Zbattle, Z-Net, zConnector, ZeNP etc.

xamenus · Post by **xamenus** » Thu Jul 21, 2005 5:23 am

zbattle.net - This service connects ZSNES users to a centralized server to find others to netplay against.

Z-Net - This is an active IRC channel with a custom script for ZSNES netplay.

zConnector - A utility with a nice GUI that allows you to find others to play mutliplayer SNES games against.

ZeNP - a command-line tool (with a frontend available for Windows) for configuring ZSNES netplay.

These services are not owned and maintained by the ZSNES developers. Please, before posting troubleshooting related issues with services like these, first be sure to check their respective forums/FAQs/manuals. Also be aware that these servers may be down at unpredictable times. Unfortunately, we have no control over this.

-- Time for an update:
Out of the previous ones, Z-Net I is still live. ZBattle clone with an irc style central server, still coded by DarkAkuma.

AntoineWG · Post by **AntoineWG** » Thu Jul 21, 2005 5:24 pm

Please note that Kalliera will probably never be supported by ZSNES due to incompatible license agreements.

Sferics · Post by **Sferics** » Tue Mar 28, 2006 10:47 pm

Before I begin, I will apologize if I didn't put this in the correct thread. I hope a mod will move it accordingly if I have chosen incorrectly.

Ok, as some of you may know, Z-Net has died down quite considerably in the past few months, and it has almost died. Vdeogmer and I are trying bring this project back to life through collaborative efforts. What we are looking for are people that will come in and idle and maybe even play a few games with a few people. We're just trying to increase traffic as much as we possibly can. Any and all help is greatly appreciated.

AcidGlow · Post by **AcidGlow** » Sat Apr 08, 2006 8:45 pm

Wow.. all of those are worthless except ZBattle.net

Nobody uses the other 3...

Snes9k works on Kaillera although it's not recommended.

Mark57Raider · Post by **Mark57Raider** » Sun Apr 09, 2006 12:35 am

Yes, I highly recommend zbattle if anybody wants to play supernintendo online. Although I can't seem to get on today.......

legolas558 · Post by **legolas558** » Mon Jun 05, 2006 10:25 pm

I have tried to create an easy command line tool to let two players easily play without handling IP addresses. A public players list feature is already in the project.

I need somebody helping me to test it, and any other comments are welcome too.

See this topic for more

or
the ZeNP home page

(P.S.: please ask any questions if you think the way the tool works is obscure since I have not yet finished documenting it)

Zorcher · Post by **Zorcher** » Tue Jun 13, 2006 6:13 am

I am the owner and creator of ZSNES Online. Due to the cost of maintaining the website, I had to take it down. Also, ZSNES Online can't work without the site cause the program used the site to get a file that told it the IP address of the server to connect to. You may now take my client off of the list.

However, due to my success of ZSNES Online, another client saw my work and I have since joined the programming team of Player Connector which is found at http://www.playerconnector.com/. Among supporting other popular games such as Halo, Quake, Doom, it supports ZSNES thanks to me.

So come take a look when you have a chance.

legolas558 · Post by **legolas558** » Thu Jun 22, 2006 8:16 am

Zorcher wrote:I am the owner and creator of ZSNES Online. Due to the cost of maintaining the website, I had to take it down. Also, ZSNES Online can't work without the site cause the program used the site to get a file that told it the IP address of the server to connect to.

I designed mine relying on simple HTTP requests

You may now take my client off of the list.

Where is it? I may integrated some features, anyway I didn't focus too much on the frontend but on the command line tool.

However, due to my success of ZSNES Online, another client saw my work and I have since joined the programming team of Player Connector. Among supporting other popular games such as Halo, Quake, Doom, it supports ZSNES thanks to me.

So come take a look when you have a chance.

Really interesting! Is it already working? My idea was just to have a mini frontend for the command line functionalities. My tool is not designed for unknown vs unknown players match (but it is possible of course specifying no parameters), but for simple known player matches. E.g. if now we wanted to play I would have told you to type

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zenp Zorcher legolas558

and I would have typed

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zenp legolas558 Zorcher

Mark57Raider · Post by **Mark57Raider** » Wed Feb 28, 2007 7:00 am

Okay people since zbattle is down at the moment, I've taken it upon myself to find some gamers on Z-Net and to figure out how it works, the directory and zsnes excutable customization are about the same as that of zbattle. It would be nice of some of the snes online gamers could gather here to play some games on Z-Net

smkdan · Post by **smkdan** » Wed Feb 28, 2007 8:59 am

I've never bothered with the others, but what the hell...I'll give Z-Net a shot. Until ZB is back up anyway.

