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is a Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) hardware clone released in 2005. It is developed by a company called Messiah Entertainment, Inc. with the name being a pun on Generation X and NES. The machine is designed to play most games released for the Nintendo Famicom and its American/European equivalent, the Nintendo Entertainment System. The console takes both the Japanese Famicom 60-pin and North American/European NES 72-pin cartridges used by Nintendo.

Messiah's states that the system is incompatible with several NES games, including Castlevania III. An official compatibility list for Famicom games has not been provided. Due to the system's lack of a Famicom expansion port, the NEX is incompatible with all Famicom peripherials except for the Famicom Disk System, which uses the famicom cartridge port as a connector. The compatibility, with regards to games that Messiah's compatibility chart lists as working, are disputed; while there are claims from some that the NEX is faithful to the original Nintendo Entertainment System, others claim that the colour and sound reproductions are inaccurate and some games have additional glitches when played on the NEX. Speculation has arisen as to whether this effect is due to the machine being based on NES-on-a-chip hardware design.

Patrons of the website NES Dev forums claim to have demonstrated that the NEX system incorrectly wires the cartridge port in a way that could potentially damage NES carts played in the system, as well as the system itself. There have been no reports of NES carts being damaged by the Generation NEX.

This system has pseudo-stereo sound capability which can be programmed into future games. Currently available NES games will still play in dual mono since the NES only supported mono sound.

The Generation NEX also has support for Messiah brand wireless controllers.

In any event, this device is not licensed, endorsed, or supported by Nintendo.

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