Saturday, August 29, 2020

Net Yaroze part 8

Net Yaroze part 8 - missing games


Not all of the released Net Yaroze games have been archived in playable form; many are still out there, some on decaying hard drives, some unplayable without the Yaroze console, or some maybe even lost forever. 

I wonder how these games are even known about.
I can hardly find evidence of these games anywhere.

I will now list all the games that are known to be missing and their info.
This is (mostly) copypasted from a hex editor so pardon the lack of the usual text.


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NOTE: these were taken from the 2014 Net Yaroze collection. As such some info may be outdated. 


AAA
Clint Kelly
1997
Shooter
Status: some files missing

Action Afro PJ
Chris Mclaughlin
2003
Platformer
Status: never released

Aiko Fighting Demo
Walter Griswold
1998
Status: missing

Alien Fighters
Mark Naylor
1999
Status: never released

Ape-Ocalypse Now
Alex Mole
2002
Strategy
Status: never released

Bane
Steven Lewis
2001
Status: never released

Blueprint
Mark Sutton
1998
Status: Never Released

Boulder Dash
Jason Hutchens
1998
Port of an Amiga game
Status: never released

Breakdown
Chris Wallace
Arcade
Status: missing (though check the links below)

Bubble Trouble
Anthony Ross
1999
Similar to Puzzle Bobble
Status: never released

Chicken Ball
Mola / Mola
1997
Arcade. Negcon supported.
Status: never released

Chu Chu Rocket
Matt Verran
Port of the Dreamcast game
Status: never released

Code Red
Chris Wallace
Status: never released

Crushfoot the Robot
Ed Federmeyer
1998
Status: missing

Dash
Oleone (Ramon de Abreu)
1998
Boulder Dash Clone
status: missing

Demo
Michael Enoch
1997
status: missing - the author deleted the file after getting a job developing commercial games

Demos by Peter Dollochan
Peter Dollochan
1998
Demos: Number Shuffle Game, Point Light, Get/Put Pixel, Raycasting, Plasma, 2D Spotlights, 3D Racing
status: missing

Derring-Do
Nick Slaven
1999
Mr. Do clone. Port of an Amiga game
status: never released

Doodle Wrestling
Paul Bircham
1998
Wrestling game based on "Exciting Hour"
status: never released

Dot Eater and the Blobs
Ed Federmeyer
1998
status: missing

Drawing & Puzzle
Dream Creator 944
status: missing

Drum & Race
Chris Wallace
1999
Top Down Racing Game
status: never released
Started development: 12/08/99

Dungeon-A-Go
Infowave
1998
status: missing

Dx1
Marc Lambert
1998 (01/09/98)
Horizontal Shooter
status: missing

Escape Velocity
Scott Cartier
1998
status: missing
(isn't this just the old name for Decaying Orbit?)

Faces of Death
Joshua Meeds
1998
status: missing

Future Wave
Matthew Endicott
1998
Unfinished flying arcade.
status: missing

Geocmp
Robert Jurziga
2000
Unfinished puzzle game.
status: never released

Gobi and Mathurin
Yann Alexandre Colin
2001
status: unplayable - only works on a real Net Yaroze console

Grand Prix Simulator
James Burns
2001
Port of a Spectrum game
status: missing

Harrier Attack
Ben James
1998
Port of an 8-bit computer game
missing: never released

Hockey
1997
Tutorial made by the Sony staff
status: missing

Holli Dance
David White
1998
status: missing
(found download link, see Links page)

Ivy
Chris McLaughlin
2002
2 Player shooter
status: never released
(found download link, see Links page)

K-flip
Chris McLaughlin
2004
Puzzle
(found download link, see Links page)

Kacmen
Kenny Millar
2003
Pacman clone
status: never released

Kill Or Be Killed
1997
Tutorial made by the Sony staff
Status: Missing

Killjoy
Philip Gould
1999
Top view arcade
status: never released

Killjoy 3D
Philip Gould
1999
First person shooter
status: never released

Let's Play Bingo
Dream Creator 944
Bingo Game
Status: missing

Lock'n'Chase
Jonnathon Tann
1998
Port of an Intellivision game
status: missing

Logical
Nelson Santos
1999
Puzzle game. Mouse supported
status: missing
Started development: 12/08/99

