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Retro Gaming Gains A Savior?

Posted by Zonk on from the new-nes dept.

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."

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  1. Re:10NES and the hardware patent by Megane · · Score: 3, Informative
    Nope, you only need it for cartridges. A homebrewer would have to start buying Super Mario cartridges in bulk, but otherwise it's not necessary.

    And it's well known that if you cut pin 4 of the chip inside the console and ground it, ***THIS POST HAS BEEN CENSORED BY THE DMCA POLICE ***

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  2. Re:Revolution by Dark_Lord_Prime · · Score: 2, Informative

    Some of us still have our (large) libraries of NES carts, y'know.

    Revolution will support downloading of old NES and SNES games via your internet connection, some free and some for pay, according to the last thing I read from Nintendo on it.

    I've read nothing at all that mentions whether you get to -keep- those downloaded games(saved to a memory card, say), or if you have to download them --and possibly pay again-- each time you want to play them.

    I still have my NESv2 (top-loader model), but it certainly cannot play Famicom carts, and I cannot sit across the room to play it.

    I, for one, am definitely interested in the NEX, simply because of the wireless controllers and Famicom cart port. :)

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  3. Re:Revolution by FLAGGR · · Score: 2, Informative

    The games are saved onto the internal 512mb flash or to an external SD card. You really think Nintendo would charge you for each play?