Talk:Generation NEX

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The words 'innovatively' and 'ultra-slim' sound a lot like marketing speak to me. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 24.222.38.60 (talk • contribs) 05:24, 29 October 2005 (UTC).

River City Ransom

My copy of River City Ransom works on my Gen Nex (unsigned comment from 8bitJake) —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 8bitJake (talk • contribs) 16:12, 9 November 2005 (UTC).

• According to the game compatibility chart, it says RCR works, but there are no notes about nonstandard performance. --SuperDude 15:47, 10 November 2005 (UTC)

There are no graphical error on my copy of River City Ransom on my Gen Nex (unsigned comment from 8bitJake) —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 8bitJake (talk • contribs) 14:51, 10 November 2005 (UTC).

Product reviews from Lik-sang.com

According to some product reviews from Lik-sang.com, it contradicts what Wikipedia informs to people. Could those reviews prove that somebody had a defective copy that convinced them to say in the article that the product is defective? anyone? --SuperDude 15:22, 10 November 2005 (UTC)

re-writing this article

I think this article is to negative and does not look at the positive aspects of the game system. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 192.160.64.49 (talk • contribs) 22:01, 29 November 2005 (UTC).

I am thinking about re-writing this article so it is more natural and less fan-boy. (Unsigned comment from 8bitJake) —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 8bitJake (talk • contribs) 09:10, 30 November 2005 (UTC).

Cart port problem link

It would be great to have a link to the forum that links to the cart port problem. Tracking this down is proving quite difficult and it would be nice to see the details.

I have yet to find out about this "problem" from a reputable source (unsigned comment from 8bitJake) —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 8bitJake (talk • contribs) 09:11, 30 November 2005 (UTC).

Reasons for cart port problem

The problem was actually originally mentioned in a DigitPress thread, where it is described that the NEX wires one of the cart pins to ground, which happens to be a pin that some carts always hold at 5V. Hence you have a short circuit that you are running 5V across. This was most likely done by mistake, as many NES games do not even use the pin, and so somebody without a good knowledge of NES games would then think that it is a good shortcut or cost saver to ground that pin. To be honest, the cart would have to be left in the NEX with the power on long enough for the short circuit to damage the cart or the system. So catching this problem in testing would be difficult, unless each game was played for an extended period of time.

I'd wade through the Digitpress NEX threads, but they are long, repetitive, and not easily searched. There were also additional problems with the wiring mentioned on NES Dev. While the posters on NES dev don't come out and say that such things might potentially damage carts or the system, you have to draw that conclusion yourself from the fact that certain pins are effectively short circuited.

So who wants to test it out? Just put one of the effected carts into a NEX and leave it powered on for an extended period of time. Keep an eye on it though. I don't want to suggest to anybody that they burn down their house. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 129.110.94.188 (talk • contribs) 15:03, 9 December 2005 (UTC).

• Try testing the product outside with a car adaptor and a battery for strict discretion from a power source embedded in the house that can cause a fire on a defective product. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 69.209.190.157 (talk • contribs) 16:08, 23 December 2005 (UTC).
• Just asking, are the games I have (SMB series, WoF Jr., Days of Thunder, Super Mario Bros./Duck Hunt multi-pak) affected by anything on the Gen NEX? --Blah2 23:41, 9 January 2006 (UTC)

Reviews

I posted a link to the review on 8Bit Joystick.com. As a disclaimer I would first like to say that this is my site and I wrote the review but it is a very popular article on my website and it was frequently cited on other websites when the system first went on sale.--8bitJake 16:50, 9 June 2006 (UTC)

Image of the Generation NEX

How about tonight I upload some pictures of the hardware that I took with my digital camera and have released under a Creative Commons licence.--8bitJake 19:48, 13 June 2006 (UTC)

What review is the REAL review?

Post your opinion here. I think 8BitJake's is realistic. --Blah2 00:15, 14 June 2006 (UTC)

Well they are all "real" reviews. It was a controversial system. Some "Glass half full" folks loved it and some NES purists hated it.--8bitJake 15:49, 14 June 2006 (UTC)

8BitJake's review is the only one that matters. It's obviously the most informative, the fairest, the most well stated and the superior review of all listed. It's THE review for the NEX. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.208.51.71 (talk) 06:23, 10 October 2009 (UTC)

Out of business?

The official website http://www.playmessiah.com seems to have been bought up by cybersquatters 24.20.202.157 (talk) 16:11, 1 May 2010 (UTC)