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 ====== games/Netplay ====== ====== games/Netplay ======
-  * IDEA: old games (80s -- 00s) are very high quality.+  * IDEA: old games (80s -- 00s) are very [[:vipquality|high quality]].
   * Arcade games and console games especially.   * Arcade games and console games especially.
   * They can be easily emulated on almost all types of hardware   * They can be easily emulated on almost all types of hardware
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 ===== Software ===== ===== Software =====
-==== Network ==== +==== Basics ==== 
   * Fightcade    * Fightcade 
     * Great when it works. Virtual LAN, lobbies, and a handful of emulators.     * Great when it works. Virtual LAN, lobbies, and a handful of emulators.
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   * Port forwarding    * Port forwarding 
     * If you feel comfortable sharing your IP address and can "port forward," this is a way to link computers quickly.     * If you feel comfortable sharing your IP address and can "port forward," this is a way to link computers quickly.
 +==== Fightcade ====
 +Fightcade is popular commercial (free basic accounts) tool for playing games with friends online. Download [[https://www.fightcade.com/|Fightcade]] and register an account. To grab the tool that allows you to play all of the games Fightcade supports when you enter a lobby and launch the game, [[https://lofi.netlify.app/post/fc2-json-pack-auto-download-roms-from-fightcade-2/|follow these instructions here]] and enjoy gaming on [[:easy modo]]. 
 +
 +Learn how to use Fightcade with this [[https://www.fightcade.com/help|very simple, brief tutorial]] that is full of screenshots. 
 +
 ==== Emulators ==== ==== Emulators ====
 Common netplay convention is that all players should have the same ROM and emulator, and be connected to the same Virtual LAN (or else they should have port forwarding enabled). On each player's emulator, configure the "player 1 gamepad" with your controller / keyboard. After a player is selected to be the host, they should use the netplay software to "become the host" and share their IP information (Hamachi IPv4 + port). Other players connect to the server as players 2, 3, 4 in the eyes of the host emulator.  Common netplay convention is that all players should have the same ROM and emulator, and be connected to the same Virtual LAN (or else they should have port forwarding enabled). On each player's emulator, configure the "player 1 gamepad" with your controller / keyboard. After a player is selected to be the host, they should use the netplay software to "become the host" and share their IP information (Hamachi IPv4 + port). Other players connect to the server as players 2, 3, 4 in the eyes of the host emulator. 
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     * Master System     * Master System
   * 4th Gen:   * 4th Gen:
-    * **SNES** : Hamachi + [[https://www.snes9x.com/downloads.php|SNES9x]] method+    * **SNES** : Hamachi + [[http://goebish.free.fr/snes9k/|SNES9k]] method
       * **On all machines:**       * **On all machines:**
-      - Open Hamachi and SNEX9x.+      - Open Hamachi and SNEX9k.
       - Connect to the Hamachi room.       - Connect to the Hamachi room.
       - Configure your "player 1" controller in SNES9x       - Configure your "player 1" controller in SNES9x
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     * Playstation 2     * Playstation 2
     * Gamecube : Dolphin      * Gamecube : Dolphin 
 +  * 7th Gen: 
 +    * Wii : Dolphin
 +    * Nintendo DS : Melon DS
 +
 +==== Melon DS Netplay Guide ====
 +      - Download the [[https://melonds.kuribo64.net/downloads.php|latest MelonDS emulator]]
 +      - Grab the [[https://emulation.gametechwiki.com/index.php/Emulator_files#Nintendo_DS_.2F_DSi|BIOS + firmware files]]
 +      - Assign the BIOS/firmware files using ''Config > Emu settings > DS-mode > Use external files'' .
 +      - ''Config > Firmware settings'' to set your nickname, birthday, color, etc
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 +      - Open a Nintendo WFC compatible game
 +      - Open the Wifi settings from inside the game
 +      - Clear the Wifi settings via the **orange menu**
 +      - Create a new Wifi connection using the wizard
 +      - Tap "Ready", then (at the bottom) override Primary DNS to ''164.132.44.106''
 +      - Save the setting
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 +      - Connect to Nintendo WFC in-game, now disconnect.
 +      - You should now have a friend code and be able to add friends.
 ===== Hardware =====  ===== Hardware ===== 
   * ** Controllers:**   * ** Controllers:**
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 | GBA | Advance Wars | 2001 | Strategy | | GBA | Advance Wars | 2001 | Strategy |
 | Gamecube | WarioWare | 2003 | Party | | Gamecube | WarioWare | 2003 | Party |
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 +==== Seventh Gen ====
 +These DS games also work well with a $30 flash cart and an unlocked wifi connection. Make sure to set your DNS to ''164.132.44.106'' in your Nintendo WFC settings. You can open an unlocked Wifi hotspot via your phone or computer, usually. This is left as an exercise to the reader.
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 +^ Platform ^ Title ^ Year ^ Genre ^
 +| NDS | Clubhouse Games | 2005 | Board games |
 +| NDS | Mario Kart | 2005 | Racing |
 +| NDS | Advance Wars: Days of Ruin | 2008 | Tactics |
 +| NDS | Pokemon | -- | RPG |
  
 ===== Four Swords Adventures ===== ===== Four Swords Adventures =====
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