Path: chuka.playstation.co.uk!scea!NewsWatcher!user From: developer@woodentulip.com (Sean Kennedy) Newsgroups: scea.yaroze.freetalk,scee.yaroze.freetalk.english Subject: Re: PS2, how about NY2? Date: Thu, 16 Sep 1999 23:16:39 -0400 Organization: Wooden Tulip Ltd. Lines: 41 Message-ID: References: <7rjqbb$g0d17@chuka.playstation.co.uk> <864sgyja1x.fsf@foo.mel.cybec.com.au> NNTP-Posting-Host: pro1-148.barrie.connex.net Xref: chuka.playstation.co.uk scea.yaroze.freetalk:1470 scee.yaroze.freetalk.english:4692 > "Nathan Miller" writes: > > Since the PS2 is designed to be interfaced easily, how about a Yaroze level > > library CD for free? :-) Online documentation, hell, just list the function > > prototypes!!! (We will hack away at it!) > That's a fair point. If the PS2 is backwards compatible we should be > able to load our Yaroze games into it - will the rest of the hardware > be locked out, or will we able tap into the raw power that is the PS2 > (even slightly)? > (Sorry if this has already been discussed, I haven't noticed. :) > Toby. Actually the discussion was based on Non-Available info. Now that the PS2 has been shown in Japan, a dev version will follow here Real soon. With the capability of the PS2, development for a Yarose version may be easier to implement, if not just open up. Then later allow the advanced PS2 features to be exploited. Just as an aside, Nintendo looked very closely at the "Net Yarose" project and are probably going to investigate a similar mechanism for the Dolphin. LinuxPPC on Dolphin. I would just love to see a Linux on the PS2. That way maintenance for the OS and Copyrighting of an OS is relieved from Nintendo as an issue. AND it gives them control over what Prospective Developers can do with the Hard ware. Since they control access to information on the Hardware Sub-Systems AND that Linux Operations DV-ROM {etc} would need to be used. Piracy is reduced. In fact Nintendo could leverage the Linux Platform for a remarkable presence ON-LINE. But again. We have to wait and See what happens. -sean