A lame NES knockoff? What are the chances?
Vintage Computing has a fairly in-depth thrashing of the Messiah Entertainment Generation NEX console. Turns out it’s a giant piece of crap. It doesn’t work with all of the games on their compatibility list, and the games it does work with have issues. Oh, but it does have 2.4 GHz wireless…for some reason.
I have to say I’m a little bummed on this. It would have been a fun little machine to have, since my NES crapped out on me like 10 years ago. I’ve never been a very big game collector though, and I only had like 12 games, so I wouldn’t have really missed out on much.
My advice? Just get a nice controller and stick to playing emulators on your computer like everyone else.
Update:
I’m a little relieved to see that Jake of 8Bit Joystick offers a more positive review.
I know a lot of gamers were really looking forward to this, so it’s good to see that there’s still hope.
November 7th, 2005 at 6:18 pm
This seems like a great thing to buy if you have a lot of money are are completely mentally retarded.
November 7th, 2005 at 6:19 pm
…and with that grammar mistake in my previous comment, if I had lots of money, I’d be their target demographic.
November 8th, 2005 at 4:48 am
Well I liked it
http://www.8bitjoystick.com/archives/jake_review_generation_nex_game_system_kicks_ass.php
November 8th, 2005 at 7:00 am
You know, as bad as the review was, I’d still really like to give it a try. The compatibility issues don’t concern me too much, but the controller does.
A bad controller just ruins the whole experience for me. I could never stand the Sega Genesis or even the Xbox, and I could barely tolerate the N64.
February 12th, 2006 at 4:03 pm
N64 had the best designed controller ever…
July 1st, 2006 at 8:03 am
i just got my nex today and every game i tried worked great the only bad thing was the sound was a little off on some games,and their was some little glitches but when you start playing you dont notice it, overall I would give it a 8.5/10, and the controller is not that bad once u get used to it but i recomend playing with a reagular nes controller
List of games i tried
1.double dragon 2-worked bit with little glitch
2.super c-worked
3.contra-worked
4.hoops-worked
5.world cup soccer-worked
6.double dragon-worked
7.the mafat conspiracy-worked
8.river city ransom- had some problems