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IMPURPLE <IMPU...@prodigy.net> wrote:

>My roommate and I cannot join each others game via serial cable. It
>didn't work with version 1.0 and it still doesn't work with version
>1.02.  When we try to connect it gives the message that my version of
>diablo is not compatible with the game creator's version.  Any
>suggestions would be appreciated.

For a start make sure that either you BOTH own a Diablo cd, or you are
both runing the spawned version. I ran into the same problem when I
first started playing. Full plays with full, spawned with spawned.

-Paul

We both have the full version cd-rom's and it still won't connect. 
Thanks for the suggestion, thought.

Smitty

have you tried connecting via null modem cable? Null modem is the same as a
serial cable except that a few pins are switched so that two computers can
communicate with each other. At least I think this is what a null modem
cable is. Call you local computer store and see if they carry the cable. 

Smitty <jtj...@prodigy.com> wrote in article
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> We both have the full version cd-rom's and it still won't connect. 
> Thanks for the suggestion, thought.
> 
> Smitty
> 

IMPURPLE <IMPU...@prodigy.net> wrote in article
<3319F5...@prodigy.com>...
> My roommate and I cannot join each others game via serial cable. It
> didn't work with version 1.0 and it still doesn't work with version
> 1.02.  When we try to connect it gives the message that my version of
> diablo is not compatible with the game creator's version.  Any
> suggestions would be appreciated.
> 
> Thanks,
> Smitty
> 

It's probably simpler than you think.
To play multiplayer Diablo, you need TWO CDs.
It's not like War2, where you can play the full game with only one.

Because the game's so massive, the spawned installation can handle the 
first two levels only. You should be able to play the first two levels 
multiplayer, but ensure that you both choose the Spawn Diablo option.
You can't connect a full-version Diablo with a spawned Diablo.