Neon is a light synthesizer developed by Jeff Minter ('Yak') and Ivan Zorzin ('Giles').
[1] The authors have retained the rights to implement the software on other platforms and contexts (a Microsoft Windows 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,[2] or it can be run autonomously via the "v-crew" code.
Jeff Minter's Space Giraffe uses the Neon engine, as does Llamasoft's subsequent games Gridrunner Revolution and Minotaur Rescue.