Date   : Sun, 14 Oct 2001 17:49:20 +0200
From   : "Robert Schmidt" <rschmidt@...>
Subject: 2 player gaming

Hi guys!

Marc Randall mentioned the following exciting idea:  some kind of network
implementation of the Beeb (probably as an emulator), allowing two people to
play existing 2-player games against each other, separated only by the
Internet.

I see two possible routes to implement this:

1. run two separate emulations, synchronized over the net - the input
devices could even be split up between the players, so that player 2 has no
way of messing things up for player 1, and vice versa.
2. run the emulation on the side of one of the players', designated as a
server - the other will just get screen and sound output sent over the 'net,
while sending input device data back.  This will probably give an unfair
advantage to the person one the server side.

It sounds daunting, but I thought it was good enough to let loose on you,
especially those of you who actively work on emulators (Electron emulators,
too, of course - hint, hint Thomas! :-)    A system like this (implementing
strategy 1 above) has been implemented for MAME.

Marc mentioned the following games - I'm sure you can come up with more:
Stock Car'83, Dunjunz, Winged Warlords...

Any comments?  We could arrange tournaments and finally see what we're
worth! :-)

Cheers,
Robert