tcpserj and Amiga

[kd7ota]

Hey all,

Awhile back someone was talking about linking up amigas via serial port to play games like Lotus 2 and Skidmarks... And I was wondering if anyone has tried out tcpserj and linked Amigas together over the internet?  I link up with the commodore 64 connected to my PC and dial out, but I was wondering if its possible to do the same with the Amigas themselves using tcpserj.

tcpserj needs a PC to run on.  If I can get my hands on an Amiga with lotus 2 or even some kind of serial linkup game, i would be more then happy to try this out sometime when I got an Amiga setup.  I know its possible via winuae and kalliera, but using the real Amiga and linkup that way would be quite interesting to see.

 :-)

[pVC]

That would be great! Or even more great if the second computer which takes care of the internet could be also Amiga as well as PC

Also would be nice to have some general solution for directing serial.device access over the internet... which would work with games. Of course only newer games which won't disable the multitasking. Only attempt I've seen for it has been for Napalm, but it won't work with other games...

But have to check that tcpserj... didn't know that kind of system exists

BTW. Super Skidmarks is just too cool with serial linkup.. you can split the display over two Amigas... then when you connect both to video projectors.. display them both next to each others on big wall... and enjoy 8 player game on it with whole track visible all the time (no scrolling needed) We tried that in last meeting But of course this won't be practical for this subject

[amigadave]

pVC wrote:
That would be great! .....

BTW. Super Skidmarks is just too cool with serial linkup.. you can split the display over two Amigas... then when you connect both to video projectors.. display them both next to each others on big wall... and enjoy 8 player game on it with whole track visible all the time (no scrolling needed) We tried that in last meeting But of course this won't be practical for this subject

Sounds like a fun meeting, did you actually play with 8 users racing on the projected displays?

I'll have to try Super Skidmarks on two Amigas linked via serial some time.  Is it easy to set up with a null modem cable?

[Piru]

Here are some pictures from the Saku Winter Games 2007

[pVC]

amigadave:

we had 6 real players + 2 cpu players this time, but we're going to get full 8 players next time

Setting up is basically very easy, but you just have to figure how game menus want to work Make link active first, then select which computer displays which side and then modify players etc... players get resetted if you try to modify them first...

Stunt Car Racer also worked nicely with many players tournament. You all race against each others with two linked Amigas and the game counts the points according the wins and fastest laps etc.

And here are the results of some compos http://jpv.wmhost.com/SakuWinterGames2007/SakuWG2007-res.txt

[A4000_Mad]

@ Piru

Awesome pics thanks  :-)


@ pVC

I've linked two complete A4000 systems to play Lotus Turbo 2, but using video projectors is something I would never had considered  8-)

A4000 Mad

[kd7ota]

Sorry for the late response.

I want to try skidmarks via over the net and see how well it works.  When I get an Amiga up and running, I will be more then happy to try to link back with someone over the net.

 :-)

[_ThEcRoW]

Where i can get tcpserj? I have been searching on the net without luck.
Thanks!!!!

[Damion]

Is it easy to set up with a null modem cable?

It's cake! I did it a few years back, played Lotus and Stunt Car Racer with my A1200 and A500 linked up. Fun stuff.

[pVC]

And Stunt Car Racer is even more fun with Turbo version (for better cpus), which has better framerate than original It also works fine on serial linkup.