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Amiga computer related discussion => Amiga Gaming => Topic started by: Im>bE on July 14, 2004, 04:48:47 PM

Title: What games support multiplayer with serial connection?
Post by: Im>bE on July 14, 2004, 04:48:47 PM: Ive bought an additional A1200,
and a serial cord to connect 2 amigas.

I tried to link them with
Stunt Car Racer Turbo
and the multiplayer worked like a charm!

Now I am EAGER to know what other games
support serial multiplayer connections.

Tell me pleeeeeeeeeeeease! :)
Title: Re: What games support multiplayer with serial connection?
Post by: redrumloa on July 14, 2004, 04:52:10 PM: If they are beefy enough, Payback.
Title: Re: What games support multiplayer with serial connection?
Post by: PMC on July 14, 2004, 05:00:42 PM: There have been a few...

There's Falcon, which will probably require a patch or degrader before it will work with an A1200. It's a flight sim and IMHO is quite good and you can fly head to head missions.

Also there's Lotus III, which can be played as a split screen and on two machines. I'm not sure if this feature allows more than two players though.
Title: Re: What games support multiplayer with serial connection?
Post by: drHirudo on July 14, 2004, 05:05:26 PM: Amiga games supporting the serial cable (http://ftp.unina.it/pub/aminet/docs/misc/serial10.lha)

Some games from the list:

Overdrive
Skidmarks
Skidmarks 2
Lotus II
Alien Breed 3D
Alien Breed 3D II
Blitzbombers.
.......
Title: Re: What games support multiplayer with serial connection?
Post by: PhatBoiCollier on July 14, 2004, 05:15:26 PM: OOh Oooh, all time fave 2-player null modem?

P O P U L O U S!

How much of my life did I waste playing that, fantastic!

There was (is?) also

XTreme Racing
Hard Drivin
Lotus II
Armageddon
Title: Re: What games support multiplayer with serial connection?
Post by: Vincent on July 15, 2004, 12:04:30 PM: Fears :-D

We had a dodgy cable so we couldn't get it to work properly :-(

It's a Doom clone btw :-D
Title: Re: What games support multiplayer with serial connection?
Post by: ExtremeWays on July 15, 2004, 12:22:02 PM: Lotus II can do 4 players no worries with split screen multiplayer.. me and a bunch of mates used to play that all the time.. Man.. the amiga was ahead of it's time then..

Also, one of the most interesting games I found was Armour Geddon by Psygnosis over the null modem link.... Flying missions in tanks and planes against each other over the massive landscape was just awesome...
Title: Re: What games support multiplayer with serial connection?
Post by: cgutjahr on July 15, 2004, 12:54:19 PM: A pretty accurate and up-to-date list of games supporting the serial cable (or any other way of connecting two or more machines) can be found at Amiga Online Games (http://www.amiga-online-games.de/).

Just select 'Networktyp' and then 'Nullmodem' to see the games that support a serial cable.
Title: Re: What games support multiplayer with serial connection?
Post by: AdMartin on July 15, 2004, 02:43:30 PM: Fire Power is great fun. Running over enemy soldiers with your tank and stuff... I've only played it split-screen, but there's also a null-modem option IIRC.

Don't confuse the game with the freeware (?) game Firepower, which is on the Amiga Classix 2 compilation (I think) and isn't all that fun...

/Martin
Title: Re: What games support multiplayer with serial connection?
Post by: Im>bE on July 15, 2004, 02:47:20 PM: Thanks 4 ur help!

Armageddon 2 is probably awesome with 2 player.

Powermonger and populous 2
didnt have any 'link' option,
but I didnt have the computers linked at the time.
Is it neccesary to have them connected
-before- loading the game to get that option...?
Title: Re: What games support multiplayer with serial connection?
Post by: drwho on July 15, 2004, 02:59:44 PM: Quote

AdMartin wrote:
Fire Power is great fun. Running over enemy soldiers with your tank and stuff... I've only played it split-screen, but there's also a null-modem option IIRC.

/Martin

I have played (and still do!!) FirePower over serial link with my friend many times and it works like a charm, one of the most entertaining multiplayer games in my opinion.
My only complaint is that I am usually laughing so hard when i "squoosh" another players soldiers that I cant react fast enough and I get killed. :-)

Also, I am not exactly sure about this, but, I believe that you can play Formula 1 Grand Prix over a serial link, possibly, F/A-18 Interceptor and I know there are many more.

Thanks,
Mike
Title: Re: What games support multiplayer with serial connection?
Post by: gizz72 on July 15, 2004, 03:14:11 PM: Greetings,

Might want to try some Simlator proggies like, CAP(Combat Air Patrol) and MicroPorse's Dog Fight. :-D

Oh, BIF, try also BlitzBomber, the grudge match ;-)

regards,

Gizz
Title: Re: What games support multiplayer with serial connection?
Post by: platon42 on July 15, 2004, 03:46:05 PM: Reminds me, that I have writen a Fire Power Editor for custom maps ten (?) years ago, but never actually released it on my homepage. If anyone wants it, just ask.
Title: Re: What games support multiplayer with serial connection?
Post by: Orphan264 on July 15, 2004, 04:12:31 PM: Don't forget BATTLECHESS
Title: Re: What games support multiplayer with serial connection?
Post by: odin on July 15, 2004, 06:33:50 PM: Quote
drwho wrote:
Also, I am not exactly sure about this, but, I believe that you can play Formula 1 Grand Prix over a serial link, possibly, F/A-18 Interceptor and I know there are many more.

F/A-18 Interceptor certainly has no serial linkup option I'm afraid.
Title: Re: What games support multiplayer with serial connection?
Post by: B00tDisk on July 15, 2004, 08:01:27 PM: Spectrum Holobyte/owan's Flight of the Intruder did, IIRC. As does Falcon (and it's respective mission disks).

However you'll have to seriously degrade the system to get either to run.
Title: Re: What games support multiplayer with serial connection?
Post by: Hyperspeed on July 24, 2004, 03:54:25 AM: Do Quake and Doom support null modem?

What about RTS games like Napalm and Exodus?

It was either BlitzBombers or dynAMIte that allowed 8-player mode,
whether that was with a parallel port joystick adaptor or serial link
I don't know.

:-)