I hadn't heard of any trouble with this, but I'll definitely check it out, thanks!
To my knowledge, myself and a guy named Angelo have been the only owners of the site name since May, 2002. I purchased the domain during that time but failed to do anything with it, so Angelo snatched it up as it expired. A few years later in 2006, I bought it back from him. If Al owned it, it would've been before that time.
Correct, it is/was an homage to AtariAge, one of the inspirations for the site originally. NintendoFunClub.com was already taken (and still is), and that, ironically, was one of my early ideas. I chose NintendoAge for one simple reason: I thought that people would come to AtariAge, love it, and say, "Hmm... I wonder if there's a similar site for Nintendo, maybe I should try NintendoAge.com?" It's not conspiratorial in nature, just an attempt to piggyback off this site's popularity to get the ball rolling.
I would be happy to remove that account for you since they haven't logged in for 3 years. Just send me an email to webmaster@nintendoage.com if you're serious about joining and I'll hook you up.
Welcome to the site!
At any rate, we're not Nintendo Nazis at NA, so we welcome anyone who loves vintage gaming as much as we do. I've actually caught a bit of the Atari buy myself recently after purchasing a Harmony cart at the Portland Expo!