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So this is something that really seems to have very little penetration on this site despite its potential interest to the FGC as a whole and perhaps some younger members who never got a chance to check this stuff out the first go around.
GGPO and Supercade are both netplay clients which work on any Windows PC and allow you to play a vast array of older games, primarily Capcom or SNK/Neo-Geo fare. There's a lot of stuff available to pick from, but the largest swath is fighting games, and there's a lot of darn good ones from throughout the 90s and early 00s available to check out and enjoy. Were you ever curious about King of Fighters XIII? Check out 98 and 2002 and see if it's a series you like! Wondered where Street Fighter started? Super Turbo is there! Want something a little bit off the wall? How about KARNOV'S REVENGE?! Wherever you go, they have broad support for a lot of great (or at least entertaining) games which are entirely worth throwing some time into if you enjoy fighters.
You might be asking why you'd want to waste your time playing this stuff on some relatively small netplay client, but the truth is, GGPO has possibly the best netcode ever written for two-player games. At its best it's nearly indistinguishable from offline play, and even at its worst it's still pretty darn good. Supercade runs using the same concept of netplay but not quite as finely tuned. It has more games available and supported "out of the box," however, and some people run into fewer technical issues trying to use the service than GGPO. Both are great to check out.
Some of my favorite fighters ever are available on these services, and if you happen to be interested in checking them out, you can always ask me anything you want to know. I have a passing to an intimate familiarity with most all of the games on it, and can tell you what I know or happily play some matches with you.
Finally, the relevant links so you can start playing if you're interested:
http://ggpo.net/
http://damdai.com/supercade/
Note that you will, of course, have to obtain the games if you want to play. This isn't a hard process, but for most users I can't get into the specifics of how one might hypothetically get copies here. You can always feel free to contact me privately!
GGPO and Supercade are both netplay clients which work on any Windows PC and allow you to play a vast array of older games, primarily Capcom or SNK/Neo-Geo fare. There's a lot of stuff available to pick from, but the largest swath is fighting games, and there's a lot of darn good ones from throughout the 90s and early 00s available to check out and enjoy. Were you ever curious about King of Fighters XIII? Check out 98 and 2002 and see if it's a series you like! Wondered where Street Fighter started? Super Turbo is there! Want something a little bit off the wall? How about KARNOV'S REVENGE?! Wherever you go, they have broad support for a lot of great (or at least entertaining) games which are entirely worth throwing some time into if you enjoy fighters.
You might be asking why you'd want to waste your time playing this stuff on some relatively small netplay client, but the truth is, GGPO has possibly the best netcode ever written for two-player games. At its best it's nearly indistinguishable from offline play, and even at its worst it's still pretty darn good. Supercade runs using the same concept of netplay but not quite as finely tuned. It has more games available and supported "out of the box," however, and some people run into fewer technical issues trying to use the service than GGPO. Both are great to check out.
Some of my favorite fighters ever are available on these services, and if you happen to be interested in checking them out, you can always ask me anything you want to know. I have a passing to an intimate familiarity with most all of the games on it, and can tell you what I know or happily play some matches with you.
Finally, the relevant links so you can start playing if you're interested:
http://ggpo.net/
http://damdai.com/supercade/
Note that you will, of course, have to obtain the games if you want to play. This isn't a hard process, but for most users I can't get into the specifics of how one might hypothetically get copies here. You can always feel free to contact me privately!
