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What's the best way to do netplay for emulated games? (hexbear.net)

submitted 1 day ago by Carcharodonna@hexbear.net to c/games@hexbear.net

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So I was thinking of getting set up to play old arcade games with others on Matrix.

So far the options I've seen are MAMEHub, Kalliera, and RetroArch. I'd like to find something with a relatively seamless experience and I don't really know much about NETplay options. Anyone have experience with any of these or have other ideas?

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[–] Carcharodonna@hexbear.net 3 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

I actually tried fightcade earlier and I love how easy it is to set up. I installed some json files that auto download games you want to play. Only problem is... I can't connect to anyone else. Might be a port forwarding issue and I'll have to tinker with it tomorrow.

EDIT: One downside of Fightcade though is that it's only 1v1. So, if you want to play 3-6 player beatemups or whatever else that's more than 2 players, it won't work. Does seem ideal for fighting games though.

[–] SorosFootSoldier@hexbear.net 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Yeah that's the drawback, the most you can do is two player coop in certain games. Hope you figure out the porting issue.

[–] Carcharodonna@hexbear.net 3 points 1 day ago

Yeah I might still try to get it working for fighting games, but honestly I'm looking more for fun then competitive play. Just installed RetroBat and love it so far (it's basically emulation station but still), so might focus a little more on getting netplay working through that. Once I get it figured out, I'd love to find people on Matrix to play some of these games with, and most of the roms would be small enough to just uploaded and shared through a chatroom.