I'm selling a lot of video games on eBay... many NES and Atari games:
http://shop.ebay.com/cmsk1234/m.html?_nkw=&_armrs=1&_from=&_ipg=50
http://shop.ebay.com/cmsk1234/m.html?_nkw=&_armrs=1&_from=&_ipg=50
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The Nintendo Entertainment System!
Now you're playing with power.
11 August 2007 @ 04:35 pm
if any of you like chipmusic i thought i'd just point out these Mom and Dad day compilations -- my tracks are the Baron Knoxburry ones....
31 July 2006 @ 08:52 am
but... i am selling a nintendo nes system along with 3 controllers, a gun, and 11 games.
check it out:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&ssPageName=ADME:L:LCA:US:31&item=110014761954
thanks.
check it out:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&ssPageName=ADME:L:LCA:US:31&item=110014761954
thanks.
29 June 2006 @ 01:24 pm
12 December 2005 @ 06:48 pm
:: how nintendo are you? ::
except that since I know all of the refrences they are making in the answers there was no way for me to not manipulate the answers.
Current Music: nick playing gameboy
10 December 2005 @ 02:54 pm
04 December 2005 @ 10:09 pm
21 November 2005 @ 06:19 pm
Well, sortof review, anyway.
So, if you've been following along, I ordered a Generation NEX from PlayMessiah.com back in early October, and on Saturday finally received my shipment.
I was worried about the quality of the product I was about to receive, based on some online reviews I'd read, from other customers who'd received theirs. I had considered canceling my order, based on the lateness of delivery and on the bad review, but in the end decided to stick it out and see what it was like when it arrived.
Having received the unit, I had no games to test with until today, when I went down to a local used games store and bought a few classic titles: Metroid, Blaster Master, The Guardian Legend. My little brother has all of our old collection in a storage locker where he lives, and promised to bring them up with him for me to play with when he comes up for Christmas. At any rate, I needed something to test with, so I brought home my new games and tried them out.
Initial reviews suggested that the Generation NEX suffered from poor color fidelity and incorrect sound. Although my test sample is quite small, I do not notice these problems with my unit. I'm not 100% positive, as I am only going off memory, and would need to test side-by-side with a genuine Nintendo NES to be absolutely sure, but to me the games looked accurate. Generation NEX uses RCA output rather than RF, which might well account for slight discrepancies in color. I did not notice any mis-rendered sprites in my limited play time (I've logged about an hour so far among all three titles that I currently own).
The Generation NEX that I received has a "warranty void if removed" sticker on it, which was broken in the shrinkwrap. I'm not sure what the meaning of this is -- quite possibly, Messiah had some quality control difficulty with the original production order, and the reason for the delay in shipping may have been due to a need to crack open each unit and make some kind of repair. I plan on writing to the company to find out more. I was worried that the broken seal would result in warranty/return issues if I decided the unit was of poor quality or if it broke, but at the moment at least, it seems to be reasonably solid.
The controller that comes with the console is interesting, but I'd prefer something more faithful to the original for the sake of authenticity. I don't know that I like it better than the classic rectangular NES control pad that I used to get numb-thumb from back in the day, but it's decent, and usable. It's arguable that the A and B buttons provide an inferior feel to the original NES control pad, but without having a brand new one to test with, I'm afraid my memory is not a suitable enough judge to make a call. I didn't seem to think that it was quite as responsive as the NES pad, but it could be my memory and reflexes have faded a bit in the 20 years since I first started playing.
The NEX controller fits my hands better, as it is shaped like the "dogbone" controller that Nintendo released as a more ergonomic solution for the toploader NES that was released late in the NES timeline, but I don't know that I like the layout of the buttons on the Generation NEX. To me, it feels like they took an off-the-shelf generic gamepad, mated a NES control port connector to it, and shoe-horned the functionality of the classic game pad into theirs. It has shoulder buttons, for some reason, not that you'd ever need them, plus four buttons laid out SNES-style, and two touch-sensitive pads where the old NES select/start buttons were -- these are used for activating and setting slow-mo and turbo functions. The use of touch-sensitive pads is a novelty, and doesn't seem to provide any advantage over normal buttons that I can fathom. In fact, I found it quite difficult to know whether I was using them properly. The actual select/start buttons have moved over the A and B buttons on the controller, to what would be the X and Y buttons on an SNES controller, and while this is simply not where I'd want them to be, in practice it does not present such a problem as was suggested in the negative reviews I read.
In any event, the deck's controller ports are identical to the original NES, so any NES controller you own should at least connect to the Generation NEX -- whether or not it'll work is an exercise I'll have to leave to the reader, at least until I can find an Advantage or Max to test out with. Messiah claims 100% compatibility with the Max, Advantage, and Zapper Light Gun, and with the Max and Advantage, at least, it's difficult to see where they could possibly go wrong -- it's just a matter of connecting wires to pins.
