+Stephen Posted September 26, 2016 Share Posted September 26, 2016 Awesome - I coded some demos on the N501 over a decade ago. Great to see the rotary finally working. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fandenivoldsk Posted October 7, 2016 Share Posted October 7, 2016 Cool! So will we be able to buy a rotary controller for the Nuon at some point? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blazing Lazers Posted October 7, 2016 Share Posted October 7, 2016 At this point, most people would be happy just to be able to buy ANY Nuon controller. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doctorclu Posted October 7, 2016 Author Share Posted October 7, 2016 No kid. I would love to see more people with Nuons. It really is a great system. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eltoozero Posted October 8, 2016 Share Posted October 8, 2016 "Buying" a rotary controller involves sacrificing a working normal controller. If there were sufficient interest, re-implementing the Polyface protocol would be the most logical route, and would give you the ability to "adapt" the Nuon to any number of more easily acquired controllers. Unfortunately the demand just ain't there to justify the development required, the market is limited and would never grow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Austin Posted October 9, 2016 Share Posted October 9, 2016 No kid. I would love to see more people with Nuons. It really is a great system. ...said no one ever. I mean, besides Clu of course. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doctorclu Posted October 9, 2016 Author Share Posted October 9, 2016 ...said no one ever. I mean, besides Clu of course. Am I the only one that would say it? Not much in the way of games, but what games that did come out for it were fun. I think the Nuon had a lot of potential. And I hope some way we that rotary controller will still happen, even if just for a few willing to have the retro conversion made. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eltoozero Posted October 9, 2016 Share Posted October 9, 2016 Did you not get the news? Spinner is available, it's a built to order thing requiring the sacrifice of another Nuon controller. The only produced example is at the Llamasoft booth at Play Expo in Manchester, you can see it behind Jeff in his tweet from the show. I'm not going to improve the design/reduce the cost if there's no interest in the product, that's how supply/demand works. All of the info to do it yourself has been posted on yakyak in the "YaK Twister" thread. I don't suggest attempting it if you aren't comfortable reflowing TQFP48 chips and severing PCB traces under high magnification. And finally, a spinner controller is forever a spinner controller unless I design a universal board to adapt the polyface chip, that would open the door to allowing switchable configs, but don't hold your breath. Concentrating now on adding a sensitivity adjustment via an inline micro-controller. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
omegadot Posted October 9, 2016 Share Posted October 9, 2016 I think the Nuon is one of the more interesting systems to me. It sits behind a Saturn and Master System for consoles to buy (never played em!) but I do watch for them (Nuon) at thrifts when I go. The idea of cannibalizing controllers is a little unsettling, I must admit. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doctorclu Posted October 9, 2016 Author Share Posted October 9, 2016 Did you not get the news? Spinner is available, it's a built to order thing requiring the sacrifice of another Nuon controller. ... Yeh I heard. You have a proof of concept which is excellent. Also last I heard you were both doing more development on it and putting together a price for the conversion service of the sacrificed Nuon controller to the rotary controller. Also good, will be interesting to hear how much the custom job will come to. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parallax Scroll Posted October 10, 2016 Share Posted October 10, 2016 Here are some articles from Next Generation on Project X which eventually became Nuon. November 1997: January 1998: April 1998: July 1998: August 1998: 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parallax Scroll Posted October 31, 2016 Share Posted October 31, 2016 Bump. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doctorclu Posted November 6, 2016 Author Share Posted November 6, 2016 That top loading unit in the articles you posted were cool. Link to that thread on yakyak on the Yak Twister for those that want to read it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doctorclu Posted November 30, 2016 Author Share Posted November 30, 2016 Two controllers on ebay: http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Logitech-gamepad-controller-for-Nuon-/172421597096?hash=item282520c7a8:g:X4IAAOSwB09YOJzP http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Samsung-Nuon-Controller-Black-Dvd-Gaming-SNS-2000-Rare-w-Ballistic-Interactive-/302151033151?hash=item46599ae13f:g:smQAAOSw-0xYO8M~ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Austin Posted December 5, 2016 Share Posted December 5, 2016 LOL.. $150 "controllers" on eBay. