Net Yaroze

The Net Yaroze (ネットやろうぜ, Netto Yarōze) is a development kit for the PlayStation video game console.

Finally, many earlier consoles (Astrocade, Famicom) offered limited programming capabilities with BASIC dialects.

The Net Yaroze was only available for purchase by mail order; but Sony also provided it to universities in the UK, France (EPITA), and Japan.

Dedicated Usenet groups, with access restricted to Net Yaroze members, were maintained by Sony; homepage hosting was also provided.

The access was restricted according to the kit's region of origin, which made collaboration between users in different territories impractical.

The last Official UK PlayStation Magazine issue, number 108, featured a compilation with many Net Yaroze games.

A promotional disc, limited to a thousand copies and featuring a number of user-developed games, was produced by SCEE and sent to PAL-zone Yaroze owners.