Re: Zektor for the masses

>You wrote:
>> (Hmmmm. Now if someone wants to rewrite the code a bit and use the serial
>> port on the multi-game to run a modem and have two-player Eliminator over
>> the phone line...)
>
>You'd need at least a T3 line to make this work, and maybe even an OC3 link
>(review the MORTAL KOMBAT 4 thread on rgvac for the reference ;-)

Yeah, good point. We'd need that so we can send the entire contents of the
memory space in the game at least 40 times a second. *grin* I'm going to
go get me one of the $700/mo T3's now... Start my own phone company. ;-)

>I will say that having 4 players cooking on the screen makes for a mess
>already. Anymore and the playfield would resemble Gettysburg more than a
>video
>game. Now if you could get a 5th player to control the space bagel...hmmm...

That'd be kinda interesting... ;-) So, how many missiles can each ship
have on the screen at once in Eliminator?

-Clay

Clayton N. Cowgill Engineering Manager
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Received on Thu May 22 14:11:41 1997