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eltoozero Posted December 5, 2016 Share Posted December 5, 2016 And that's bidding too, sheesh! Too bad there's probably only like 2 people on earth who will pay that, and one of them is about to get a controller... If they were actually worth that much and there was legit demand I'd actually put effort into reversing the protocol. Math don't work: There are maybe a dozen folks who would consider paying $50 for a controller. $300 isn't going to fund crap. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Austin Posted December 5, 2016 Share Posted December 5, 2016 If they were actually worth that much and there was legit demand I'd actually put effort into reversing the protocol. Math don't work: There are maybe a dozen folks who would consider paying $50 for a controller. $300 isn't going to fund crap. That's the kicker with the NUON--It would take someone with almost criminal levels of passion to do something like that. With only a few die-hards out there, it's possible affordable controllers or adapters will never be an option. I guess it is what it is. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jerseystyle Posted December 5, 2016 Share Posted December 5, 2016 ...said no one ever. I mean, besides Clu of course. Oh man, I love my Nuon- T3K and IS3 are worth the admission price alone. I could never figure out Freefall, but liked the idea behind it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doctorclu Posted January 1, 2017 Author Share Posted January 1, 2017 Well everyone, in some parts of the world 2016 has gone, and where I am it is five hours away. Been an exciting year for the Nuon, primarily with eltoozero getting a rotary controller to work with Tempest 3000. Nice work!! And we've had fun starting up this conversation that I hope will continue for a while to come. The Nuon was a fun system and I got to experience that for myself as I burned discs of the entire library on Nuon dome and finally got to play some Doom! Had a lot of fun with the more powerful relative of the Atari Jaguar. As the year comes to a close I mainly play Ballistic and Tetris, some good times. Still hope to get a dev setup going, and still want to recompile a copy of Return of Heracles for the Atari 800 emulator. I amassed some good information, and mostly that helped in getting the Tempest 3000 soundtrack that I was able to pass on to help in the showcasing of the rotary controller. So for all of you out there, I hope this year is concluding well, and look forward to seeing you all next year! -Doctor Clu 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doctorclu Posted July 13, 2017 Author Share Posted July 13, 2017 Currently playing Merlin Racing on the Nuon, working to complete the Adventure game. Beat Dr. Freo (got the first of four gems) and completed nine of the races. Want to see where I am and try it out on your Nuon? Here's my current code... LNTWTDBR Has anyone ever said if one character has any other speed/traction/Acceleration advantages over the other characters? I tried to race Dr. Freo with Rocco (Racoon) but had to use Picco (the armadillo) to finally defeat him. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doctorclu Posted July 15, 2017 Author Share Posted July 15, 2017 Merlin Racing, currently up to race 12 and beat the second boss, Rosie. 20170715_001244.mp4 Latest code if you want to play along is JATSCFKW. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doctorclu Posted July 17, 2017 Author Share Posted July 17, 2017 Now up to the 16th Race and the 3rd boss, the bird Piasa. Just about beat Piasa tonight.Current code BTVBUFKC Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doctorclu Posted July 18, 2017 Author Share Posted July 18, 2017 Defeating Rosie (second boss) Defeating Piasa (third boss) New code with 3rd boss defeated and on the 17th race: JKHFVBPV Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doctorclu Posted July 21, 2017 Author Share Posted July 21, 2017 (edited) Been a few days but still making progress on the Merlin Carts adventure settings. By the way, you know that long intro at the very beginning? If that is too long for you, just hit "start" I found out and it skips to the game. Another Youtuber did a review on the game and that was one of their gripes. Here is a video showing the fourth boss, Kepler http://youtu.be/OBdVt5F3bQs Here is a video made of racing the first boss, Dr. Freo http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oFdrO0Pcpyo Below I've got my latest code which allows you to play the 21st race, and allows you to race the fourth boss, Kepler if you want to play along. The other thing included was something I asked about some time ago that apparently did not exist but will now: the stats to all the drivers! A crude scribble, but this is based on their character descriptions in the manual. Another fun thing, once you put in the password you can race as the previous bosses I defeated in Adventure mode. So now you can race as Dr. Freo, Rosie, and Piasa. Hopefully I can add Kepler and the Witch to that line up in the future. Back to the races! Edited July 21, 2017 by doctorclu Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doctorclu Posted August 1, 2017 Author Share Posted August 1, 2017 I ordered a Nuon sticker from CafePress (set up by the Nuon Dome) I now have a Nuon CD case. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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