Comments on: When Multiplayer Was Multiplayer

By: Draugr

Draugr — Thu, 16 Aug 2012 19:16:29 +0000

Now I feel dated, lol.

My best early experiences with multiplayer was dialing in with a modem and getting some Duke Nukem 3d or Warcraft 2 on.

/take this opportunity to relive obnoxious modem sounds.

By: Dude

Dude — Thu, 16 Aug 2012 13:31:19 +0000

I was looking to buy N64 with 4 joypads but that is hard these days. Specially finding games like mario kart or goldeneye finally I gave up on that and found emulators online.

I am 28 and I had awesome fun playing Mario Kart in 4 local multiplayer with my friends. Still it is fun and so much more because you know how much today multiplayer sucks.

Emulators are free, ROMS are free (if you own the game of course – wink, wink) all it takes are 4 usb joypads, 5 min mapping controls and rest is pure fun.

Hard part is finding 3 more people who have time, and who want to play mario kart (in my age hehe).

By: will

will — Thu, 16 Aug 2012 05:55:45 +0000

aaah remember when playing games with others actually involved well.. other people.. who you actually knew…. and had met?… no? o well then..

the good old days when someone else managed to bring round another tv so you could play multiplayer without being able to look at the other guys screen to see where he was… i feel oddly nostalgic.. i think current generation gaming has us a bit spoilt

By: JT

JT — Thu, 16 Aug 2012 04:27:53 +0000

I still play this kind of thing as much as possible. Call of Duty, Blur, even Bomberman is great for four people. But it still doesn’t bring the joy that all those hours of Mario Kart could provide.

By: Mr. Right

Mr. Right — Thu, 16 Aug 2012 03:22:42 +0000

Goldeneye is overrated. Anyone who played a 4-player N64 shooter besides Jet Force Gemini was doing it wrong, because it blows Goldeneye away.

By: Vonter

Vonter — Thu, 16 Aug 2012 02:36:00 +0000

I remember a weekend some friends and I played the classic mario kart 64 battle mode and we end playing until 4am. Even if it’s old it’s still fun to play.

By: Sargon

Sargon — Thu, 16 Aug 2012 02:32:37 +0000

The PS1 could do this too when you could link your systems, though not on this scale. Yeah, sometimes a game system should be used for group activities link this. Something future game makers should keep in mind.

By: Tim

Tim — Wed, 15 Aug 2012 22:01:02 +0000

Ahh Goldeneye. Facility. Power Weapons.

Excellent picture and excellent dose of nostalgia.

By: hallamq

hallamq — Wed, 15 Aug 2012 21:55:40 +0000

Mario Kart for the Wii had four player split screen. But it was sluggish as hell.

By: Mike

Mike — Wed, 15 Aug 2012 20:56:29 +0000

-Gives Paul a hug-