Magic Fight
Yann Alexandre Colin
2001
status: unplayabe - only works on a real Net Yaroze console

Monkyregs
Andrew (Max) Murray
3D Bomberman clone
status: missing

Mope
James Burns
2001
Pacman clone
status: missing

Nowhereland
Terry Chang
1999
2D Arcade
status: missing

Nowhereland II
Terry Chang
1999
Centipede / Falcons Mix
status: missing

Oblique
Jon Presidge
3D first person game
status: never released
Started development: 02/07/97

Pang Bang
Team Parc
1999
status: never released

Pang Sisters
Andy Weissl
1998
Pang clone
status: never released

Paradroid
Alex Herbert
1999
status: unplayable - only works on a real Net Yaroze console

Play With Doremi
Dream Creator 994
status: missing

Pocket Pilots
Sebastian de Ruiter
1998
Similar to Diddy Kong Racing
status: never released

Pyromaniac
Michael Frayn
2003
Arcade
status: needs some tweaking

Puzzle
1997
Tutorial made by the Sony staff
status: missing

Roadburn
Jared Paul Nagle
1998
status: missing

RRR
Naoki Shigeno
status: missing

Sabre Wing
Harvey Cotton
2001
status: never released

SAS Elite
John Whitmore
1999
Top View Arcade
status: missing

Seek and Destroy
Negatrev
2 player arcade
status: never released

Shadow Univers
Aubert Deschamps
1998
RPG 
status: never released

Shoot Me Now
Dan Hauck
1998
status: missing

Snake Demo
Ed Federmeyer
1998
status: missing

SOS
Morten Nielsen
2001
Similar to Cannon Fodder
status: needs some tweaking

Space Harrier Test
Nigel Critten
2001
status: unplayable - only works on a real Net Yaroze console

Spike and Blade
Stuart Macdonald
2000
status: never released

Squib
Alex Mole
2001
Shooter
Status: never released

Stone Raider
Alex Herbert
1999
status: unplayable - only works on a real Net Yaroze console

Switch 'em
Ed Federmeyer
1998
status: missing

Tactics Monk
Michael Hough
1998
status: missing

Terran Space Defence
Ed Jones
1999
Space Invaders clone
status: never released

Tetris
Chris Wallace
Tetris clone
status: missing
Started development: 07/00

Texture Heads
Michael Garcia
2001
Tech demo
status: never released

Turismo Del Mundo
Nabil Metally
2002
status: never released

Unnamed
Andrew Hanley
1998
Shooter
status: never released

Untitled
David Macdonald
1998
2D verical shooter
status: never released

Warsration
Ben Bradley
2002
Top view arcade
status: never released

Xenon 2000
Derek Da Silva
Shooter
status: missing

Yaroze Roads
Michael Frayn
2004
Arcade
status: needs some tweaking

Yoshihara Takashi's Demos
Yoshihara Takash
Linebom, Linecircle, Timecircle, T-ani, Face-B, Mocc, E, 3DBom, PTM, Acon, Gom, Offspring, Mono, Parsley, Ood, Thing
Status: missing

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I have done my own research and found some games to look for.
NOTE: some of this stuff may be homebrew/scene and not Yaroze.


* Sidhe Interactive/PikPok's Yaroze games
* XMASGB (Game Boy emulator)
* Project 1 and Project 2 by A Green Bug (http://www.unbichitoverde.com/)
* Blaze of Glory by Rob Quattlebaum and Dusty Thomas (https://web.archive.org/web/20080229101220/http://www.deepdarc.com:80/blaze/ has pictures but no download link)
* IronChimp's Yaroze game/s (if he even released them)
* Project SEDE - abandoned Deep Darc Yaroze concept game
RPG
* John Taylor's Yaroze game 
* Trig Lib by Nick Slave (released 17 November, 1998)
* Airlock Wars Preview by MadMark (released 31 July, 1998)
* GDUK1 by Dean McCabe
* BGEDIT - BgMap Editor by James Shaughnessy (released 23 July, 1998)
* Monster Monster by Craig Anderson

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Got updates on missing games?
Message me in the comments below or email me at [[my email address]]

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I'm hoping that there is another Net Yaroze collection with some games found and made playable and more missing games made known of.

Click here to go to the next part, where I cover once-missing Yaroze games that have been found and made playable.


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