Hi,

Recently there has been several NUON applications that have been released
recently.

You can download the applications from
http://www.nuon-dome.com/media.html just look for the listing that says
Downloads and Files:
To play the applications you must have a CDR or CDRW on my computer & you must
own a Samsung DVDN501. A CDR or CDRW drive is needed because you must burn the
applications to a CDR or CDRW.

Now I see they have a NUON forum there :)

In case anyone is interested, one of my old
favorite forums is back around, iONgames forums. These are
fully customizable (avatar, sig, etc.) are pretty busy
to boot. Some decent NUON discussion too, in a
multiplatform post. Check it
out...<br><br><a href=http://www.iongames.org/forums
target=new>http://www.iongames.org/forums</a>

Has anyone tinkered around with the serial ports
yet? I took one of mine apart to see if the devices
are USB. To my dismay, I found only a single IC on
the mini circuit boards which is a custom VM Labs
"Polyface" ASIC. <br><br>Examining the SDK a little closer
reveals that you have to use the communications bus in
order to communicate with the serial bus. The 48 pin
Polyface chip takes input pin voltage representing bits in
the 4 bytes of packet data and handles all of the
necessary protocol for communicating on the communications
bus (which could be serial, but thats
irrelevant).<br><br>It would be possible to piggyback the controller by
directly soldering wires to the button contacts but the
debounce circuitry of the polyface chip would limit the
maximum transfer rate to about 60 bytes per second
(assuming 30 switches per second, using 16 digital input
pins).<br><br>Somehow I suspect that the chip is meant to be used for
all serial bus peripherals, not just game
controllers. This would imply that debouncing can be turned
off and there are probably 16 to 32 input pins since
the communications bus is 32 bits wide. The chip
probably has an integrated ADC since the analog joystick
in the logitech controller didn't appear to have any
ICs attached to it which would mean that the
connector is feeding the input pins an analog signal. If
the ADC can be switched off, these input pins could
be used for transfer as well<br><br>So, if anyone
has played around with the serial port, let me know!

This is great news :)

Any and all would be NUON developers need to go
to <a href=http://dev.nuon.tv target=new>http://dev.nuon.tv</a> and check the
new SDK out.
They have one sample ware available for download and a
UBB development board up where VM Labs employees will
be giving a helping hand. Check it out. Oh, the SDK
is a 29MB download, so be prepared
;)<br><br><a href=http://dev.nuon.tv target=new>http://dev.nuon.tv</a>

VM Labs has screens and cover art for Bust-A-Move
4 now up at the www.nuon.tv site in the GAMES
section. With arrival "In Progress," it might not be too
long before we have another quality title. <br>I will
try and get the higher res screens downloaded and
converted to JPEGS to post here soon.

A petition has been started in order to persuade
VM Labs to support development of BattleSphere for
NUON. If you liked BattleSphere on the Atari Jaguar,
then sign the petition so that an improved version can
be brought out on NUON! If you're not familar with
BattleSphere, then all you need to know is that it's one of the
most intense space battle games ever, with lots of
action, a dose of strategy, and even multiplayer modes
supporting up to 32 players on 16 linked consoles!<br><br>Go
to the URL below to sign the
petition!<br><br><a
href=http://power.actionize.com/view.php?refid=612035&action=872
target=new>http://power.actionize.com/view.php?refid=612035&action=872</a>

VM Labs recently released a firmware update for
the Samsung DVD-N501, which is supposed to address
some audio/video synchronization problems and other
minor issues. You can download the update, burn it to a
CD-R according to the instructions, and use the CD-R
to update the firmware in the DVD-N501's flash
ROM.<br><br>Here is where you can download it
from:<br><br><a href=http://www.nuon.tv/updates.html
target=new>http://www.nuon.tv/updates.html</a><br><br>I don't have a DVD-N501,
so I couldn't try this
myself, but I've seen some people on the Internet claim
that it has worked well for them.

The thing about T3K is that it basically keeps
the gameplay intact, while adding just enough to
thicken the mix ;)<br><br>There are new enemies, some of
which are real buggers, some really nasty new webs,
rotating webs (triggered by one of the new enemies, once
you get rid of it, the web returns to normal), the
addition of the ability to HOVER (which replaces T2K's
jump), new weapons (HOMING MISSLES), etc. Quite a bit,
not to mention the new tunes (and the T2K Soundtrack
remixed versions of the old ones), which do add quite a
bit. And the graphics, well, you'll see them soon
enough.<br><br>As for DVD players, well, right now the NUON ones
are quite affordable. The Toshiba SD2300 (only 8 VLM
effects...ugh) has been dropped to $249.99 at Best Buy, with the
Samsung N2000 (Extiva) as low as $219.99 on-line. The new
Samsung N501 has already hit selected store shelves, and
is available for as little as $189.99. If PRICE is
the main thing, you might want to wait for the
Oritron DVD900, which should hit at less than $150, and
will undoubtedly be the best Oritron model available,
pciture-quality and otherwise.

tildanet.com now has affiliates. If you've got a
small vg site, and would like a little more exposure,
drop me a line. f your site's any good, I'll add youto
our affiliates list on the frontpage. Later,<br><br>
trentm32@...

