PC & Mac Netplay

[Kampy]

Hi. I've been trying to do netplay with my gf who owns a mac and I of course have a PC. Is there any chance to play (Secret of Mana) together? And if so how to do it ^^" ? We've been trying EVERYTHING - last try was with ZSNES but somehow she cant select Internet on her ZSNES.

[Agozer]

For the record, Netplay has been removed from the Windows version of ZSNES, and AFAIK Mac version as well.

[Deathlike2]

IIRC Mac never had it.

[Kampy]

removed? why would they do that? when I try it it still works.
Okay, well even so. Is it possible to connect PC & Mac with Netplay by using an older version or so?

[Deathlike2]

It wasn't removed because it "worked". It was removed because it was unreliable in a fundamental sense... the coding, the syncing or lack thereof in many cases.

[Kampy]

Hm, strange - they could have left it putting in a notice that it might not work correctly. Why remove it at all? Today Ive played Mariokart and it worked perfectly with no lag either.

but back to my question ^^ what about PC - Mac? Did that ever work anyhow?

[Deathlike2]

Mac never had it... as said before.

The Mac port was made AFTER 1.42 was released. 1.42 was the last netplay version... then the stripping of the netcode occurred.

[Kampy]

That is such a market gap! Okay thanks for telling me although I'm sad now that I will never be able to play with her.

[Deathlike2]

Well, the only realistic solution is if she has an Intel Mac and dual boots Windows... otherwise it's not in the cards.

[Kampy]

Might it be possible to use a Windows Emulator to play ZSNES with netplay?

[Deathlike2]

Well, if you had something like a Virtual Machine like VMWare... you could possibly try it. It might not be perfect or ideal though...

[paulguy]

I believe the Windows version of zsnes runs fine in Wine.

Try this if you don't have it installed: http://wiki.winehq.org/MacOSX/Installing

I don't know how well Wine for Mac works compares to Wine for Windows. also, if it's a PPC mac, this probably won't work, or will perform miserably.

[Gil_Hamilton]

That is such a market gap! Okay thanks for telling me although I'm sad now that I will never be able to play with her.

Assuming this isn't a long-distance relationship... you could both get together and play on the same computer, the way God, Nolan Bushnell, and Gunpei Yokoi intended.

[Johan_H]

I'd say if both are ZSNES users, chances of their relationship being long-distance are pretty good ;P

[Gil_Hamilton]

Years ago.

[Mark57Raider]

LOL. I have yet to see what a mac looks like upfront. Windows beats Mac by 100%!! Mac Donalds = Fail.

[Gil_Hamilton]

LOL I R MAKIN A PLATFORM WAR THREAD NECROMANCY!111