Slashdot Mirror

Sounds like tetrinet but with only 2 players.

http://www.tetrinet.org/

I remember a few years back, sitting in #oldwarez on efnet, i stumbled upon a multiplayer remake of the classic Tetris by channel regular St0rmCat. Snag it here and say hello to your new addiction.

Best. Multiplayer. Tetris. Ever.

So you seriously count narrowband gaming as a significant facor in anything at this point?

There are plenty of casual games that work fine with throughput < 2 Kbytes/s and latency > 500ms. Does chess need broadband? Does a monopolistic property trading game need broadband? Does a multiplayer tetramino game need broadband?

So you seriously count narrowband gaming as a significant facor in anything at this point? And why are you billing MS just for internet service?

I'm not necessarily billing Microsoft for the whole deal. Even so, if both the local cable company and the local telephone company have high speed Internet products that come "with MSN Premium", then I'm still paying Microsoft.

Xbox Live is not perfect, but it is FAR ahead of anything Sony or Nintendo are offering and even seem to be offering any time soon.

But in geographic areas without affordable residential broadband Internet access, such as most of the United States of America, Nintendo still has the same-screen multiplayer market cornered.

Tetrinet is better, but then you're playing over the network and that's probably not a smart option at work.

If you want super short rounds in a game that doesn't even have to be fullscreen try tetrinet. I'll sit and play and when I lose quickly, I can chat with people or work on something while waiting for the next round to start. It's harder to multi-task with a fullscreen game...I lose patience alt-tabbing between things.

Oops, missed a couple of good ones: Polygon Worlds lets you drive around on Mars. Planet's Orbits and Partiview are great for general Astronomy education.

...and some more general linkage, because I'm bored:
Educational -
Tuxtype and Droid Battles.
Board/puzzle games -
MahJong (the real four player thing, not the solitaire version), Settlers of Catan - versions here or here, JTEG, a Risk-alike, and Tetrinet (networked T*tris).
General Fun -
Armagetron (definitely have a look at this - I can imagine it being popular with kids), Search and Rescue, Astrobattle, Tower Toppler, MyLink (UpLink clone), Airstrike, XRick, Vegastrike, Stoned (curling simulation), CarWorld, Cannon Smash (virtual Table tennis), Sentry, Noiz2sa, rRootage, PowerManga, Spheres of Chaos, Warblade, Epiar...

More possibilities.

You might also give Nethack or one of its many derivatives a shot.

That enough to keep you busy? (=

A year ago I introduced my girlfriend to Command and Conquer Generals. Since then it's been the only game she plays (yes, besides Tetris). Occasionally she brings her computer over and we LAN. We have yet to try playing together online, but it's on our to-do list. She's not at all interested in First-person Shooters, but she likes Generals because you have to think and it's like a big puzzle. Additionally, if you do want a good multiplayer Tetris, I suggest Tetrinet. It is very customizable, fun, and easy to use.

Speaking of Tetris... Tetrinet is fun.

Off topic - but tetrinet is at http://www.tetrinet.org/

I used to play multiplayer tetris on the LAN at work. There were bonus pieces that let you do good things like eliminate rows from the bottom of the screen or bad things like drop random blocks on someone's screen

It was team based and you generally had to use your good blocks on an ally who's in trouble. We'd play it for hours at a time, and we were enjoying it and socializing, not too numbed to stop. Since we were all in the same room, it was like a LAN party. Occasionally, even the managers would play.

Was it by chance called tetrinet? That game ruled.

You also win if all your opponents are dead in the multiplayer games, like Tetrinet. (There's a good client out for Linux too - gTetrinet).

Unfortuntately there is a limit of six players to the game; but it's still been taking my workplace by storm for the past two weeks.

For all you tetris people out there, check out TetriNET. It's tetris on the Internet! It has special attack blocks that you can obtain by clearing lines. It also has a pure mode for all you old school people out there. =) Pretty dang addicting.

Tetrinet is a multiplayer version of tetris. You get special blocks, can attack other players, all the usual plus more! I find it very addictive, and often go on for a game but stay on for 2 hours.

As a bonus, there is a GTK client gtetrinet and also a commandline one (needs 80x50 though, so either console framebuffer or SVGAConsole is needed), so I can happilly play away the hours from linux :)

That's right, Tetrinet. I have various versions of RedAlert, Carmageddon, mech warrior, Tribes, etc.. But I'm always up for a game of tetrinet.

For some bizarre reason, women tend to like Tetris, so, how about playing tetrinet ?

While not being totally "non-sum", it does provide a level of interaction and really is never ending. I love arcade games (especially the old favorites), but enjoy interacting with others to something simple as Tetrinet to Quake, to EverQuest. With EverQuest, you actually depend on other (real) people, and the more interaction you have, the better off you are!

there's plenty of strategical thinking in that game

Only for newbies. Once you're good at it (> 20 hours of play), Tetris does not involve all that much strategy. Eventually, placing the next tetramino becomes almost a reflex action. Some newer versions of Tetris try to break this up by adding bonuses for forming 4x4 squares (The New Tetris), chain reactions (Tetanus, Quadra, The Next Tetris), "magic" items (TetriNET; DuelTris for Apple IIGS; Tetris Jr.), or distracting display effects (TOD; Tetripz).

tetrinet.org. it is more addictive than crack.
-antipop

i just can't wait for the new mario games, and multiplayer tetris to come out.

*goes to dig through memories*

Anyway, I wonder if MS will try taking the path of using the publicly available protocol. Don't get me wrong, I dislike MS with some respect as the next person, but I think they should just be like the rest of the client developers and use Toc. Just because little billy has plenty of money is no reason for him to be above the law.

For those that are interested in a primer on ToC, feel free to check out http://find.tetrinet.org/aol/. I have a (small) archive there of the ToC Protocol including the old TiK client for TCL that AOL distributed in place of their clunky Java client.

Anyway, that's my two cents. Read the Protocol and decide for yourself. Cheers.

Anyway, I wonder if MS will try taking the path of using the publicly available protocol. Don't get me wrong, I dislike MS with some respect as the next person, but I think they should just be like the rest of the client developers and use Toc. Just because little billy has plenty of money is no reason for him to be above the law.

For those that are interested in a primer on ToC, feel free to check out http://find.tetrinet.org/aol/. I have a (small) archive there of the ToC Protocol including the old TiK client for TCL that AOL distributed in place of their clunky Java client.

Anyway, that's my two cents. Read the Protocol and decide for yourself. Cheers.

Anyway, I wonder if MS will try taking the path of using the publicly available protocol. Don't get me wrong, I dislike MS with some respect as the next person, but I think they should just be like the rest of the client developers and use Toc. Just because little billy has plenty of money is no reason for him to be above the law.

For those that are interested in a primer on ToC, feel free to check out http://find.tetrinet.org/aol/. I have a (small) archive there of the ToC Protocol including the old TiK client for TCL that AOL distributed in place of their clunky Java client.

Anyway, that's my two cents. Read the Protocol and decide for yourself. Cheers.

It is available at http://find.tetrinet.org/aol/ . It should be up for as long as I the guys at AOL don't have a problem with it.

I've got a copy of the ToC Protocol and a slightly old (but functional) copy of TiK in TCL.

Do enjoy. =)