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Multiplayer / Handheld

  eightball298

   Forgive me; I haven't checked in on the progress of the C64 in quite a
   while, so if these questions have already been addressed, I apologize in
   advance, but I couldn't find any info after a few basic searches, so I
   thought I'd just go ahead and post a thread.

    1. Af first I thought the C64 Mini was a totally separate product because
       of how different it looks from the photos from the original IndieGoGo
       campaign & the old website. Aside from the color, it just looks like a
       whole different computer. I know there's an answer to this that's
       probably deserving of a big DUH on my end, but I'm going to have to
       risk it. Is this just akin to the difference between a concept car &
       the production model? Has the handheld version been scrapped?

    2. The fondest memories I have of my C64 were of the competition with
       neighbors & friends, playing head2head games or cooperating on
       1-player games. We spent countless hours trying to escape Castle
       Wolfenstein, where one of us operated the keyboard & the other had the
       joystick. The most attractive addition a modern C64, at least in my
       opinion, would be the ability to play classic games with my neighbor
       over the web to replicate that experience even though we're in
       different states now. There must be something close to this in the
       works or available with some games...at least tell me I'm not the only
       one thinking this!

   Thanks.

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  tomxp411

     The most attractive addition a modern C64, at least in my opinion, would
     be the ability to play classic games with my neighbor over the web to
     replicate that experience even though we're in different states now.
     There must be something close to this in the works or available with
     some games...at least tell me I'm not the only one thinking this!

   You're not the only one thinking this. There is an experimental feature in
   VICE called NetPlay that allows for some degree of online multiplayer
   play; as far as I can tell, you both load up your emulators with the same
   program and VICE somehow synchronizes the systems so you see the same
   output and each of the two people controls a different virtual joystick.

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  eightball298

   Unfortunately anything involving emulation is going to be a non-starter.
   No one else is going to have the patience or technical know-how to fiddle
   with those things. I've been hoping for a true console-type setup where
   each of us plugs a box into our TV & connect it to the Internet like our
   PS4s & then be able to just play. I guess it would really just require
   more of a demand than will ever exist.

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