Nice Tempest 3000 screenshots here.<br><br>You
have some nice Tempest 3000 screenshots in the PHotos
section here. It looks good :) I'm sure the graphics and
sound of it add a lot to the game, since the original's
graphics and sound are part of the whole experience. I'm
sure the added gamepley features are great too. What
are they exactly?<br><br>If I get a DVD player it
will be a NUON one unless I get a cheap one. I
probably won't get a cheap one though cause my PC can
probably play DVDs bettter than cheap DVD
players.<br><br>------------------<br>Q3A
recommendations<br><a href=http://www.geocities.com/digitalfl/Q3rT.html
target=new>http://www.geocities.com/digitalfl/Q3rT.html</a><br>Check out my
Clubs<br><a href=http://www.geocities.com/digitalfl/clubs.html
target=new>http://www.geocities.com/digitalfl/clubs.html</a>

Just to tell you Super Space Invaders '91 is the best Space Invaders game, it's
on MAME :)<br><br>------------------<br>Q3A recommendations<br><a
href=http://www.geocities.com/digitalfl/Q3rT.html
target=new>http://www.geocities.com/digitalfl/Q3rT.html</a>

I just posted some new screens of the recently
revealed Space Invaders XL & Monopoly, as well as some new
IS3 shots. IS3 looks about the same, although
transparencies and shading appear nicer. <br><br>Space Invaders
XL is a bit of a let down. I was expecting a port of
the Playstation or N64 version at the very least, but
instead it seems to be a nearly pixel-per-pixel port of
the old Super NES game. While that isn't a terrible
thing in terms of gameplay, graphically, well, this
isn't the game to play when you want to show someone
what your NUON-enabled DVD player can do. Ballistic
does a better job of that...<br><br>Monopoly on the
other hand looks quite nice, very polished, and should
fill that party game slot everyone needs, at least for
the time being (where's online Jeopardy ;)
<br><br>These should be the next three games released, as all
are slated for Q2 2001, which means May or June.
Aside from that, e3 is coming up, and while VM Labs is
not exhibiting there this year, they have made known
that they will make several big software announcements
during the course of the show. K3V over at the NUON Dome
has caught wind of these and has stated that NO ONE
WILL BE DISAPPOINTED. If that is indeed the case, this
will be the first e3 in 4 years where disappointment
concerning NUON did not occur. Cross your finger...

Congratulations on your new purchase. Hope you
enjoy all the extra DVD features (minus the screen fit,
which is pretty useless). And if you're into games, be
sure to check out Tempest 3000 and FreeFall 3050 A.D.
Both unique games with great gameplay AND graphics.
VLM2 is also killer, especially in Random Energy mode.

Hi,<br>I just brought my first Nuon DVD player.
It is the Samsung DVDN2000. Amazon.com is selling it
for 219.99 & I brought it. I just got tired off
waiting for the N-501 & Oritron DVD900 to come out. Now I
own a Nuon enhanced DVD player.

Not that we've heard of yet but certainly anything's possible :)  I know next to
nothing about hacking DVD's or other electronics for that matter FWIW.

Hello everyone. I've just had a samsung extiva imported and was wondering if any
one knew a way of hacking it to make it play multi region discs?

Hey I know this is a bit off topic but I know you
guys love psychadelic and musical games like Tempest
3000, aswell as old style gameplay.<br>So, you gotta
check this free game out now, it's amazing really
:)<br>You will thank me I'm sure :)<br><br>Just make sure
you set the sound in the menu to 16 bit and use the
keyboard, not the mouse
:)<br><a href=http://www.chaotica.u-net.com/home.htm
target=new>http://www.chaotica.u-net.com/home.htm</a><br><br>There are about 10
different visual modes.<br>I tell
you this is the kind of stuff that NUON could do with
:)<br>It's an Asteriods type game and what a
trip!<br><br>There's another good old-new game out for download too
<a href=http://pompom.org.uk/ target=new>http://pompom.org.uk/</a><br><br>Thanks
to Tony Mott on Digitiser (Teletext UK Channel 4
page 480) for telling about these :)<br><br>"old-new
game" means new game, old style gameplay kind of update
:) These games are great :)

