Saturn Netlink and Multitap

[AmonX]

A quick search of the internets has proved fruitless. Is it possible to use a multitap in a Netlink game and thus have a 10 player bomberman game? Thank you very much

[Warp2063]

Up to 10 people can challenge each other at home or up to two players can battle it out over the Sega Saturn NetLink.

Found that in under 30 seconds on a Google search.

[AmonX]

Well clearly I fail at the internets! Thank you for the quick reply. I just did a quick search myself, found a site that stated you could play four player bomberman with netlink, 2 on each console.

[Warp2063]

I would never call the internet an 100% accurate source of data. Either one of us could be wrong.

However, I don't think they'd allow for too many people to play on Netlink at once... for every player you've got playing, you up the bandwidth requirements... and 28.8kbps is already pretty slow as is.

[Reps911]

saturn bomberman only allowed four players, two on each console over the netlink. It did allow up to ten players offline, though I've never played the game so I wouldn't know how that worked...

[Xranger60]

Yup, four is the max, 2 on each side, like reps said. It's a really fun experience over the Netlink... teaming up with a friend or my brother for old school gaming over the modem makes me happy . It is indeed up to 10 players offline with 2 multitaps, although anything over 7-8 players forces you to play on the only map which can handle that many- a widescreen map which makes everything tiny. Still, fun sauce all around.

[grolt]

I've played an 8 player game before on that small screen - sort of simplified, but still super fun. I've never had the pleasure of playing it online though - hopefully one day.