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From: "Ed Fear" <ed@directxbeginners.freeserve.co.uk>
Newsgroups: scee.yaroze.freetalk.english
Subject: Re: No Yaroze on OPSM!
Date: Sun, 20 Jun 1999 17:20:03 +0100
Organization: PlayStation Net Yaroze (SCEE)
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Yeah, but for how long?  I'm developing a game now, a cross between Civ and
a RTS game, and I'd really like it to be on the coverdisc - so is it worth
it?  Will members demos be knocking about on the coverdisc in about October?

Apologies if this is TOO forward thinking, but put me down as a possible in
the next few months...

Ed :)
ed@directxbeginners.freeserve.co.uk

George Bain <george_bain@playstation.sony.com> wrote in message
news:7kivgh$33u9@chuka.playstation.co.uk...
>
> Hi all,
>
> The reason why there was no Yaroze games on this
> month's disc is due to technical difficulties.
> To put it simple...there were QA problems with both
> games.  I don't know how many times I have to
> tell members, but when they submit a disc please
> take the time to view the TRC document on the
> members website.  It will delay and sometimes (like
> now) cause no games to appear on OPM.
>
> Next issue of OPM will have:
> -Opera of Destruction
> -Time Slip
>
> The issue after that will be:
> -TankX
> -Decaying Orbit
>
> The issue after that will be:
> -IONStorm ??
> -??
>
> As you can see the Net Yaroze OPM will continue!
> The list above is confirmed but can be changed
> at any time.
>
> George@SCEE
>
>
>
> In article <7kgs0v$4fj26@chuka.playstation.co.uk>,
> netyaroze@rprince.dircon.co.uk says...
> >
> >Can anyone offer an explanation to why there was no Yaroze game on the
OPSM
> >disk? I know I can get the games myself and run them on the Yaroze, but I
> >also prefer an alternative to some of the crap demos on the disc, when
I'm
> >using the disc, rather than boot up all the DOS and stuff to run the
game.
> >Also, this is bound to spark up more speculation that the Yaroze program
is
> >truly dead, when we all know it isn't. However, what annoyed me most was
> >that there was no Yaroze game, which could have been understandable, if
> >there were 3 or 4 'amazing' demos, such as the Tekken 3 hogged the whole
> >disc, but instead there was one semi interesting one (Syphon Filter), a
> >couple of others, and then a Colin McCrae Rally demo, of a game which is
> >almost a year old (pretty good though), and a bloody Final Fantasy 7
> >VIDEO!!! Now firstly I can't stand videos of games, and secondly I can't
> >stand Final Fantasy 7! I could almost understand if it was of FF8, as
that
> >is looking to the future, but putting a game which virtually everyone has
> >seen, and taking up space which could be filled by a playable full game
is
> >ridiculous.
> >
> >Disgustedly,
> >Rikki
> >
> >
>