Llamasoft - Xbox 360 - Oh yes.

[psychorob]

Wow

just read all 18 pages but i knew from the fost post that I am going to be buying an Xbox 360, Sorry Jaguar you're only good for one thing now, unless ...

Tempest 4000

*drool*

I cannot wait, am just downloading the huge video to play on the projector

Thankyou and Well Done to the Llamasoft Team


This'll be my first launch purchase as much as I loved the Gamecube I waited, but that was my first brand new console and since I love Nintendo I only bought a second hand PS2 and after I have money again I might pick up a second hand Xbox to chip just to add to my fantastic array of consoles currently in my possession.

[Sir_LANs-a-lot]

Ooo fuck!

T4K with THOSE shaders....



Someone, somewhere NEEDS to make that happen.

[Spirit]

T4K? What about something new and fresh eh eh eh?

[Sir_LANs-a-lot]

T4K? What about something new and fresh eh eh eh?

Good ideer.


T360K it is then.

[Tursi]

Yak! Dude! ;) Just got to me through the grapevine, definately let me add to the MASSIVE amount of congratulations! :)

Are they flying you out to E3, then? I'll be lookin' for ya ;)

[limb_clock]

But can you WAIL it?

[Tuur]

This calls for a

YAY!

How cool is that!?!

Congrats to you guys!

You leave for a short vacation and you get this...

[Louis G]

Fucking hell,

This is great news especially after all that happened last year.

Im so happy for you Jeff, Giles and Crew.

Well done. Im now going for a wank.

Louis

[PVB]

I've tried to d/l the big movie twice, but it keeps disconnecting at about 40MB in.

Ooops

That'd be me I've twice tweaked and restarted the server to allow more simulatanous connections which would chop your download.

I'll leave it alone now It's served 33 GIGABYTES today already

Bad gravy!

Got it by installing Download Accelerator just to make sure I got it in one go.

ALthough it looks nice as a compressed mov file, I'm gagging to see what it's gonna be like on my 32" TV!


<Consults Argos catalogue for new TV cabinet>

[Anders]

too bad my excitement for Neon doesn't outweigh my hatred for Microsoft

Actually, I have even more respect for MS now for recognizing Jeff's talents and being willing to include his work in a massive worldwide project.

This is fucking huge. If you stop and think about it.

[teamonkey]

Haven't seen this posted already, but:

http://www.eurogamer.net/article.php?article_id=59072

Missing Jean-Michel Jarre? Like watching trippy explosions of colour and light, but too young/broke/sensible to take drugs?

Then get yourself an Xbox 360, come November, since each one comes with a new "light synthesiser" program built-in.

Entitled Neon, it's "capable of generating anything from soothing ambient swirls to strobing multicolour explosions," according to developer Llamasoft. You'll find some screenshots and trailers here.
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You can control Neon using up to four joypads, or it'll take its cues from any music you choose to play. It's "infinitely configurable thanks to its modular nature, and always stunning to look at."

Neon is the brainchild of loveable old hippy Jeff Minter, who first came up with the idea of developing a light synthesiser back in 1984 and called his invention Psychedelia.

It got mixed reviews, as Llamasoft's website observes - one journalist wrote that "mere words are too cumbersome to describe its brilliance," while another described it as "pointless hippy nonsense."

"It was certainly something that I used a lot - many spliffs were smoked and much Pink Floyd listened to whilst using Psychedelia," says Jeff, not doing much to shake off the whole hippy thing.

Jeff's original idea has come along way since then, though. "Without giving any secrets away and getting myself into trouble with Microsoft," he writes, "I can tell you that the Xbox 360 can bring to bear an absolutely *staggering* amount of computational power on each and every pixel, and never drop below 60 frames a second.

"The thing's a *monster*."

Since the inclusion of Neon into the Xbox 360's firmware is the culmination of more than 20 years' of work for Jeff, he's rightly mightily chuffed.

"I believe it finally begins to achieve the potential that I saw all those years ago when I first made Psychedelia... and I am happier with it than I have ever been with anything I've created in my entire career.

"At last... after more than 20 years' work, one of my light synths is going to reach a decent sized audience. Millions and millions..." of pounds, Jeff? Anyway, well done sir, we salute you.

[ophion]

But can you WAIL it?

I think that up to four superstars can wail it at once.

[korruptor]

If two guys wrote this, having done their own thing for donkeys..

Yup. One lucky Donkey...

[JustClaws]

Hey!

Not making. *Made*. It's done. And if I say so myself it is fucking awesome.
Yeah, this is *huge* .

Thanks! Thanks for giving me the de-facto excuse to buy an Xbox 360!
I was tempted, bought a Gamecube for Unity, and want a Revolution for
sure, but how on earth was I going to justify an Xbox 360... without this?

After tracking down a Samsung N505, and an N501, and searching for
an N504 for years, I think it won't be so hard to find myself an X'360.

With the recent arrival (4/05/05) of our 4th child/3rd daughter, May is
turning out to be a good month so far. I hope it just keeps improving!

The only way to improve this news is if I read that there's a skin for
the Xbox which gives it an Atari logo, and a VCS style woody fascia.

Best wishes, and congratulations,
Richard / JustClaws.

[Beer Monkey]

Wow, and congrats.

This is just what I wanted. Llamasoft visualization with hard-drive music storage. This is a home run.

I was buying a 360 anyway but now I am PUMPED.

Now I'll just have to hope for 5.1 surround (music) capability and gapless playback for albums that segue.

Regardless, I'm thrilled.