E: Scratch that. Download links are dead on the site.

legolas558 · Post by **legolas558** » Wed Feb 28, 2007 10:05 am

If you are going to spend some time with zenp I would help you using it and/or fixing bad behaviours, however please note that zenp is more a netplay shortcut rather than a full netplayers community. It actually relies upon an irc channel irc://irc.freenode.net/zenp (which is empty) for the communication between players, so you'll need to use an irc client and then use zenp. It has been developed a windows client which has both zenp and the irc client embedded (and it is a nice program, too) but there are some bugs so without some testing I can't give the community a good program

Sferics · Post by **Sferics** » Sat Apr 14, 2007 11:23 pm

smkdan wrote:I've never bothered with the others, but what the hell...I'll give Z-Net a shot. Until ZB is back up anyway.

E: Scratch that. Download links are dead on the site.

Hmm, links work fine for me. I can try and upload it for you if want.

Mike · Post by **Mike** » Sat Apr 14, 2007 11:41 pm

Zbattle is back up. BTW Mark57 I think I seen you on zbattle a few times, keep an eye out for me, my zbattle name is Mike231.

smkdan · Post by **smkdan** » Sun Apr 15, 2007 9:25 am

I tried the Z-Net links in IE and they're fine alright...With Firefox I just got sent back to the home page.

Danno · Post by **Danno** » Sat May 05, 2007 2:51 am

zbattle is down for me, and I can't get access to the website... I guess it's time to try some other things.

Ahh! These other ones are confusing... I'm discouraged ;o

smkdan · Post by **smkdan** » Sat May 05, 2007 4:42 am

Zbattle's been up and down recently...Hope it gets stable soon.

I keep MSN's of some regulars I play on ZB. Handy for getting games when the server's down. It's also easy seeing who's on without waiting in a room.

Danno · Post by **Danno** » Wed May 09, 2007 5:32 am

Ah, the zbattle website was working so I checked around and it told me to change the server... I'll just hope that means it's stable now... I'm not exactly a regular so I'm not too sure what to think.
Contacting via MSN sounds like a good idea though, I think I'll give that a shot in the future.

Zorcher · Post by **Zorcher** » Mon Oct 08, 2007 2:59 am

Hello, this is Zorcher, I have returned as I was once the creator of ZSNES Online. Yes, I did take down ZSNES Online as it was actually just a project to get me started in programming. It was a nice test for me as it has increased my skills of making a professional product.

I just wanted to let this board know that a new client that I've been working on has just been made available and it supports ZSNES. Check this thread for more details.

http://76.178.85.144:82/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=173

Here is a picture of this client in action:
http://76.178.85.144:82/pc3/img1.jpg

EDIT: The site is down, grab at the new address:
http://67.177.221.70/phpbb3/index.php

rchuncleskeleton · Post by **rchuncleskeleton** » Tue Dec 11, 2007 9:01 pm

there is a client called classic gaming arena or cga if you will.
it can be downloaded at www.classicgamingarena.com.
it's a very good client and just as good if not better than zbattle.net, everyone should at least check it out!

Garro · Post by **Garro** » Mon Dec 24, 2007 1:03 am

I second cga. It's an excellent program.

Sferics · Post by **Sferics** » Thu Mar 27, 2008 2:34 am

CGA's dead now.

Mark57Raider · Post by **Mark57Raider** » Fri Apr 04, 2008 12:08 am

Yep really a shame indeed. Was a better program than zbattle, but people just keep on using zbattle. Although CGA sounds I little quirky. zbattle has a better ring to it.

Sferics · Post by **Sferics** » Thu Apr 10, 2008 2:17 am

Z-Net is still kickin' if you're still looking for an alternative. If nothing else, it's worth a shot. The newest version is a vast improvement over the 2005 ones.

Kaison · Post by **Kaison** » Sat Jun 28, 2008 2:24 am

At this time am I right in saying none of the above clients are operational? I haven't tried any in a long time and the main websites either don't exist or are derelict.

Mark57Raider · Post by **Mark57Raider** » Mon Jul 07, 2008 5:25 am

In case I posted in the wrong room.CGA is now up and running again. Here is a good alternative to all you zbattle fans out there. It's called cga. ClassicGamingArena. it has a better integrated chat room, much better download feature in zsnes netplay than zbattle does. and you can see who is playing who. Here's the link http://www.god-weapon.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=36&t=74

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