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March 12, 2024

Filed under: NUON News,Site Updates — K3V @ 6:49 pm

NUON enthusiast V-SNES is back with his latest deep-dive into NUON history, this time focused on Troma Entertainment’s short-lived relationship with VM Labs and NUON. Troma is best known for such films as The Toxic Avenger, The Class of Nuke ‘Em High, Mother’s Day and Tromeo and Juliet, and had planned to use NUON technology to add special features to their Toxic Avenger movies and cartoons.

Want to learn more? Read the full story, “Untold NUON Tales: Welcome to Tromaville,” then jump into the NUON-Dome Forums or NUON-Dome discord to discuss!

October 22, 2023

Filed under: NUON News — K3V @ 5:08 am

After a long, hard search, NUON enthusiast emceebois tracked down a complete-in-box Samsung DVD-N591 — the NUON DVD player released in Korea. With the unit came a copy of Crayon Shin-Chan 3, one of the most elusive games in the NUON library, which he graciously dumped and uploaded to archive.org.

But, since the game is region-locked to only work on the N591, most NUON fans wouldn’t be able to actually play the game on their machines. Enter EdgeConnector, who was able to crack the NUON authentication keys in May 2022. Using the tools he developed, he was able to re-sign the ISO so it would work on non-Korean NUON DVD players as well.

Download links:

Unboxing video of emceebois’ DVD-N591 with Crayon Shin Chan 3:

Here’s a brand new, complete playthrough of the game that I recorded:

July 27, 2023

Filed under: NUON News — K3V @ 6:38 pm
Photo: Damien McFerran / Time Extension

Retro and classic gaming news site Time Extension has put the spotlight on NUON via a new article titled “Nuon, The DVD Player That Tried To Be A Games Console.”

In it, author Ashley Day covers the history of the platform, gives a brief overview of each game in the NUON’s small library, offers advice on purchasing a NUON DVD player, games and accessories in 2023, and dives into whether it’s a platform worth investing in.

The story also features two interviews: one with yours truly as the resident NUON enthusiast and one with Bill Rehbock, who was vice president of third party development in VM Labs. For longtime fans of the platform, this will likely be the most interesting part of the piece, and Rehbock reveals some interesting behind-the-scenes information regarding the Korea-exclusive Crayon Shin Chan game and some of the many unreleased games that never saw the light of day.

I highly recommend giving this one a read, as you’re bound to learn something new. Check it out!

February 8, 2023

Filed under: NUON News — K3V @ 7:17 pm
The Aries64 NUON Adapter connected to a Toshiba SD2300

Pre-orders are now open for the Aries64, an adapter from Songbird Productions that allows NUON users to connect any Nintendo 64 controller to their NUON-compatible DVD players.

The first run is limited to 125 units and expected to ship beginning on March 15. According to a post from Carl Forhan of Songbird in the NUON-Dome Discord channel, sales have been brisk, with about 20 sold in the first hour alone.

To preorder yours, visit the product page on the Songbird website. I’ve got one on order and plan to put it through its paces, so stay tuned for a review here on N-D soon.

Here’s the product description from the Songbird website:

Introducing the Aries64 for your NUON DVD game system! The Aries64 connects to the NUON controller port on your DVD unit on one end, and on the other end, you can plug in any Nintendo 64 controller (first party or third party) and use it on all your NUON games! Includes full support for one analog stick, D-pad, and all action buttons. The NUON button is mapped to the Z trigger.

The connector is a 4-pin firewire, and will fit snugly in the NUON controller port with the indented side up (see photos). The cable is approximately 7? long. The Aries64 has been confirmed to work on the Samsung N501 and Toshiba SD2300, and should work equally well on all NUON systems with controller ports.

December 28, 2022

Filed under: NUON News — K3V @ 7:04 am
NUON USB from ControllerAdapter.com

NUON controllers have become a rare commodity over the years, which has driven eBay prices into the hundreds of dollars for certain models (remember the days of $15 HPI Warrior controllers?).

With interest in NUON on the rise thanks to Songbird’s re-releases of Iron Soldier 3 and FreeFall, cracked authentication and new development on the NUON emulator “Nuance,” two solutions for the controller issue have emerged to help gamers get hands-on with the NUON at a more affordable price.

The first to market (well, pre-order at least) is the NUON USB from ControllerAdapter.com. This $60 adapter will let you connect a wide array of USB gaming controllers to your NUON-enhanced DVD player, including the Logitech Wingman PC controller, which is nearly identical to the Logitech Gamepad for NUON:

You can also see the adapter working with a PlayStation 5 DualSense controller here.

Here are the features of the adapter, according to the manufacturer’s website:

Features:

  • Simulate Nuon controller with all 14-buttons and analog inputs
  • USB controller as Nuon controller
  • USB HID keyboards/mice as Nuon controllers
  • Firmware Updatable

Future:

  • Second analog and spinner input for Tempest 3000.
  • Emulated Nuon splitter multi-tap with USB Hub.
  • Possible rumble implementation for home brew.
  • Possible serial communication for developers.

Compatible:

  • Any USB controller with X-Input mode 
  • 8BitDo 2.4g USB Receivers
  • 8BitDo USB Wireless Adapters (Red/Black/Gray)
  • Xbox (OG/360/One/Series)
  • PS Classic USB Controller
  • PS4 DualShock 4 Wired 
  • PS5 DualSense Wired
  • Sega AstroCity Mini USB Controller
  • RetroBit Sega Genesis 6-button USB Controller

Includes:

  • NUON USB 0.5 meter cable

To get a NUON USB of your own, get on the Pre-Order List at ControllerAdapter.com.

The other controller solution in development is an N64 controller to NUON adapter coming soon from Songbird Productions. According to a recent tweet from developer @wireengineer, the adapter is now complete and currently being tested on different games and NUON player models.

Keep an eye on the Songbird Productions website for news on this adapter. And we’ll post about it here on NUON-Dome when it’s available, too.


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