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Has anyone figured out how to do online multiplayer emulators yet? (sh.itjust.works)
submitted 1 day ago* (last edited 22 hours ago) by bridgeenjoyer@sh.itjust.works to c/retrogaming@lemmy.world
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So I don't really play many newer games, but I still want to play with friends online. Ive thought how awesome itd be to play some ps2 or n64 with a friend who's 500 miles away. But I cannot find anything that actually works (especially because I'm on Linux and theyre on windows)

Kind of surprised it doesn't exist because I'd pay decent money for that. Either one program that tunnels it for your specific emator, or specific emulators that have online built in...

And yes, I know its really hard to Implement this without lag. But people (nerds) are smart!

Edit: Clarification, I don't want to play games that had online or lan originally. I meant more games that are 2 or 4 player splitscreen play ,but online.

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[–] Sendpicsofsandwiches@sh.itjust.works 6 points 14 hours ago* (last edited 14 hours ago)

Dolphin does online multiplayer for game cube, and I think also wii

There's also a neat back way to use steam for it too. You need a game that supports steam's remote play together, and you can replace the install files with an emulator, rename the emulator .exe to match the game you replaced and launch it with steam. I might be missing part of the method, so googling might be necessary, but I've done this with a few friends before with xbox emulation and it worked great.

Edit: found the forum post I used at the time!

https://steamcommunity.com/groups/homestream/discussions/3/1643178512758489324/