It's been almost four years since I posted this review, and I admit now that some of the language I used back then was a little crass (i.e. "Generation SUX"). Much has changed in the blogging world since 2005, and I've changed along with it. But the underlying criticisms of the NEX cited here remain valid.

It's finally time to close the book on the Generation NEX. This story is over now — the market has spoken, and Messiah is out of business. Their product truly was terrible for the price, and I advise anyone out there who might run across a NEX to avoid it unless a) it's $10 or b) you're a completionist and want it for your collection.

As a functional NES player, the NEX just didn't cut it, and I wouldn't recommend it to anyone.

That is putting my view kindly.

What I see here, is a clear case of ridiculous, biased, silly nerdy nitpicking to death.

As far as ALL NES clone hardware go, this one is pretty much.. THE best that you will get. 8-bit Jake's review is not only better written, more intelligent, more insightful and thoughtful then yours is.. it's also not a load of hot air.

The NEX, sir, does not suck. You do.

First off… do you have any idea how impressive a 95% compatibility rate really is? Judging by your article, no. You do not. Out of a library of literally hundreds of games, to have a compatibility rate that high, is frankly, remarkable.

This system is the most well put together, the best designed, and overall the NES clone with the most work and best functionality of all.

Frankly, I find it disgusting how you have bamboozled and misled many of the easily swayed sheep that come to this site and scared them away with your overly harsh, hot air spewing and scare mongering hyperbole, consisting of incredibly lame and excruciatingly minor nitpicks.

The original NES is a badly designed, and very flawed peice of hardware. Connectors easily corrode and bend over time, rendering them useless unless constantly moniored and replaced. If blinking screens, and hours spent trying to get ONE game to work correctly, then by all means, stay with the original toaster NES, and live in frustration and repair funds to replace pin connectors every few months.

Or, if you want to pay ridiculous amounts for the inferior NES Top Loader with it's only AV option bein the horrible RF switches and awful video quality, then by all means, stick with that.

But if you want 95% computability,games guaranteed to work most every time you turn them on, AND crisp, AV Component cables with dual mono instead of having to listen to only one speaker… then get the NEX.

it frankly is the best and most well made of all clones. highest compatibility rate, and best on the market of unlicensed NES's.

You article is wrong. It is misleading, it is nitpicky, it is harping severly and unnessessarily harshly on a series of minor, non-issues, it makes mountins out of molehills, it is biased, and ridiculously negative for no readily apparent reason, other than the words of a disgruntled man who was havin a bad day and needed somethin to take his frustrated, anger out on.

This article is a disgrace to this fine NES clone system, from the first word of it's misleading title, to every word of it's nitpicky, ridiculous, garbge, poorly reasoned diatribe within.

Don't listen to this article. It's ludicrous. THIS is the best you will find of it's kind. In fact, not bein able to play Castlevania III, non-withstanding, it is even superior to both OFFICIAL NES MODELS in the aforementioned ways.

And if you have an LCD tv… then it's a no brainier. You absolutely MUST buy this. There is no other option. As NES clones go, I guarantee that you can not do better than this.

my beef with messiah is that WILL NOT RETURN EMAILS OR CALLS!!!

i own a small flea market business in amarillo and messiah will not confirm orders or even answer a call. i got all kinds of accessories but no systems.
also i have a ton of games…like 5 maybe 6 hundred. i could have sold many MANY untits if only someone would ship the damn things to me!

this totally sucks i lost money this christmas because messiah refused to answer their phones.

thanks guys for letting me vent also,
beefcake

http://www.computercablestore.com/5_FT_RCA_Mono_to_Stereo_C_PID459.aspx

I had a cable that went to stereo laying around, and use it with my front loader to get fake stereo. It works fine.

I'm an NES junkie and I can't really find fault with the sound, it's worked on all the games I want to play, and the overall quality of the piece was quite excellent for the price.
However I don't like their wired remote for the reasons the article mentions, and I don't care for the disc instead of D pad on the wireless remote - but frankly no remotes but the original feel right to me so I've plugged in two gently used original controller I had.
The NEX is far better than any aftermarket NES on a chip consoles I have owned or played. I've experienced terrible sound quality, actual marring of the contacts inside game cartridges, and slots that look like nintendo controller plugs that can't take an orignal controller so you're stuck using the cheapo controllers that come with it.

bad controller? you can use the origanal nes one!

distorted sound? It sounds exactly the same to me! in fact, it's a little more clear because it's dual mono.

graphical glitches? I havn't encountered any. The system does make every game look a little brighter, but this can easily be adjusted in your TV settings by putting the brightness down a bit, and it looks JUST like the origanal NES.

considering that there is no cartridge blowing like the origanal toaster, and it plays famicom games, theres no reason to get an origanal nes over this (unless for the nastalgia or if you REALLY need to play castlvania 3)

does NES play both NES and famicom games without a converter.

does NES have built in wireless technology.

does NES have stereo A/V jacks

does NES play the games the first time you insert it, without a blinking screen, without having to clean the cartridges, or blow in it, or fiddle around with it for an hour.

yes, the generation nex is a famiclone, but its the KING of all famiclones. thats the whole point, if you are thinking of buying a famiclone, why not get the best. most normal people will never notice the tiny little differences.