Generation NEX: NES micro-clone from Messiah

[Bojay1997]

You're wrong Bojay1997. It's all perfectly legal, Nintendo's only gone against the parties that include roms in the devices.

I don't know what Nintendo has the rights to or not hardware wise, but these devices uses Nintendo on a chips are perfectly legal.

Assuming this system does not infringe any of Nintendo's patents, it may very well be legal. To suggest, however, that Nintendo's patents on the NES have expired and that's what makes it ok to sell clones is just plain wrong.

[Leo_A]

Okay, I can accept that. For example I know the TIA chip from the 2600 is still under copyright, so what you're saying makes sense.

[n8littlefield]

Sorry to bump this, but aren't we getting REALLY close to shipping on these? I was thinking by now we'd at least have some type of update on compatibility. Any word yet?

[s1lence]

According to Messiah today is the day that all of the pre-orders should will have been shipped by. Hopefully people will start to recieve them this week.

[captain nintendo]

16-bit, the Sharp NES TV has the NES built in....picture quality is stupendous.

The Titler "looks sharper" at times, but it takes away from the colors I noticed for some reason.

I still prefer a nice NES toaster with gold AV cables on a WEGA! But you are right, the cost is an issue, that was the main reason....

Sharp NES combo TV does look awesome ! Best 150 dollars I ever spent.



Hopefully people will post here when thier orders start arriving I want to know if it is worth picking up.

[DoctorAwesome]

I want to play my soon to be nex on my computer monitor, will any VGA cables work?

[Jagasian]

I want to play my soon to be nex on my computer monitor, will any VGA cables work?

No. The NEX only outputs RCA composite video. So if you want to hook it up to a computer monitor, you will need to use a VGA adapter, which tend to be expensive.

Sorry to bump this, but aren't we getting REALLY close to shipping on these? I was thinking by now we'd at least have some type of update on compatibility. Any word yet?

Seriously. Isn't this the kind of thing that people would like to know before they buy it?

[Leo_A]

You would think they'd take some time and update the community. They're clearly finished with it if it's time to ship them (Which means any games they know aren't compatible are going to stay that way), or if they're not finished with them yet they owe the people that ordered one a update that its been delayed. A list of the titles tested and any issues that crept up in any would be a nice thing to make available.

Not a good start, hope it doesn't reflect the quality of the finished product.

[n8littlefield]

I actually emailed them today, because if it is a good system, it will likely be on my Christmas list this year for my wife... If I get a response, I'll put it here. Basically I just said that given it's launching, is there any update on the games that normally hang up Famiclones like Castlevania III and Tengen games.

Edit: I got this:
As soon as we have an update, it will be posted on the playmessiah.com website! Thanks for your patience!

Seriously, the thing is basically shipping, how can you not give people the information unless you have something to hide?

[Nes]

Sharp NES.... i've been wanting to get one of those for quite some time.... drool.

[Darth Sensei]

I have a tendency to be paranoid, but I think this smells...

[s1lence]

I have a tendency to be paranoid, but I think this smells...

Well considering people have played them at CGE and they offer other products, I don't think it smells fishy....yet.

[n8littlefield]

I don't think it smells funny that it won't be released, I'm just starting to think that people may be plunking down 2-3x the price of a normal clone for one with similar compatibility issues. They really need to release some sort of statement.