History of video games/Platforms/Nuon

History Development thumb|VM Labs was based in Los Altos, California.VM Labs - Company Info https://web.archive.org/web/19980613065238fw_/http://www.vmlabs.com/f_coinfo.html web.archive.org 7 December 2020 VM Labs was cofounded in January 1995 by Richard Miller, the designer of the early laptop computer the Sinclair Z88.After the prototype PlayStation: six more obscure games consoles https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2015/jul/07/prototype-nintendo-playstation-obscure-games-consoles-snes-cd 5 February 2021 the Guardian 7 July 2015 enInside Project X https://www.wired.com/1998/07/projectx-2/ 5 February 2021 Wired en-us Development of the Nuon started in 1995 as VM Labs Project-X.What's the Deal with VM Labs? An Interview With Bill Rehbock https://www.gamasutra.com/view/feature/131671/whats_the_deal_with_vm_labs_an_.php 13 November 2020 The system was also known as Merlin (No relation to the handheld game device of the same name).Editors ZDNet It's a DVD. No, it's a game console https://www.zdnet.com/article/its-a-dvd-no-its-a-game-console/ 28 April 2021 ZDNet en 5 of the 6 hardware design team members for the Nuon were former 3DO employees. In around November 1997 VM Labs started to approach software developers, with $7,500 development systems being shipped in December 1997. Development environments were officially supported on Linux, Windows 95 and Windows NT, with MacOS having unofficial support. Great effort was placed into naming the Nuon. 400 to 800 names were internally suggested over the course of a year in a half, including Active DVD, Actavid and Intervision. Ultimately the Nuon name was decided by the outside firm Lexicon, with Nuon being selected because it was under five characters and possessed consonant harmony.Herz J. C. GAME THEORY; A Name So Smooth, the Product Glides In (Published 1998) https://www.nytimes.com/1998/11/26/technology/game-theory-a-name-so-smooth-the-product-glides-in.html 2 February 2021 The New York Times 26 November 1998 Interestingly there was an unrelated version of the Arcadia 2001 which was already named the Intervision,Arcadia 2001/Home Arcade Clones – The Video Game Kraken http://videogamekraken.com/arcadia-2001-clones 2 February 2021 It is unclear if VM Labs was aware of this usage, though given they didn't pursue the name, it is somewhat of a moot point. The Nuon became one of the first consoles to boast about using ray traced graphics in pre launch demos, though it is unclear if any released titles actually used real time ray tracing. By 1999 Toshiba had publicly announced interest in the Nuon platform.Lemos Robert Will Microsoft lose the living room? https://www.zdnet.com/article/will-microsoft-lose-the-living-room/ 28 April 2021 ZDNet en Launch The first models of DVD players using Nuon were released in mid-2000 and sold for between $300 and $350. The company had hoped to attract non-traditional gamers to the platform.Lemos Robert Nuon: Game over before it began? https://www.zdnet.com/article/nuon-game-over-before-it-began/ 28 April 2021 ZDNet en Nuon games struggled in the market, with Nuon games often being accidentally placed in DVD sections in stores and less than 10,000 sales for Freefall 3050 A.D. Five Nuon players were made by Samsung, two by RCA, and one by Toshiba.Nuon • VM Labs • 2000 : RAM OK ROM OK https://ramokromok.com/platforms/nuon 7 November 2020 The platform was discontinued in 2003. Technology Compute The Nuon was "interesting" to program on. Jeff Minter (Developer of Tempest 3000) Interview with GamasutraLlamas In Space: Catching Up with Llamasoft's Jeff Minter https://www.gamasutra.com/view/feature/129999/llamas_in_space_catching_up_with_.php www.gamasutra.com 13 November 2020 en Uniquely for the time, the Nuon platform used four VLIW Media Processor Elements, full processing cores that all ran at 108MHz.Remembering Nuon, the gaming chip that nearly changed the world—but didn’t https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2015/06/before-the-ps2-nuon-famously-tried-and-failed-to-combine-dvd-and-game-consoles/ 25 October 2020 Ars Technica 28 June 2015 en-us Each processor element had four kilobytes of RAM. The system was advertised as being 128 bit and capable of performing 1.5 billion instructions a secondNUON-Dome - www.nuon-dome.com http://www.nuon-dome.com/nuon_faq_official.html www.nuon-dome.com 25 October 2020 (1500 MIPS). Third parties described performance as closer to 864 MIPS typically.System Overview: System Overview - NUON Technology - Beyond the Mind's Eye - Thoughts & Insights from Marriott_Guy https://www.rfgeneration.com/blogs/marriott_guy/System-Overview-NUON-tecnology-516.php www.rfgeneration.com 28 October 2020 Despite the design of the system being intended easy to program, the poor performance of the system made developing ambitious titles difficult. Notable games Eight games were released for the Nuon platform while the system was on the market.Video game console DVD player:Toshiba NUON Enhanced DVD Player - Toshiba Corporation https://artsandculture.google.com/asset/video-game-console-dvd-player-toshiba-nuon-enhanced-dvd-player-toshiba-corporation/OwGh25PyonOkMQ?hl=en Google Arts & Culture 25 October 2020 en In a strange turn of events, it was announced there would be a limited official re-release for Iron Soldier 3 for Nuon in 2021.For Some Weird Reason, Iron Soldier 3 Is Getting A 2021 Rerelease For One Of The Most Obscure Consoles Of All Time https://www.thegamer.com/iron-soldier-3-nuon-rerelease-2021-nuon/ 8 February 2021 TheGamer 7 December 2020 2000 Tempest 3000 Freefall 3050 A.D. Gallery Samsung N2000 Controllers Samsung N2000 Internals External Resources Nuon (DVD technology) Nuon (technology) Video Game Kraken - Nuon page. Video Game Console Library - Nuon page. References 2100%__NOTOC__