if anyone would like to play me in a game of Virtual-On, Sega Rally or Duke Nukem (i'll get Saturn Bomberman soon), please let me know. i have long distance plan on my phone so i would be able to place the connecting call.
i am not very good at any of these games yet, but with practice i know i will get better
Hey guys, I just got Duke Nukem in the mail yesterday. I can't make any long distance calls but if anyone would like to play I'd be interested. I've just now got everything to get a netlink match going so yeah, let me know if anyone's interested.
oh im interested. although i've only played duke nukem a couple times and i'm terrible, i would like to practice. let me know what time you would be available and give me your phone number through PM. we can set up a good time to play. luckily you are in Ohio it seems so our time is pretty much the same.
also, i dont have a keyboard so i wont be able to chat much other than typing with the controller.
edit: in fact, i have it set up so when i receive a PM from here, i get an email. so once we set up a general time, i will stay online and watch for any new email in my box, when i get a PM, then i'll know when to dial the call.
this is probably helpful if we're not using some kind of IM service.
xDerekRx wrote:I think Bomberman can be played with 4 people on Netlink? Anyone know? Would be cool to get 4 people playing.
Unfortunately, no. And even if you could, any extra people would have to play on one of the two consoles connected - the modem is a direct connection to one other console, and one only. You can't have three modems talking directly to each other, as they only work in pairs. Even if it had worked, not that many people had the ability to do a 3-person conference phone call over a phone line anyway.
The only way to play with more than 2 players is to use multitaps for a single console.
I have my Saturns, I have some of my games, I have a RasPi. Gotta put all this stuff together!
Yeah, thats what I meant. Cant you do 2v2 online for Bomberman? Like You could grab a friend and I could grab a friend and make 4 players? And can you do that with other Netlink games?
Netlink Games Owned:
-Duke Nukem 3D
-Sega Rally
-Bomberman
-Virtua On -Daytona CCE Netlink Edition
Yes, it is possible to play Bomberman over NetLink with 2 players on each console. If one console has 2 and the other has 1, the one going solo will play with a bot. 2 v 2 NetLink matches are only possible for Saturn Bomberman.
Willing to play Bomberman, Duke Nukem 3d, Virtual On, Sega Rally. Send me a PM.
Bomberman is awesome to play, period. A couple years ago I got an 8-player match going with two multi-taps, that was some serious fun. I've never taken it online though, I'd love to try the two versus two as well.
Edit: As for using the keyboard in the games, I don't even think that's possible. I don't think any games support that. I know you could do it in the Dreamcast days, but I'm pretty sure the NetLink games are identical to the offline games other than tricking the system into thinking the second player is local.
Yeah, the only time that the Saturn keyboard is useable is when there's a text box to type into on the screen. That only occurs in the web browser, NetLink menus, or the chat after a round of playing.
I have my Saturns, I have some of my games, I have a RasPi. Gotta put all this stuff together!