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Perhaps it would be a good idea to also see which old games can still be multiplayered online.

Total Annihilation may still be played online?

AVP2 also had a 3rd party master server, but I don't know if this is still in running condition.

This would all be internet play, because I assume most people would be too far apart for local play. 😉
My timezone is UTC+1 and I live in Germany.

So, what's the reason for the lack of interest? Is my proposal awkward or do most people just not want to play older games in multiplayer? I would be thankful for some feedback here.

Since I'm basically only looking for some players: Does anyone know of a website where I could look for people?

Tribes 2 might still have a community online. Is there a patch available allowing third party servers for Homeworld?

Ut99 and quake3 can still be played online. Cs1.6 can too.

If we need a server I'm sure I could help or maybe lucky bob?

I have 17.8 down and 1.2up witch should be more than enough for older games. My pings are around 180ms from mid Ohio to London. Might become a problem, but I will be buying a better modem soon witch should help.

Vogons retro game server anyone?

Jade Falcon wrote:

Vogons retro game server anyone?

Sounds like a cool idea! 😀
However I fear finding players might become a problem...

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I don't have the time to play but would be interested in watching, especially if you do a review or history of the game as well.

UncleBob wrote:

So, what's the reason for the lack of interest? Is my proposal awkward or do most people just not want to play older games in multiplayer? I would be thankful for some feedback here.

Awhile back I proposed a similar idea, with an open source FPS (Xonotic). I figured being open source, it would eliminate any issues with getting an old game working in multiplier on today's internet (Xonotic is super easy to get going in multiplayer), and there would be no cost involved in getting the game. But interest was minimal, and there ended up being some negativity about some behind-the-scenes politics with the game itself. In the end it wasn't worth the trouble. 😀

So my suggestions to you are: find a game that is easy to set up for multiplayer (i.e. doesn't require a dial-up modem 🤣 ), free or low cost, and easily obtained (eg, can buy for cheap at GOG). Preferably, be prepared to give a tutorial on setting the game up to join, otherwise people will lose interest if it's too complicated to get up and running. Time zones will always be an issue. You won't be able to accommodate everyone, so just pick times that you are available and hopefully enough peole can make it at that time.

This is why I suggested UT99, quake3 or cs1.6.
or maybe open arena? its the same as quake 3 and is free/open.

Maybe I jump the gun and just setup a game server? out of those 3 what would you like to see guys?
I don't really play cs1.6 or quake. I'n not sure what it takes to setup a ut99 server, but I'll find out.

Jade Falcon wrote:

or maybe open arena? its the same as quake 3 and is free/open.

Doesn't work on win9x systems properly.

I never had problems with it on 98 did something change recently? It is open so when could build a version with 98 in mind...

Yes please, I love Q3A! If there is a Server I will be there.

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I'll probably setup a quake 3 server. ut99 still has gobs of server if I recall and I have no clue how to set a ut99 server up.

It's pretty easy to setup a UT99 server, all you need to do is forward ports 7777 and 7778 UDP and then use either one of these command lines:

1List of GameInfos to put into '?Game=' option:
2BotPack.DeathMatchPlus (Deathmatch)
3BotPack.TeamGamePlus (Team Deathmatch)
4BotPack.CTFGame (Capture the Flag)
5BotPack.Domination (Domination)
6BotPack.Assault (Assault)
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8Examples:
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10For GUI (You can use the Preferences menu and interact with the server console):
11UnrealTournament.exe DM-Stalwart?Game=BotPack.DeathMatchPlus -server
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13For cmd.exe (No interaction whatsoever, but supposedly runs smoother than the former):
14UCC.exe server DM-Stalwart?Game=BotPack.DeathMatchPlus

Remember to match the map to load to the Game being used. DM- for DeathMatchPlus. CTF- for CTFGame ,etc.

Jade Falcon wrote:

Ut99

It's been too long since I last played any version of UT!
I'd have to admit I never played ut99 online, but I have played Unreal in a LAN and 2003, 2004 and 3 online and/or in a LAN 😀

Maybe we could have like weekly session with old game of choice.

Putas wrote:

Maybe we could have like weekly session with old game of choice.

Last night was really fun though 😁
I got kicked around very badly by Jade Falcon 🤣