Path: chuka.playstation.co.uk!news From: "Shawn" Newsgroups: scee.yaroze.freetalk.english Subject: What happens when all Yaroze's gone? Date: Fri, 12 Mar 2004 22:28:52 -0800 Organization: PlayStation Net Yaroze (SCEE) Lines: 25 Message-ID: Reply-To: "Shawn" NNTP-Posting-Host: adsl-64-170-55-242.dsl.lsan03.pacbell.net X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1158 X-MIMEOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1165 Greetings, I was just thinking. The Playstation is a great platform. The first real 3D platform (that I'm aware of) and truly, a remarkable piece of equipment. It is great that Sony decided to create the Yaroze program. But now they aren't accepting new memberships and they aren't replacing damaged equipment. Sooner or later, all the equipment that exists will be defective and there won't be a community even for those who want to be nastalgic. For example, there is a retro Atari scene (I know because I enjoy writing 6502 assembly programs for old consoles and platforms) and there is the Apple scene, Commadore, etc. What will happen when there is no more Yaroze equipment left or a significant amount of them damaged that there really isn't a community anymore. I can always go to Ebay and buy a Yaroze second-hand to replace my defective parts but for how long? What happens if the few 10 people that are still active on these newsgroups lose their equipment, will they still participate? Does anyone know if there is a PS1 emulator capable of acting as a Yaroze? Thanks