NUON

[esteban]

I never really knew more than the basics behind the NUON...

http://arstechnica.com/gaming/2015/06/before-the-ps2-nuon-famously-tried-and-failed-to-combine-dvd-and-game-consoles/

I thought this was an enjoyable article to read.

Tell me if you spot any flaws.

[DragonmasterDan]

I never really knew more than the basics behind the NUON...

http://arstechnica.com/gaming/2015/06/before-the-ps2-nuon-famously-tried-and-failed-to-combine-dvd-and-game-consoles/

I thought this was an enjoyable article to read.

Tell me if you spot any flaws.

and around a dozen software titles were out.

From what I recall there were the following games Ballstic (which was bundled with one of the players), Tempest, Freefall, Merlin Racing, Iron Soldier 3, Space Invaders and Next Tetris (more or less a demo disc that was a mail-away promo with one of the players) and then three DVDs that took advantage of extra features. There was one Korea only game as well.

If they're not counting the enchanced DVDs, that's 8 software titles, not quite "around a dozen".

[esteban]

I never really knew more than the basics behind the NUON...

http://arstechnica.com/gaming/2015/06/before-the-ps2-nuon-famously-tried-and-failed-to-combine-dvd-and-game-consoles/

I thought this was an enjoyable article to read.

Tell me if you spot any flaws.

and around a dozen software titles were out.

From what I recall there were the following games Ballstic (which was bundled with one of the players), Tempest, Freefall, Merlin Racing, Iron Soldier 3, Space Invaders and Next Tetris (more or less a demo disc that was a mail-away promo with one of the players) and then three DVDs that took advantage of extra features. There was one Korea only game as well.

If they're not counting the enchanced DVDs, that's 8 software titles, not quite "around a dozen".

Yes, that was a very silly exaggeration about the size of the library. I don't doubt that NUON, at some point in time, had tentative pledges from developers/studios for more titles, but these titles never materialized.

The fact that this article does not mention any software (outside of Tempest 3000) is odd, since I think most folks would be curious about the games (more so than the "enhanced" movies that the author lists).

Specifically, I WANT TO KNOW PRECISELY WHAT THE NUON-ENHANCED movie features were!

Also, no mention of the controllers used, or the features that may or may not have been included in the specs (was there a method for saving games in-progress?, for example).

Still, I enjoyed this article...I just wanted it to be longer, whereas Ars probably had a limit on length.

what i learned from that article is that this guy was the father of both Jaguar and NUON, and I could totally pull off that hair do.

I am not ashamed to admit that I was captivated by RICHARD MILLER's DOME. Damn, what a distinctive impression he leaves.

I began to speculate if the creator of the fan site NUON-Dome.com was likewise enthralled by Sir Miller's melon.

Damn.

UPDATE: holy-cannoli! There is NUON home brew...

http://www.nuon-dome.com

[xelement5x]

what i learned from that article is that this guy was the father of both Jaguar and NUON, and I could totally pull off that hair do.

I cannot unsee this:

[ProfessorProfessorson]

what i learned from that article is that this guy was the father of both Jaguar and NUON, and I could totally pull off that hair do.

Without reading too much on here, I just kinda thought it was a woman going bald in the pic.

[DragonmasterDan]

Specifically, I WANT TO KNOW PRECISELY WHAT THE NUON-ENHANCED movie features were!

Also, no mention of the controllers used, or the features that may or may not have been included in the specs (was there a method for saving games in-progress?, for example).

I  have Planet of the Apes which is Nuon enchanced. With my model Nuon the enchanced DVD features don't seem to actually work.

I have two controllers. One is a logitech which can be found rather cheaply, the other is literally made from the mold of a third party N64 pad and looks and feels exactly like a cheaper worse N64 controller.

I believe the Nuon had some internal battery or super cap that saves high scores.

UPDATE: holy-cannoli! There is NUON home brew...

http://www.nuon-dome.com

I've tried Doom and a few others. It doesn't run that well.

[SignOfZeta]

Some platforms just don't deserve to be remembered in any way.

However, it was nice to learn that Bozo the clown developed the Jag and Nuon. This is sounds like a joke, but I guess its for real.

[esteban]

Hooray for Miller! His portrait has entertained us all.

[SuperGrafx]

Specifically, I WANT TO KNOW PRECISELY WHAT THE NUON-ENHANCED movie features were!

I'll shamefully admit that I bought into the NUON bandwagon back in 2001.  I was intrigued by the maverick spirit of the platform and I needed a DVD player anyway.

I owned the Samsung N2000 and later the silvery N501. 

As for the NUON ENHANCED movies, well, let's just say that it wasn't all great.  You got something called 'viddies' which was sort of like a hyperlinked picture-in-picture feature.  And a couple of other foregettable enhancements that I really can't remember.

That said, the NUON processor did add some cool features to standard DVD playback like really great zoom effects, a strobe feature where  you could loop say a sequence over and over very smoothly, and it also featured a very smooth fast forward and rewind functionality that most DVD players of the time could not replicate. 

Regarding games, there was no save feature for scores or positions as far as I can remember.  Iron Soldier III and Merlin Racing all used passwords to save progress.  Space Invaders and Ballistic did not save high scores either.  I think the intention was to release a save cartridge or unit at some point, but it never materialized.  Also, forget about playing Tempest 3000...it's just a horrible blurry mess that's too chaotic....I'm not exaggerating when I say that its like trying to play Tempest through some Vaseline screen filter (and its accompanied by all kinds of weird barnyard animal sound effects).

I know they discovered a few unreleased games at some point.  Bust A Move was one, which indicated that Taito had been on board until the inevitable implosion of VM Labs.

[HailingTheThings]

My hero.

[BlueBMW]

Ive been there and done the Nuon thing... Its different for sure.  If any of you are man enough to go for it, here's my pile of nuon stuff.  You know you want it!

http://www.ebay.com/itm/351440142402

[xelement5x]

Nice!  I bet you will get extra interest on the auction since that article just came out.

[SuperGrafx]

Ive been there and done the Nuon thing... Its different for sure.  If any of you are man enough to go for it, here's my pile of nuon stuff.  You know you want it!

http://www.ebay.com/itm/351440142402

Wow.  It even includes IS3 and The Next Tetris.
Good luck on the auction!

[Lost Monkey]

I had everything officially released at one point and a couple of the brownish coloured controllers.

I also had IS3.  It was about as powerful as n64. Merlin Racing was buggy as all hell and T3K was really hard to play. 

Pretty much crap all around and I got rid of my stuff about a year after purchase.

[SuperGrafx]

I had everything officially released at one point and a couple of the brownish coloured controllers.

I also had IS3.  It was about as powerful as n64. Merlin Racing was buggy as all hell and T3K was really hard to play. 

Pretty much crap all around and I got rid of my stuff about a year after purchase.

Pretty much my sentinments and experience with the platform. 
I did really enjoy Merlin Racing though...in terms of depth, that was probably the best of the launch titles.  In fact, Miracle Design even went on to release the game (on several discs -- one for each vehicle class) on the PS1 if memory serves me right.