot whether you're going to get a good one or a buggy one.
 A good tribute to the original NES June 22, 2009
Justin S
I would like to say that this is a good product. I remember having an NES when I was growing up and wanted to relive some of those memories. I saw this in a local gaming store and figured I'd give it a shot.
Overall this system works very well. It plays close to 97% (if memory serves) of the games available for the NES. I have not noticed any significant sound or video issues except for one game out of the 25 or so I own.
There are some complaints however. It is frustrating to play my copy of Wizards and Warriors because it seems to lag and it is pixelated on about 75% of the screen. The RCA cables are a 1-up to the RF modulator but I sometimes have to jiggle them to get my video connection working again. I also don't love the controller it came with, but you can use all the old accessories, which is very nice.
Personally, this is a great system to get a quick NES fix and play some old games, but someday I would like to own the original, for nostalgia purposes and to avoid some of the issues w/ the system. For now though, the Generation NEX does it's job, and does it well.
If you're not too concerned about coming across a game that doesn't work (which is rare) then go for it, it will bring back many memories!
Don't Buy this Piece of Garbage May 11, 2009
Steve Urkel (Chicago, IL)
this thing looked good in the store, and at the price, it sounded like it had to be good (I paid $60) ive seen it for $50 - $80. the video quality is really noticeably different from the Real NES, and the sound is sometimes very distorted, it is also made of really cheap plastic, and the controller it comes with, sucks, and the Game Genie usually doesn't work in it. if u never played a NES before and you bought this, you wouldn't know about all this, so just pay $50 for a used original NES somewhere with a new pin connector.
 Long live Nintendo! May 1, 2009
Shane Roy (Upstate, New York)
When i first heard about this system in 07 i was looking for an alternative route to the original systems. Its a shame today that they don't sell the systems any more in retail stores i would love to see a NES cartridge sitting next to Xbox 360 PlayStation 3 or NIntendo Wii game but its not the 80s any more its 2009. I am a Nintendo purist and let me say this system comes very close the original NES and i had to get this system when my top loader recently died on me. I got so sick and tired of dealing with the rf i finally bought this system the Generation NEX. This system is more smaller and sleek than the original this pretty much is a slim NES much like the slim PS2 the best thing about this system is you can use original hardware like the Zapper plus you can play Famicom games on it but the controllers are horrid and is my only complaint but i use the original controllers and they work fine. Every game i tested works perfectly so no more rf unit no more channel 3 or 4 or the blinking screen of death this system is a tribute to the original NES and it works perfectly. I bought this system for the pure nostalgia so get out your classic NES cartridges and relive some of your child hood memories with the Generation NEX you will not be disappointed.
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