Messiah also sell 2.4GHz wireless controllers which work with the Generation NEX. I did not test these, nor do I plan to, as I run 802.11 and a 2.4 GHz cordless phone at home, and figure that I'll probably end up with interference if I try crowding the spectrum too much more than I already am. But the capability is there, and is a nice feature if you like wireless controllers -- I've always been a fan of wired controllers, primarily because all the wireless controllers I remember while growing up used infrared signals, and were pretty poor at maintaining that line-of-sight connection, resulting in crucial loss of control at inopportune times. 2.4GHz radio signals should be a good bit more reliable, as they won't need line-of-sight to talk with the console.
The NEX offers not only NES compatibility, but Famicom compatibility as well -- the deck offers two slots, one for American NES games, the other for Japanese Famicom games. I don't own any Famicom games, but I might have to get some now if I can find any. Then, I'll probably have to teach myself Japanese... or stick to shooters.
Messiah really outdid themselves with the manual that is included with the NEX. It not only includes everything you need to know about how to set up the console, but a complete list of NES and Famicom titles, along with suggested modern-day price and relative rarity ranking. The manual is finely produced, well-written and illustrated, and is even die-cut to the shape of a NES game, and fits in a protective poly-vinyl sleeve just like a real NES game. The only thing I kindof miss in the manual is genuine Engrish -- but then, most of the official Nintendo line had well-edited, grammatically fluent English in it.
Overall, I can say that I am, at least on first impression, positively satisfied with my Generation NEX, and would recommend it to any 8-bit fans who don't have a working deck any longer, and who don't want to be bothered with 72-pin connector surgery. I am looking forward to putting mine through its paces in the coming weeks once I get my full library back in my possession. If my impressions change over that time, I'll be back with updates.
Otherwise, I might start screencapping and posting reviews of classic games.
So, if you've been following along, I ordered a Generation NEX from PlayMessiah.com back in early October, and on Saturday finally received my shipment.
I was worried about the quality of the product I was about to receive, based on some online reviews I'd read, from other customers who'd received theirs. I had considered canceling my order, based on the lateness of delivery and on the bad review, but in the end decided to stick it out and see what it was like when it arrived.
Having received the unit, I had no games to test with until today, when I went down to a local used games store and bought a few classic titles: Metroid, Blaster Master, The Guardian Legend. My little brother has all of our old collection in a storage locker where he lives, and promised to bring them up with him for me to play with when he comes up for Christmas. At any rate, I needed something to test with, so I brought home my new games and tried them out.
Initial reviews suggested that the Generation NEX suffered from poor color fidelity and incorrect sound. Although my test sample is quite small, I do not notice these problems with my unit. I'm not 100% positive, as I am only going off memory, and would need to test side-by-side with a genuine Nintendo NES to be absolutely sure, but to me the games looked accurate. Generation NEX uses RCA output rather than RF, which might well account for slight discrepancies in color. I did not notice any mis-rendered sprites in my limited play time (I've logged about an hour so far among all three titles that I currently own).
The Generation NEX that I received has a "warranty void if removed" sticker on it, which was broken in the shrinkwrap. I'm not sure what the meaning of this is -- quite possibly, Messiah had some quality control difficulty with the original production order, and the reason for the delay in shipping may have been due to a need to crack open each unit and make some kind of repair. I plan on writing to the company to find out more. I was worried that the broken seal would result in warranty/return issues if I decided the unit was of poor quality or if it broke, but at the moment at least, it seems to be reasonably solid.
The controller that comes with the console is interesting, but I'd prefer something more faithful to the original for the sake of authenticity. I don't know that I like it better than the classic rectangular NES control pad that I used to get numb-thumb from back in the day, but it's decent, and usable. It's arguable that the A and B buttons provide an inferior feel to the original NES control pad, but without having a brand new one to test with, I'm afraid my memory is not a suitable enough judge to make a call. I didn't seem to think that it was quite as responsive as the NES pad, but it could be my memory and reflexes have faded a bit in the 20 years since I first started playing.
The NEX controller fits my hands better, as it is shaped like the "dogbone" controller that Nintendo released as a more ergonomic solution for the toploader NES that was released late in the NES timeline, but I don't know that I like the layout of the buttons on the Generation NEX. To me, it feels like they took an off-the-shelf generic gamepad, mated a NES control port connector to it, and shoe-horned the functionality of the classic game pad into theirs. It has shoulder buttons, for some reason, not that you'd ever need them, plus four buttons laid out SNES-style, and two touch-sensitive pads where the old NES select/start buttons were -- these are used for activating and setting slow-mo and turbo functions. The use of touch-sensitive pads is a novelty, and doesn't seem to provide any advantage over normal buttons that I can fathom. In fact, I found it quite difficult to know whether I was using them properly. The actual select/start buttons have moved over the A and B buttons on the controller, to what would be the X and Y buttons on an SNES controller, and while this is simply not where I'd want them to be, in practice it does not present such a problem as was suggested in the negative reviews I read.
