“There was no connection between Game Yaroze and Net Yaroze”.
You likely already know about Sony’s Net Yaroze project. It was a well-publicised global endeavour which attempted to allow PlayStation 1 enthusiasts the opportunity to create games for the system. Buying in to the project provided users with a black Net Yaroze dev kit, plus various tools and documents, and access to private forums. Several universities in the UK also built games design and programming courses around the Net Yaroze, giving it a solid foothold in academia.
Anyone able to produce a polished enough game might have seen it distributed on the Official UK PlayStation Magazine demo disc. The final issue, 108, filled the disc with a compilation of the best Net Yaroze games (keep in mind Net Yaroze distribution was more limited in the US, seemingly only via PlayStation Underground; exposure to Yaroze games was stronger in Europe).
Read the full article on timeextension.com
“There was no connection between Game Yaroze and Net Yaroze”.
You likely already know about Sony’s Net Yaroze project. It was a well-publicised global endeavour which attempted to allow PlayStation 1 enthusiasts the opportunity to create games for the system. Buying in to the project provided users with a black Net Yaroze dev kit, plus various tools and documents, and access to private forums. Several universities in the UK also built games design and programming courses around the Net Yaroze, giving it a solid foothold in academia.
Anyone able to produce a polished enough game might have seen it distributed on the Official UK PlayStation Magazine demo disc. The final issue, 108, filled the disc with a compilation of the best Net Yaroze games (keep in mind Net Yaroze distribution was more limited in the US, seemingly only via PlayStation Underground; exposure to Yaroze games was stronger in Europe).
Read the full article on timeextension.com
