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Warp Pipe Project - GameCube Online

Posted by simoniker on from the console-hack-du-jour dept.

chadlnx writes "The Warp Pipe Project, an open source project to bring LAN-based GameCube games online, recently released a specification detailing how GameCubes communicate over a network. The Warp Pipe Project is aggressively seeking out developers who would be interested in this project through its SourceForge project page."

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  1. They should use OS/2 by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    And call it the OS/2 Warp Pipe Project.

    1. Re:They should use OS/2 by MadBiologist · · Score: 2, Funny

      How bout the OS/2 Warp Pipe Dream Project?

      --
      'Quantum materiae materietur marmota monax si marmota monax materiam possit materiari?'
  2. Warp Pipe? by cliffy2000 · · Score: 3, Funny

    Didn't Tommy Chong (of "Cheech and Chong" and "That 70s Show" fame) just get arrested for selling those?

  3. A lot of aggression... by pen · · Score: 5, Funny
    This seems to be turning out to be a pretty aggressive project...

    From the abstract:

    Once the cube has given out a series of 8 NOTIFY packets, it begins to aggressively search for other GameCubes on the network by sending out standard UPNP M-SEARCH packets (also on port 1900 with a TTL value of 1).
    From the weblog:
    As soon as I publish my findings, the specification of the protocol Nintendo is using, and a few suggestions about what needs to be done to bridge two LANs together (a simple tunnel will not do), I will be aggressively recruiting developers.
    From this Slashdot story:
    The Warp Pipe Project is aggressively seeking out developers who would be interested in this project through its SourceForge project page."
    I would be afraid to work with these guys...
  4. Re:Cool logo! by paul248 · · Score: 2, Funny

    So that explains why you can't go down some of the pipes in Super Mario Bros. I guess you need to get the RJ45 flower first.

  5. Re:But... by MrLint · · Score: 2, Funny

    it would be great to visit other online towns in animal crossing 2:)

    and then deforest the town as a free service:)

  6. Re:Cool logo! by Osty · · Score: 2, Funny

    More open source projects need good designers to come up with eye catching logos like this.

    Because as we all know, the key to success is having a good graphic designer on your team.