NES-on-a-chip vs. real NES hardware

[NES-on-a-chip vs. real NES hardware]

interesting...

 

pardon my noobiness, I'm just getting into this stuff. i basically know nothing. To fix that problem see here: http://www.atariage.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=78716

 

from a hardware standpoint, I think the zero force connector was an excellent idea poorly executed. The theory of eliminating the "scraping" of pins and contacts as you insert a cart ensures its longevity.

 

The reason that wasn't employed correctly in the design is they didn't take advantage of the fact that it doesn't matter how hard you press on the contacts if they arent going to be sliding around and being worn out, and as long as you arent puching throught eh board or busting it straight off.

 

if nintendo would have made the pins stiffer like on the ebay replacements (don't know if it is intentional or not) then the connector/loading issue wouldn't have been so bad, and the goal of preventing contact wearwould still be achieved.

[I'll still buy a Generation Nex...]

omne...

 

dishonesty isn't defined as "blatantly lying"

lack of being forthcoming is also dishonesty

 

Considering the situation and my past experience, a legit "false advertising" class action lawsuit could easily be brought up against Messiah (if a lrge group chose to do so) for their own press release in july, and for allowing those they paid to do reviews falsely stating "plays all (your favorite) NES games" Believe me I know.

 

FYI I now work for a gov't contractor, and if something like this would have happened with the government as the customer, the government would crush them like a bug "with the wrath of God" because they simply wouldn't stand for it (i'm talking to the point of even ruining the company's janitor's track record!). and neither should the general public.

 

Your blatant defense of the SLIMEY (YES, SLIMEY!!!) corporate marketing scheme of the 21st century clearly indicates either:

 

1. You are one of the hundreds of thousands of SLIMEY marketing assholes in this country

 

2. You have some connection with messiah

 

one more thing for OMNE: all of the other companies you mention allow independent reviewers to post their thoughts on their products in an easily accessible place, and at least within a reasonable timeframe of when it is commercially available. Not that its messiahs fault for the shipping delays they claimed, but it is their responsibility for them to make sure their customer is comfortable with the product they buy, as it is with all companies. if the customer isn't comfortable, they take their business elsewhere and the company dies. so while being deceptive (intentionally or not!) can bring in more profits initially, it is actually kamakaze (sp?). because regardless of if it was on purpose or not, it still puts a bad rap on the company

 

as is what you see here. I don't care if the vagueness and false innuendos of compatibility were intentional or not, if it stinks, it smells, and there are at least five other companies that have competing products that never make false promises and I almost EXPECT their products to be sub-par, if thats what you want to call it. at least there is no disappointment or bad taste left in my mouth for the company. and that is more satisfying than dealing with the bullshit.

 

I know I'm eating my own words, but from a global point of view (marketing, price, looks, function and all), i'd take any "decent" clone over a NEX anyday

 

SLIMEY! SLIMEY! SLIMEY! SLIMEY! SLIMEY! SLIMEY! SLIMEY! SLIMEY! SLIMEY!

 

 

for everyone else:

 

I don't think that MESSIAH sucks or is a slimey piece of SH!T, but I do believe they were dishonest about the whole NEX thing, and have, in general, put a huge damper on my opinion of them.

 

I think the entire "cult" (dare I say) NES following has also been damaged as a whole. This is the group of individuals that helpedMessiah get their start and will be their primary/ consistent customer base in the future, IF they get their act back together.

 

another FYI: I ordered a NEX (possibly considering getting a refund before its shipped) and i also have thier wireless controllers. I absolutely love their controllers. they freaking rock. I think they did a good job marketing them, imho their function and build is 1st party quality, and they way they handled the transaction was very professional and hastle free for me, the customer. but the NEX ordeal has definitely affected my opinioin of them. Im hoping they get their act together and be more forthcoming about the system, and perhaps in the future they will release a better version. From what I've seen/heard, everything is top notch besides the NOAC "issue".

 

I don't necessarily think that Messiah purchased NOAC for use in the NEX. I don't know, but I'm not going to claim that they most definitely did use one either. Quite possibly, the programmer could have buit his own NOAC from the ground up and encountered the same problems as other NOAC's. i know with the very very very simple programs I have written, some of my classmates encountered the same glitches. most likely becasue we were taught to use the same approach to program writing. this could be the case with the messiah noac and other noac's. Again, just a theory.

[NES-on-a-chip vs. real NES hardware]

actually, messiah jsut claimed that it wasn't worth the effort to convert to s-video, which I believe is a legit claim.

 

from what I understand, the games are directly programmed to output in NTSC(US/JAP) or PAL (EU). every time you convert, you lose picture quality, so by converting from NTSC to S-vid, you don't gain anything.

 

From playing a yobo, I'd say it soen't have as bad of slowdown (on large games) as the toaster. Like when playing contra force, both my toploader and my toaster can barely even handle that game, its almost like playing with a slo-mo controller, but the yobo doen't have that problem quite as bad. I have a NEX on order and I plan on getting a yobo for myself, not only to collect, but so I can avoid stuff like slowdown and bootup reliability.

 

So I guess I'd recommend getting a good condition toaster AND a famiclone, preferably a yobo (until i experience first hand if the NEX is as good as it.)