+davidcalgary29 Posted October 18, 2020 Share Posted October 18, 2020 Okay, I haven't seen the 8-bit hub pop up in the Lynx sub-forum, but this could potentially be awesome. Multiplayer online Lynx gaming? I'm in! So from what I can see, comLynx > serial port connection? Since I have a McWill'd unit with VGA output, I'd love to try to multiple player games with the kids at home on one Lynx. Does anyone know if any other games aside from "8-bit Slicks" supports this? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sage Posted October 18, 2020 Share Posted October 18, 2020 i fear this will only work if they find a solution to avoid race conditions and transmit BRKs correctly. There is a reason that there is no well working Emulator<->Emulator or Emulator<->comlynx interface. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gambler172 Posted October 19, 2020 Share Posted October 19, 2020 23 hours ago, sage said: i fear this will only work if they find a solution to avoid race conditions and transmit BRKs correctly. There is a reason that there is no well working Emulator<->Emulator or Emulator<->comlynx interface. so you would say,the 8 bit hub is not worth to buy at the moment? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sage Posted October 19, 2020 Share Posted October 19, 2020 i would wait until someone *confirms* that it works with several units and time critical games. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LordKraken Posted October 19, 2020 Share Posted October 19, 2020 I'm quite impressed by the ambition behind 8bit unity and its achievements so far but I don't fully understand what to do with the 8bit Hub. For online gaming, you would need one hub and one cartridge per console to play checkered flag over the internet. Sounds like a very strong requirements to me... So that leaves us with SD card support, already accessible through many different SD cards, and a joystick port to... plug a different joystick to your console that already have one... Don't get me wrong, I love this weird crazy accessories, but unless I missed something I don't see a strong reason to get one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+davidcalgary29 Posted October 19, 2020 Author Share Posted October 19, 2020 4 hours ago, LordKraken said: I'm quite impressed by the ambition behind 8bit unity and its achievements so far but I don't fully understand what to do with the 8bit Hub. For online gaming, you would need one hub and one cartridge per console to play checkered flag over the internet. Sounds like a very strong requirements to me... So that leaves us with SD card support, already accessible through many different SD cards, and a joystick port to... plug a different joystick to your console that already have one... Don't get me wrong, I love this weird crazy accessories, but unless I missed something I don't see a strong reason to get one. Lynx aside, I think this has the potential to encourage the development of some pretty interesting cross-platform gaming. It doesn't look like the software's there at the moment, but we'll see what uptake is like. If Lynx cogaming issues are fixed, though, this could be pretty great. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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