Single computer simultaneus multiplayer games?

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3 total messages Started by Andreas Koch Mon, 31 Jan 2005 20:30

#82228

Author: Andreas Koch
Date: Mon, 31 Jan 2005 20:30

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Hi,

friends and i thought about playing computer games
on a party. But not everyone can/wants to bring his
own pc or console, and most games only support one
or two players per device at the same time. And waiting
til its your turn is just too boring.

Now, a single PC theoretically allows hooking up up to
127 joysticks via USB.

Does anyone know games that support 4 or more players,
together on a single PC, at the same time?

(they should ideally be party suited, e.g. simple enough
to be fun immediately without prior experience)

If no such beast exists - would there be interest in
getting one programmed (free simple game with simple
graphics etc)



thanks for answering,
    Andreas

Re: Single computer simultaneus multiplayer games?

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Author: Lacuna
Date: Wed, 04 May 2005 14:37

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I think Serious Sam split screen feature can allow only 2 players at a
time.
I don't know of any pc game that could allow up to 4 players at he same
time in one computer.
You can try some quiz game type like: :Who wants to be the millionaire"
or "Sale of the century", I believe they allow for multiple players on
one screen :)

Andreas Koch wrote:

> Hi,
>
> friends and i thought about playing computer games
> on a party. But not everyone can/wants to bring his
> own pc or console, and most games only support one
> or two players per device at the same time. And waiting
> til its your turn is just too boring.
>
> Now, a single PC theoretically allows hooking up up to
> 127 joysticks via USB.
>
> Does anyone know games that support 4 or more players,
> together on a single PC, at the same time?
>
> (they should ideally be party suited, e.g. simple enough
> to be fun immediately without prior experience)
>
> If no such beast exists - would there be interest in
> getting one programmed (free simple game with simple
> graphics etc)
>
> thanks for answering,
>     Andreas

Re: Single computer simultaneus multiplayer games?

#82230

Author: Raymond Martineau
Date: Wed, 04 May 2005 15:58

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On Thu, 05 May 2005 00:37:09 +1000, Lacuna <Coil@coil.com> wrote:

>I think Serious Sam split screen feature can allow only 2 players at a
>time.
>I don't know of any pc game that could allow up to 4 players at he same
>time in one computer.

Serious Sam supports 4 clients on one screen, which is well beyond a normal
configuration.

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