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Simulating a old 56k modem to play old games?

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First post, by Smasher

Posted on 2005-10-07, 15:53

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Hello everyone,

Here is my problem, I found my old Dungeon Keeper CD and with friends we would like to play the game online.

The problem is that in the multiplayer option I don't see anything that would let me play with a friend over the Internet using a ADSL connection. There are only things like: COM1, COM2, COM3, etc ...

So I was wondering if there was a way to simulate a old modem that would let me play online, like those apps that create fake printers to let you create PDF files using Word for exemple.

Or maybe a other way??

Thanks a lot in advance for your help 😁!

Reply 1 of 4, by HunterZ

Posted on 2005-10-07, 16:05

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I haven't used it, but I think DOSBox provides serial emulation over TCP/IP so you can play modem games over the Internet or a LAN. This may only be in the CVS builds, and don't ask me how to do it because I've never tried (other people may know however)

Reply 2 of 4, by Smasher

Posted on 2005-10-07, 16:08

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Thanks for your quick reply 😀.

The thing is that I can play the game without using DOSBox, since it's a Win95 game. And using DOSBox might slow down the game I think.

Reply 3 of 4, by HunterZ

Posted on 2005-10-07, 16:45

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Ah. In that case you may try looking into stuff like Kali.

A quick google searched turned up this: http://www.taltech.com/products/tcpcom.html (look at the software's ability to create virtual serial ports that forward to TCP/IP ports).

Reply 4 of 4, by Smasher

Posted on 2005-10-07, 20:53

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Oh you mean apps like The All Seeing Eye, or Gamespy Arcade?

Thanks a lot for your help 😀!

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