Ask HN: Possible to play 2 player PC emulator games online?

5 pointshawktheslayer5y ago5 comments

I would love to find a way to play old nestolgic games (e.g. Lakers vs. Celtics and the NBA Playoffs) with my brothers across the country. I can find emulators to play on my own computer, but does anyone know a way I can play this with/against people online?

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ecshafer5y ago

I think the easiest way to do this is simply RDP. Have the emulator set up, open up RDP, and have them RDP into the machine. Then when you use the emulator map the player 1/ player 2 keys to whatever. It should work.

gdx5y ago

Many emulators have this functionality, called netplay. For example Mesen, one of the best NES emulators available:

https://www.mesen.ca/docs/tools.html#netplay

Also RetroArch (which has cores for many systems, including Genesis):

https://www.retroarch.com/index.php?page=netplay

sin75y ago

FightCade2 is the most popular. Takes some work to set up, but has a lot of old games. No NES. Plenty of arcade though. There was Kaillera back in the day. I don't know where is stands now.

ziyangdev5y ago

maybe https://parsec.app

hauxir5y ago

Check out kosmi.io for nes and snes emulators in multiplayer.

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