Quote Originally Posted by Tanooki View Post
I hate to do this, but I think saying that NintendoAge isn't credible at all is a stretch, often there's a lot of solid info there. That said, NintendoAge is deeply in the pocket of some of their longest and most appreciated members of which one is the owner of retrousb.com which is creating an HDMI NES system that isn't emulated but all new parts FPGA if I remember right, and it has a scoreboard component in it for competitive gaming. Bunny has been super critical of the Retron5 and many who are friends, retrousb supporters, and anti-clone, anti-emulator types have all jumped on a communal gangbang attack of the thing for a good year now. I've tried to defend the Retron5 as a solid alternative, but the thing is you're arguing against a site that leans towards collectors (some very irrational too) who do not like change, do not like interference, and really don't want to see people fucking with their hobby in cash value and collector value.

That can be said of any collector too involved in their hobby so it's not an NA thing as much as a general argumentative thing where you can get some unbalanced sorts trying to start shit with lies, rumors, faked or reused to be faked imagery and anything else to childishly hurt the perceived competition.

I think the Retron5 has promise, but it's only that much until the hard evidence shakes out in many reviews of the retail shelf unit people bought for what it can and can't do, not freebies or paid reviews off handed out systems.

...also ripping on Fox News is just childish, really? Could be worse, there's MSNBC that doesn't even at least attempt to do news. At least there's CNN eh?
As mostly a lurker on DigitPress, I'd like to chime in a little bit, as someone who has over 2000 posts on NintendoAge, I can say their biggest fault is that the community at large is more hung up on the collecting aspect than actually playing games and enjoying them. Half of all posts on NA if I sort by "latest post" are marketplace threads. There are icons for "complete" sets, etc, which is ludicrous on so many levels considering that a minimum 50% of the library available for every console are crap (although what defines "garbage" varies from person to person - it's often the case that one game enjoys games another thinks are crap), then the high-dollar rares that fetch so much money are being taken out of the hands of gamers who want to play them and made into display pieces for hard core collectors. Sure there's enough Mario/Duck Hunts to go around, but Bubble Bobble 2, Bonk's Adventure, Panic Restaurant, Little Samson, etc? Not gonna happen. Then they have a Hall of Shame system that banishes and chastises people if they happen to have a sour deal or two. I believe Satoshi Matrix, well respected guy with an awesome blog (his 100 best NES/Famicom list helped me discover a few hidded Famicom gems which I did import) fell victim to NA's HOS one-strike-you're-out bully tactics, despite multiple members chiming to his defense. All said and done, there's probably some great members as well as a-holes on either forum (ditto for AssemblerGames, AtariAge, and any number of other gamer centric forums), and I plan on doing a bit less lurking here on Digitpress in the future.

BunnyBoy/Brian of retroUSB seems very critical of the Retron5 because it somehow erodes his sales of the HDMI NES. I don't see how as I plan on getting both consoles, although I could see a casual gamer choosing the Retron5 over the HDMI NES because of it's lower pricepoint and the fact it supports several additional systems. But then no Scoreboard, no homebrews, Repros, etc... Either way my Retron5 is already paid for on Preorder at StoneAgegamer so I'm stoked about that. I got a nice whopping 15% discount coupon from a previous flash drive purchase, that I applied to mt entire order. Brian seems overprotective of his stuff, and I can't even get my CopyNES to read his newer flash-based UxROM homebrews. Fat chance people will be able to play Battlekid, Studyhall, or 8-bit Xmas 2013 with their Retron5, which is unfortunate. Piko Interactive seems to be partnering with Hyperkin in a way to get the Retron5 to work with their SNES Homebrews, including the SNES 4-in-1, so looking forward to good things.