Neon (light synthesizer)
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Neon is a light synthesizer developed by Jeff Minter
('Yak') and Ivan Zorzin ('Giles'). It was based on an enhanced version of the graphics engine originally to be included in Unity (video game)
, which became an independent project after Unity was cancelled in 2004.
A version of Neon is used as the default visualiser for the Xbox 360
. The authors have retained the rights to implement the software on other platforms and contexts (a PC version was due in 2006 but the release has been hampered by rights issues).
The Xbox 360 version, implemented into the media player and activated whenever music is played, is actually the "First Wave" of Neon. Up to four people can control it with the same number of gamepads, or it can be run autonomously via the 'v-crew' code.
Jeff Minter's Space Giraffe
utilizes the Neon engine, as does Llamasoft's subsequent games Gridrunner Revolution
and Minotaur Rescue.
Jeff Minter
Jeff 'Yak' Minter is a British computer/video game designer and programmer. He is the founder of software house Llamasoft and his recent works include Neon , a non-game music visualization program that has been built into the Xbox 360 console, and the video games Space Giraffe , and Space Invaders...
('Yak') and Ivan Zorzin ('Giles'). It was based on an enhanced version of the graphics engine originally to be included in Unity (video game)
Unity (video game)
Unity was a video game being developed by Jeff Minter and Lionhead Studios for the Nintendo GameCube video game system. It was in development from the beginning of 2003 until its cancellation at the end of 2004. It was to feature Jeff Minter's trademark psychedelic graphical style, meshed with an...
, which became an independent project after Unity was cancelled in 2004.
A version of Neon is used as the default visualiser for the Xbox 360
Xbox 360
The Xbox 360 is the second video game console produced by Microsoft and the successor to the Xbox. The Xbox 360 competes with Sony's PlayStation 3 and Nintendo's Wii as part of the seventh generation of video game consoles...
. The authors have retained the rights to implement the software on other platforms and contexts (a PC version was due in 2006 but the release has been hampered by rights issues).
The Xbox 360 version, implemented into the media player and activated whenever music is played, is actually the "First Wave" of Neon. Up to four people can control it with the same number of gamepads, or it can be run autonomously via the 'v-crew' code.
Jeff Minter's Space Giraffe
Space Giraffe
Space Giraffe is an action arcade video game by Jeff Minter and Ivan Zorzin of Llamasoft. Space Giraffe visually resembles the arcade classic Tempest, an arcade game by Atari Inc. released in October, 1981, though Minter claims that it is not a clone of this game. The game was released on August...
utilizes the Neon engine, as does Llamasoft's subsequent games Gridrunner Revolution
Gridrunner Revolution
Gridrunner Revolution is an action game developed by Llamasoft for the PC. It was released on the 25th September 2009. On 18 December 2009 Llamasoft released an updated version with integrated Online Scoreboards On 23 February 2010 the game was made available to buy on Steam-History:Gridrunner...
and Minotaur Rescue.