Retro arcade streaming platform Antstream has announced that it has added five games from the cult classic PlayStation-era Net Yaroze initiative to its game catalog.
If you're not familiar with Net Yaroze, it was essentially an early way of allowing bedroom developers to create games for the original PlayStation without needing to utilize "expensive and complex development kits", as a press release notes.
Those who were interested in Net Yaroze would have to pay a fee in order to receive a special PlayStation console, alongside software designed to help them realize their game creation dreams. They'd also gain access to technical help from Sony and a community of fellow Net Yaroze developers.
As an accompanying Antstream press release notes, these games weren't released commercially, and many of them are now considered to be lost since they haven't been made available in any shape or form since the late 90s.
Now, however, the streaming service has added five Net Yaroze games to its library, and Antstream CEO Steve Cottam says the service will "continue working with these fantastic creators and developers to continue to bring new titles to the Antstream platform", so more may well be on the way....
