Lee Olivares / The Nuon Yak Twister - VCF SoCal 2024 Presentations

The Nuon Yak Twister: Unlocking Abandoned Capability on an Obscure Console
Lee Olivares - Owner, Destructive Services / LA 3D Printer Repair
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Lee shares the story of the Nuon, developed by Atari Jaguar veterans as a "trojan horse" game-system inside an enhanced DVD player that aimed to rival PS2. Torpedoed by a strategic move by Sony, as well as limited game releases and few 'enhanced' DVDs produced, the Nuon floundered. However, through details from an interview with Jeff Minter, some NOS "polyface" controller chips from China, and lots of trial and error, a never-in-production, prototype controller intended for the Nuon Tempest 3000 game was reverse-engineered and brought to life.
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Presented Saturday, February 17, 2024 at the Vintage Computer Festival SoCal at Hotel Fera in Orange, CA
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[@nicolaspersijn]

Great presentation! Thanks for the call out. Those were exciting times. Still use my nuon rotary controller with yak twister board❤