doctorclu Posted December 7, 2020 Author Share Posted December 7, 2020 On 12/3/2020 at 9:17 PM, amiman99 said: I swapped the Nuon motherboard to the M301 to see if the power supply board is OK, and because all ribbon cables matched it all fit fine. Same problem. It looks like the motherboard is dead. It's not displaying the Samsung logo at all. I'm not sure now what the problem might be. I will try to see if the xtals are working. What comes to mind at this point is that this might be something to take to someone that repairs DVD players. That 501 might be marginally working in some power component or other issue. Motherboards go out, but I'm finding these days it is usually other parts (moving parts, parts related to power) go out more likely. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Songbird Posted December 12, 2020 Share Posted December 12, 2020 Sign-up form is available: https://tinyurl.com/yyjdunao This is just an interest gauge for now, and not a formal pre-order. If things are looking good by end of Jan, then this project is a go! 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Songbird Posted December 15, 2020 Share Posted December 15, 2020 75 sign-ups so far, which is excellent progress in a short time! Also feel free to check the Songbird IS3 news page for regular updates. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Songbird Posted January 5, 2021 Share Posted January 5, 2021 Project is CONFIRMED for a March 2021 release, thanks to over 125 sign-ups. Save $5 off the retail price if you pre-order NUON IS3 by Jan 22. Thanks for all the support on this! Great to see so many Atari / NUON fans responding. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blazing Lazers Posted January 5, 2021 Share Posted January 5, 2021 5 hours ago, Songbird said: Project is CONFIRMED for a March 2021 release, thanks to over 125 sign-ups. Save $5 off the retail price if you pre-order NUON IS3 by Jan 22. Thanks for all the support on this! Great to see so many Atari / NUON fans responding. Thank you again for re-releasing this title! I've owned 4 different original copies of IS3 over the years, but one was still sealed and the others disc only copies from VM Labs. After 20 years of being a Nuon enthusiast, it'll be sweet to finally have a playable complete copy. I hope that this is just the first of many Nuon titles from Songbird!:) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Songbird Posted January 7, 2021 Share Posted January 7, 2021 Thanks! I've received about 50 orders so far, so please keep them coming! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+sixersfan105 Posted January 7, 2021 Share Posted January 7, 2021 4 hours ago, Songbird said: Thanks! I've received about 50 orders so far, so please keep them coming! I plan to purchase shortly! Carl, is it possible to purchase an extra manual a la carte? Thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Songbird Posted January 7, 2021 Share Posted January 7, 2021 I just added an "extra manual for IS3" product to the Songbird site. Note that this will be even more limited than the game itself, because most manuals will be shrink-wrapped inside the case. Get it while it lasts! 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+sixersfan105 Posted January 7, 2021 Share Posted January 7, 2021 2 hours ago, Songbird said: I just added an "extra manual for IS3" product to the Songbird site. Note that this will be even more limited than the game itself, because most manuals will be shrink-wrapped inside the case. Get it while it lasts! You are the man! Just purchased IS3 + IS3 extra manual! ? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Songbird Posted January 12, 2021 Share Posted January 12, 2021 Pre-orders are officially open for the IS3 reprint, and you can get $5 off your copy when you order by Jan 22. Also, since some fans have asked about purchasing a spare IS3 manual, you can do that too but quantities are very limited. Thanks for all the support so far! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Songbird Posted January 20, 2021 Share Posted January 20, 2021 Last call for IS3 pre-orders at $5 off by this Friday, Jan 22! You can order your copy now. And thanks to everyone who has ordered already. I'm expecting to receive the first samples within a week, then we test, then we start packing lots of orders. Hoping to ship in Feb instead of March, as things are ahead of schedule so far. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Songbird Posted January 21, 2021 Share Posted January 21, 2021 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Songbird Posted January 31, 2021 Share Posted January 31, 2021 IS3 is in stock and ready to ship! First batch of orders go out on Monday, and it will take me 1-2 weeks to get caught up. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Songbird Posted January 31, 2021 Share Posted January 31, 2021 Not sure what happened to the pic? 