Pandora Pandora Network

[Rayek]

A few years ago I had an idea about Netplay with emulators, that if there was a way to connect with other players, somehow, in a central location, that there could be a community of gamers playing retro games with their emulators over the internet with each other...

The Pandora has Wifi, which initially sparks the idea of having two people in a room together, battling Golden Axe style, but what about a global network of Pandora users, who connect through a chat program on the Pandora to connect with each other to play these games over the internet?

I don't know much about programming, but I do believe that something like this is entirely possible. Perhaps a program for the Pandora that initializes netplay...

And if implemented well, this idea could lead to a globally networked base of Pandora users, who could share data as well. Basically, the Internet, but narrowed to Pandora users...

 

[Chip]

It's not crazy, but it has been discussed at length.

 

[Dingo_aus]

I mucked around with something similar for Amiga games - it was a nice gimmick but I didn't find it really useful

 

[Rayek]

Well, I'd be assuming it would be similar to the normal netplay functions of an emulator, but something a bit more centralized, with one center program accessing and initializing the emulators from the 'chat' interface... Kind of like kaillera, but not emulator-specific.

 

[Ravnos]

That is not crazy, but do you know what is? Reading.