Retro Gaming Gains A Savior?

1up.com has a look at a new slimline NES console made by a company named Messiah. They hope the console, named Generation NEX, will be able to reach consumers in retail stores. From the article: "We think our products can be mainstream, it's just a matter of finding and reaching those people. Everyone loves the NES, and grew up playing it...We're hoping to get Generation NEX into mainstream retailers. We think that'll help out a lot. It's kind of like one of those impulse buys, people aren't searching for it but when they come across it they'll be like 'whoa, I want that!'...The greatest challenge was incorporating all of the extra features into the hardware...It's quite easy just to make a clone that works with the existing stuff, but then when you incorporate the built-in wireless and all the other stuff that went into this hardware ... That was the biggest challenge, getting everything to work together."

Comments

Re:Geek orgasm

[Digital Vomit]

I could see this succeeding or failing.

Wow! Are you a psychic or something?

Preorders available

[cgenman]

Lik-Sang is taking preorders for 60 US dollars.

Of course, that's with one wired controller and no hard drive...

Shipping date is set for the end of august.

Re:10NES and the hardware patent

[Anonymous Coward]

You know, I'm really getting tired of these old modem jokes... I mean, really, with broadband all over the place, nobody in their right mind still uses a

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