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Helper Posted February 15, 2021 Share Posted February 15, 2021 NUON Controller Contest As a promotion for the NUON-Dome NUON forum we are giving away a free HPI Stealth Warrior NUON controller. All you have have to do is post the reason why you should have the controller in the official thread https://www.thehelper.net/threads/nuon-controller-promotion-free-nuon-controller-contest.167462/ In the end, the NUON-Dome NUON forum registered users will vote to see who gets the controller. Let the contest start now. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doctorclu Posted February 17, 2021 Author Share Posted February 17, 2021 That sounds like an awesome thread. With so few controllers, will be nice to get this into the hands of a new Nuon gamer. So just wanted to say, with all the snow many have been experiencing, am I the only one that thinks of the snow theme from Merlin Racing when I step out into the snow? (pay no attention to the picture below, this goes right to the snow Nifelheim race...) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
majorg60 Posted March 5, 2021 Share Posted March 5, 2021 Hello, I wonder if anyone can help. I live in the UK and recently purchased a Samsung N-501 from an eBay US seller. Unfortunately when it arrived it would only play the intro of a film but wouldn't play a movie. The error message was "Video is not available. Disc maybe damaged." I tried this with NTSC copies of Bedazzled and Dr Dolittle 2. As a result I bought another N-501 and now both movies play, but I've downloaded ROMs for some of the games burned them to DVD+R, and they won't play the intros. I'm assuming that the actual game will play but I haven't yet got a controller! The firmware version is 1.03.53.00 . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+sixersfan105 Posted March 5, 2021 Share Posted March 5, 2021 2 hours ago, majorg60 said: Hello, I wonder if anyone can help. I live in the UK and recently purchased a Samsung N-501 from an eBay US seller. Unfortunately when it arrived it would only play the intro of a film but wouldn't play a movie. The error message was "Video is not available. Disc maybe damaged." I tried this with NTSC copies of Bedazzled and Dr Dolittle 2. As a result I bought another N-501 and now both movies play, but I've downloaded ROMs for some of the games burned them to DVD+R, and they won't play the intros. I'm assuming that the actual game will play but I haven't yet got a controller! The firmware version is 1.03.53.00 . You'll run in to issues like that, as DVD player lasers weren't meant to last forever. Some people have had success swapping out drives with those from donor systems - I believe the Samsung M101 is one such compatible donor. Glad you have a working N-501 - second time's the charm. It's my understanding that DVD+R discs won't work - gotta be DVD-R discs. I personally try to limit my use of DVD-Rs in my Nuon players because I have a working theory that they make the laser work harder and burn out faster, thus requiring a donor disc drive, but your mileage may vary. Only original media for me these days! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Stephen Posted March 5, 2021 Share Posted March 5, 2021 It would be an amazing feat if someone could make an ODE (optical drive emulator) for our Nuon players. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Austin Posted March 6, 2021 Share Posted March 6, 2021 It would be an even more amazing feat if someone were able to make controller adapters... ? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Helper Posted March 7, 2021 Share Posted March 7, 2021 Voting for the Free NUON Controller giveaway at the NUON-Dome NUON forum is open https://www.thehelper.net/threads/nuon-dome-forum-nuon-controller-giveaway-voting.167492/ 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+sixersfan105 Posted March 7, 2021 Share Posted March 7, 2021 On 3/6/2021 at 1:27 AM, Austin said: It would be an even more amazing feat if someone were able to make controller adapters... ? If only...probably not possible, though, due to the proprietary chip required in each controller. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Helper Posted March 9, 2021 Share Posted March 9, 2021 Yeah a new NUON controller is not impossible. The chip design schematic is out there. It would not be an adaptor though unless that adaptor had the polyface chip in it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Stephen Posted March 9, 2021 Share Posted March 9, 2021 15 hours ago, Chris Brockman said: Yeah a new NUON controller is not impossible. The chip design schematic is out there. It would not be an adaptor though unless that adaptor had the polyface chip in it. Are you saying the schematics for the polyface chip exist, or just schematics showing how to wire buttons, etc. to the polyface? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KidGameR186496 Posted March 10, 2021 Share Posted March 10, 2021 Has anybody checked out this cool overview of the Nuon by the Retro Pals? 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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