What is Monkey?

  Monkey is a 3D-accelerated Winamp visualization plug-in that takes you on a psychedelic journey through a never-ending network of underground passageways.

The latest version is 1.02, released on December 16, 2002, now featuring Desktop Mode, where you can run Monkey as animated Windows wallpaper!    what else is new?
 

System Requirements

   
Installation

  Monkey can be installed to Winamp 2 or 3 (or both, but you'd have to run the installer twice).

To install to Winamp 3, just run the installer as usual. Then launch Winamp 3 and hit CTRL+P to load the Preferences screen. Then, on the left, scroll down to 'ClassicVis' and select it. (If you don't see it, you probably need to download the Classic Visualization Component). Now you should see a list of visualization plugins on the right; select Monkey, and click 'start' to run it.

To install to Winamp 2, run the installer as usual, but note that if you also have Winamp 3 installed, you'll have to manually choose the Winamp 2 directory, since it installs to Winamp 3 by default. Once the installation is complete, launch Winamp 2 and hit CTRL+P to load the Preferences screen. Select 'visualization' under 'plug-ins' on the left. Now you should see a list of visualization plugins on the right; select Monkey, and click 'start' to run it. In the future, you can use the shortcut key CTRL+SHIFT+K to run Monkey, and ALT+K to configure it.

 
Downloads and Links

  Download Now (monkey_102.exe)
View Documentation (monkey.html)
View Screenshots

Downloads:
 
  • DirectX (big)
  • Winamp 2 (less than 1MB)
  • Winamp 3 (~3 MB) and the Classic Visualization component
  • Monkey 1.0 (789 kb self-installing exe)
  • Monkey 1.01 (820 kb self-installing exe)
  • Monkey 1.02 (862 kb self-installing exe) (what's new)

  • Links:
     
  • Monkey Support Forum at winamp.com

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    Monkey was written by Ryan Geiss and is copyright (c) 2002 Nullsoft, Inc.