In any event, the deck's controller ports are identical to the original NES, so any NES controller you own should at least connect to the Generation NEX -- whether or not it'll work is an exercise I'll have to leave to the reader, at least until I can find an Advantage or Max to test out with. Messiah claims 100% compatibility with the Max, Advantage, and Zapper Light Gun, and with the Max and Advantage, at least, it's difficult to see where they could possibly go wrong -- it's just a matter of connecting wires to pins.
Messiah also sell 2.4GHz wireless controllers which work with the Generation NEX. I did not test these, nor do I plan to, as I run 802.11 and a 2.4 GHz cordless phone at home, and figure that I'll probably end up with interference if I try crowding the spectrum too much more than I already am. But the capability is there, and is a nice feature if you like wireless controllers -- I've always been a fan of wired controllers, primarily because all the wireless controllers I remember while growing up used infrared signals, and were pretty poor at maintaining that line-of-sight connection, resulting in crucial loss of control at inopportune times. 2.4GHz radio signals should be a good bit more reliable, as they won't need line-of-sight to talk with the console.
The NEX offers not only NES compatibility, but Famicom compatibility as well -- the deck offers two slots, one for American NES games, the other for Japanese Famicom games. I don't own any Famicom games, but I might have to get some now if I can find any. Then, I'll probably have to teach myself Japanese... or stick to shooters.
Messiah really outdid themselves with the manual that is included with the NEX. It not only includes everything you need to know about how to set up the console, but a complete list of NES and Famicom titles, along with suggested modern-day price and relative rarity ranking. The manual is finely produced, well-written and illustrated, and is even die-cut to the shape of a NES game, and fits in a protective poly-vinyl sleeve just like a real NES game. The only thing I kindof miss in the manual is genuine Engrish -- but then, most of the official Nintendo line had well-edited, grammatically fluent English in it.
Overall, I can say that I am, at least on first impression, positively satisfied with my Generation NEX, and would recommend it to any 8-bit fans who don't have a working deck any longer, and who don't want to be bothered with 72-pin connector surgery. I am looking forward to putting mine through its paces in the coming weeks once I get my full library back in my possession. If my impressions change over that time, I'll be back with updates.
Otherwise, I might start screencapping and posting reviews of classic games.
17 November 2005 @ 08:48 pm
I've been hearing about these things for weeks now
www.benheck.com/Games/Book_projects/Book
www.benheck.com/Games/Book_projects/Book
Current Mood: 
impressed
impressed11 November 2005 @ 09:29 pm
Well, I still haven't gotten mine yet. I had about a half dozen rounds of back-and-forth with the PlayMessiah customer service department, and the bottom line is they're having "production problems" and no definite ETA for when they'll be shipping.
Apparently, though, some initial units have been received by people who ordered them prior to Sept 6, 2005. These people have begun posting reviews of the system on the internet, which I conveniently have access to. So, here's what I'm missing:
http://www.vintagecomputing.com/index.php/archives/6
http://nesdev.parodius.com/bbs/viewtopic.php?t=698
http://us.gizmodo.com/gadgets/gadgets/generation-nex-new-old-school-suckiness-135324.php
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Generation_NEX
http://www.4colorrebellion.com/archives/2005/11/04/generation-nex-blows/
http://episteme.arstechnica.com/groupee/forums/a/tpc/f/39309975/m/570005806731
Verdict seems to be: Stay away, buy an original NES.
Sigh.
On the other hand, it could be that the reason it's taking so long to ship mine is that they're actually working on getting the above-linked bugs worked out of the next shipment of consoles. Well, I don't think I'll wait around to find out, you know?
Apparently, though, some initial units have been received by people who ordered them prior to Sept 6, 2005. These people have begun posting reviews of the system on the internet, which I conveniently have access to. So, here's what I'm missing:
http://www.vintagecomputing.com/index.php/archives/6
http://nesdev.parodius.com/bbs/viewtopic.php?t=698
http://us.gizmodo.com/gadgets/gadgets/generation-nex-new-old-school-suckiness-135324.php
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Generation_NEX
http://www.4colorrebellion.com/archives/2005/11/04/generation-nex-blows/
http://episteme.arstechnica.com/groupee/forums/a/tpc/f/39309975/m/570005806731
Verdict seems to be: Stay away, buy an original NES.
Sigh.
On the other hand, it could be that the reason it's taking so long to ship mine is that they're actually working on getting the above-linked bugs worked out of the next shipment of consoles. Well, I don't think I'll wait around to find out, you know?
