XBox has it's own full blown VLM!

Antalos · Post by **Antalos** » Wed Feb 19, 2003 3:08 pm 0

Have you guys tried G-Force, I quite like it, it's available on Windows for Winamp, and Sonique and on the Mac it's available for Audion, iTunes, and SoundJam.

punkrulesok · Post by **punkrulesok** » Wed Feb 19, 2003 3:34 pm 0

does anyone know where to download that Psygnosis demo VLM thingie to use on EPSXE?

Neurochasm · Post by **Neurochasm** » Wed Feb 19, 2003 3:56 pm 0

punkrulesok wrote:does anyone know where to download that Psygnosis demo VLM thingie to use on EPSXE?

Or even a disc image of the T-Rex malarky (never owned a PS1 as I'd spent all my spare dosh on Saturn

).

Well if you are looking at VLM-like stuff the only PS one I can think of is Vib Ribbon which has a 'demo' mode so you can sit back and 'chill' to a wireframe snake/frog/rabbit/fairy (actually that description does sound a bit trippy

).

For non-interactive my fave choice is Fantavision on PS2 (well worth gettign for the game alone), but nice to have on the TV as background especially with the weather and 'mood' effects that it has - Mirrored Psychedlic with max snow is a personal favourite

dtj · Post by **dtj** » Wed Feb 19, 2003 5:53 pm 0

Don't forget Baby Universe on the PS1... it's an actual "trip out" title. Six or seven audio-reactive modes (pop the lid and drop your own music in) and is fully controllable.

bcass · Post by **bcass** » Wed Feb 19, 2003 7:41 pm 0

There were actually 2 versions of the PSX sound-to-light program. The first version you got free when the Playstation first came out. The second, superior version, was given away free on the front of the UK Official Playstation magazine.

PVB · Post by **PVB** » Wed Feb 19, 2003 7:42 pm 0

bcass wrote:There were actually 2 versions of the PSX sound-to-light program. The first version you got free when the Playstation first came out. The second, superior version, was given away free on the front of the UK Official Playstation magazine.

Isn't there one built into the PSOne now as well?

Dave · Post by **Dave** » Wed Feb 19, 2003 7:59 pm 0

PVB wrote:
bcass wrote:There were actually 2 versions of the PSX sound-to-light program. The first version you got free when the Playstation first came out. The second, superior version, was given away free on the front of the UK Official Playstation magazine.
Isn't there one built into the PSOne now as well?

When I had my PSOne (for about two months before I sold it), it didn't have one in it. I had one of those nice Sony LCD screens with it too. Very neat, but it lacked resolution. Reading small text in 640x480 games was nearly impossible. It must have run at around 320x240.

PVB · Post by **PVB** » Wed Feb 19, 2003 8:26 pm 0

I'm damn sure mine's got it built in.

I'll dig it out at the weekend; Mum hasn't played Bust-A-Move 2 for ages!

Dave · Post by **Dave** » Wed Feb 19, 2003 10:28 pm 0

PVB wrote:I'm damn sure mine's got it built in.

I'll dig it out at the weekend; Mum hasn't played Bust-A-Move 2 for ages!

Really? Maybe I never noticed it before. Oh well. Even if it was the best VLM on PSX, it's still nowhere near as good as VLM on the Jag. I was never a huge fan of VLM 2 on the Nuon though. It didn't knock my socks off as much as the Toilet CD version did. Yeah, it was interactive, but it was much blurrier. I'd rather see something with lower detail in higher resolution than something with high detail in low resolution.

Fil · Post by **Fil** » Wed Feb 19, 2003 10:49 pm 0

the PSone visualisation thing is utter balls, nothing more that a jumped up oscilloscope

matt303 · Post by **matt303** » Thu Feb 20, 2003 2:20 am 0

Fil wrote:the PSone visualisation thing is utter balls, nothing more that a jumped up oscilloscope

The PSX one I remember had no oscilloscope effects but had dolphins and other 3D shapes and stuff going off.

ophion · Post by **ophion** » Thu Feb 20, 2003 2:37 am 0

Dave wrote:
I was never a huge fan of VLM 2 on the Nuon though. It didn't knock my socks off as much as the Toilet CD version did. Yeah, it was interactive, but it was much blurrier. I'd rather see something with lower detail in higher resolution than something with high detail in low resolution.

Yes. I bought a Nuon DVD player (a Samsung model). I was not a fan of VLM-2 at all. It almost made me ill to watch it. I love the Jag version. Tempest 3K didn't have the same "zone" quality as Tempest 2K for me either, and the frame rate was *very* sluggish. My Nuon player had a horrible sync problem with the sound and video, which Samsung claimed would be fixed "soon." I took the piece of trash back after about a week and got a refund.

Dave · Post by **Dave** » Thu Feb 20, 2003 2:46 am 0

ophion wrote:
Dave wrote:
I was never a huge fan of VLM 2 on the Nuon though. It didn't knock my socks off as much as the Toilet CD version did. Yeah, it was interactive, but it was much blurrier. I'd rather see something with lower detail in higher resolution than something with high detail in low resolution.
Yes. I bought a Nuon DVD player (a Samsung model). I was not a fan of VLM-2 at all. It almost made me ill to watch it. I love the Jag version. Tempest 3K didn't have the same "zone" quality as Tempest 2K for me either, and the frame rate was *very* sluggish. My Nuon player had a horrible sync problem with the sound and video, which Samsung claimed would be fixed "soon." I took the piece of trash back after about a week and got a refund.

I don't hate my Nuon THAT much, but I can really hear you with T3K. I find it much harder to get into the zone with that game than it was with T2K. Part of it was the frame rate (I desire at least 30fps in all my games, minimum), but the other part was that it was just plain harder. If you give the game time, it really does grow on you.

T2K did run smoother and I liked the Jaguar pads better than the Logitech Nuon one that I have now. They fit my hands better.

Another cool thing about the Jag VLM is that you could edit the VLM effects. They were lost once the system was shut off/reset, but it was something that the VLM2 lacked.

dtj · Post by **dtj** » Thu Feb 20, 2003 5:52 am 0

You framerate whores are so funny.

All you had to do on your copy of T3K was turn off the background effect - the game rocked along at way beyond 30fps once you did that... poor dumb bastards.

And Dave, you've got a serious case of Trollishness going on. Slam the VLM-2 in Yak's house?

VLM-2 rocks; just because your imagination lets you down routinely doesn't mean you have be such an asswipe.

$.09

ophion · Post by **ophion** » Thu Feb 20, 2003 6:01 am 0

Wow, where did that one come from? I guess dtj had a bad day. No need to go act like an idiot on a public forum, though.