Sudman34
said:<br><br>--------------------<br><br>I think the fact that no one has been
able to come
up with even the name of a second Nuon enhanced DVD
speaks volumes - especially given how long NUON DVD
players are on the
market.<br><br>--------------------<br><br>NUON-enhanced DVD players have only
been on the market about 7
months. Studios obviously weren't going to release DVD's
with NUON content on them when there weren't any
players that could play them. They adopted a "wait and
see" attitude to see if (first) machines incoprorating
NUON would actually be released (and not be relegated
to vaporware), and (second) if sales on these
machines were good (so that they could justify the time
and money investment to add NUON features). Now that
both of these criteria have been satisfied, you are
starting to see NUON-enhanced movies coming
out.<br><br>Yes, only one title has been announced so far, but
this is just the tip of the iceberg. I am certain more
titles will be announced soon. DVD Review, who just
recently gave high praise to the Toshiba SD2300 in their
review of that machine
(<a href=http://www.dvdreview.com/html/toshiba_sd-2300.html
target=new>http://www.dvdreview.com/html/toshiba_sd-2300.html</a>), hinted that
at least five studios are working on
NUON-enhanced movies.<br><br>Now, here comes the even better
part. VM Labs anticipated that people like yourself
would question the usefulness of NUON enhancements if
they could only be applied to DVD's designed
specifically for the hardware. So, they made it possible for
certain NUON features to be applied to ANY DVD movie--a
very wise decision, indeed. The onscreen menu
overlays, smooth forward and reverse scanning, smooth zoom
(with filtering and anti-aliasing), multi-angle
thumbnails, and strobe view are all available when playing
ordinary discs.<br><br>As far as other features go,
there's the video game playing aspect, which people have
already discussed in other messages here. I agree with
the other posters who said that there is nothing
wrong with the quality of NUON games. The quantity is a
different issue--there are only five games out now, and
roughly 20 others scheduled to be released this year. So,
anyone buying a NUON deck solely as a gaming system is
going to have a very limited selection of games.
However, since you have a PlayStation, this shouldn't be
an issue, because you can always buy games for that
system. If you do get a NUON player, I would still
encourage you to try some of the games, because they are
very good (especially the NUON-exclusive
games).<br><br>If you like listening to music CD's, then you'll
love the Virtual Light Machine (or VLM for short). The
original VLM was a popular feature on the Atari Jaguar CD,
and now it's even better on NUON. In a nutshell, the
VLM creates beautiful lightshows on your TV screen
that accompany the music. The graphical effects are
reactive, and change in accordance to the tonal qualities
of the music. You might have seen similar lightshows
with audio player programs on your computer, but I
think many will agree with me that VLM is among the
best.<br><br>Now you have plenty of good reasons to buy a
NUON-enhanced DVD player!

• Quake III: Arena<br>• Doom3<br>• Quake2<br>•
Defender<br>• Chaos Engine 1 & 2<br>• Speedball 2<br>• Aliens
vs Predator arcade widescreen version -like Final
Fight<br>• New adventure games like Monkey Island and
Beneath A Steel Sky<br>• Bushido Blade -a new version.

Well everbody leaped to the defense of Nuon games
but I guess I'm missing something. This is not a game
system correct? Since this is primarily a DVD player
that also plays games - what are the enhanced DVD's
going to do? At the very least, can someone tell me
what they will be capable of? I'm not bashing the NUON
games. I have PSX and will eventually get PS2 when the
price comes down. However, I'm just trying to find out
why, other than gameplay, should I buy a NUON enhanced
"DVD" player. I think the fact that no one has been
able to come up with even the name of a second Nuon
enhanced DVD speaks volumes - especially given how long
NUON DVD players are on the market.

ITS SUPPOSE TO BE OUT THIS MONTH,THE N-501.BUT INFO.ON IT IS SKETCHY.IM IN THE
SAME BOAT.CANCELLED A ORDER FOE THE 2000 IN HOPES OF GETTING ITS REPLACEMENT.

Hello to all of the enlightened!<br>Does anyone
know when the new Samsung player is coming out? I was
just about to buy the one out at the moment but heard
a new one should be coming out soon. Does anyone
know exactly when?

The sequel to Aliens versus Predator (PC version)
would be way cool. With multiplayer capabilities via
the broadband modem connection, of course. One can
dream. I'll buy the PC version if/when it comes out
anyways.

Hello,<br>The gaming part of Nuon sounds good but
what games would you like to see on Nuon. Well, I
don't care how many games come out on Nuon as long as
the games are fun. Well, I would like to see games
such as Thief, Tomb Raider, old games from the
1980's/early 1990's espically old NES games.

Hello,<br>I do not own a Nuon right now but I am
thinking about purchasing a Nuon DVD player. The Nuon DVD
player that I am thinking about purchasing is the
Oritron DVD900 when it comes out. The Oritron DVD900 has
a MSRP of about $200 & the street price would
probely be around $150. IMO, the Oritron DVD900 could
bring the NUON technology to more people. BTW: I own an
Oritron 100 right now.

The New Republic 2001 contest at Castle NUON has
begun! There will be a secret URL you'll have to find
which will change daily for about a week. The main
prize: A free copy of Iron Soldier 3. There is another
thing or two included for the winner as well, but it's
really about IS3. For details, visit<br>&lt;A
href="<a href=http://www.iongames.org/nuon/nuon_newrepublic.html
target=new>http://www.iongames.org/nuon/nuon_newrepublic.html</a>"&gt;The New
Republic 2001 info page&lt;/a&gt;<br><br>Have
fun!<br><br>Adam

Jeff Minter (author of Tempest 3000 and the Virtual Light Machine) is employed
by VM Labs. I'd say that qualifies as "in-house development."

Errr,what inhouse development