Boomer Games

• IDEA: old games (80s – 00s) are very high quality.
• Arcade games and console games especially.
• They can be easily emulated on almost all types of hardware
• and with any kind of internet connection anywhere in the world
• Thousands of free games can be grabbed by anyone …

• Fightcade
  • Great when it works. Virtual LAN, lobbies, and a handful of emulators.
• Hamachi
  • Lobby-based virtual LAN so you don't need portforwarding.
• Port forwarding

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.

• Arcade
• 3rd Gen:
  • NES
  • Master System
• 4th Gen:
  • SNES : Hamachi + SNES9x method
    • On all machines:
    1. Open Hamachi and SNEX9x.
    2. Connect to the Hamachi room.
    3. Configure your "player 1" controller in SNES9x
    • On host machine:
    1. Netplay → Act as server
    • On client machine:
    1. Netplay → Connect to server
    2. Connect to host's Hamachi IPv4 and port
    • You're done!
  • Genesis : Hamachi + Kega Fusion method
    1. Get the BIOS files and install
    2. Join the same Hamachi room
    3. Ensure that everyone has the same ROM and have controllers configured
    • On the host machine:
    1. File > Netplay → Start Netplay Game
    • On the client machine:
    1. File > Netplay → Join Netplay Game
    • You're done!
  • NeoGeo
  • Sega CD
• 5th Gen:
  • Sega Saturn
  • Playstation
  • Nintendo 64
• 6th Gen:
  • Dreamcast
  • Playstation 2
  • Gamecube : Dolphin

• Controllers:
  • SNES controller: HyperKin ($20)
  • PS2 controller: Logitech F310 ($15) – bad Dpad, otherwise cool

Sorted by "generation", and then by genre. All games support 2 or more players.

• 2021-08-11, 4/vr/8023915 (warosu)