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Offline MagicToenail

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« on: October 26, 2003, 03:30:22 AM »
Does anyone know about this? I dont have Kirby Air Ride, but when I get Mario Kart next month ill be sure to buy a broadband adapter. Besides a broadband adapter, what else do you need to hook up to your PC? Is anyone going to do this?
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« Reply #1 on: October 26, 2003, 04:31:13 AM »
I still don't have broadband, so I can't use it unfortunately. The concept sounds amazing though. Playing Mario Kart online would be a dream come true for me...
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« Reply #2 on: October 26, 2003, 04:46:22 AM »
Does anyone know if they plan to release a MacOS-X version of Warp Pipe?
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« Reply #3 on: October 26, 2003, 04:51:57 AM »
I'm sure they will eventually...

I've been waiting for a tunneling service like this since I got my Broadband adapter...If it works I can play with a friend who lives a good distance away from where I do
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« Reply #4 on: October 26, 2003, 04:52:04 AM »
They are planning the have a version for Mac.
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« Reply #5 on: October 26, 2003, 05:33:44 AM »
When I first read the title of this thread, I thought it was about this thing I read in some magazine about scientists trying to make a pipe transportion system based off of Mario games. They had a picture of this guy with a helmet and jumpsuit climbing out of a green Mario pipe. This may have been one of EGM's April Fool's surprises a few years ago.

When will the Mac version be released?
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Offline Bill Aurion

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« Reply #6 on: October 26, 2003, 05:45:52 AM »
I think it was joke made by the Nintendo Power staff...
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« Reply #7 on: October 26, 2003, 06:09:26 AM »
I have Kirby Air Ride, but I don't have an adaptor, nor does anyone else around here have the game.  I'll probably try it out for Mario Kart, though.
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« Reply #8 on: October 26, 2003, 08:57:38 AM »
alright, i've checking this thing out for about a week now.

you need a :

router
broadband adapter
a lan based game
the software downloaded on your computer

i am not sure if theres more...that sounds right to me.
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« Reply #9 on: October 26, 2003, 09:05:22 AM »
This sounds so awsome.  I can't wait to see how it does.  I will definatly get the adaptor now.  Was just happy with LAN before, but this is great.
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« Reply #10 on: October 26, 2003, 09:11:04 AM »
Could someone explain this warp pipe thing to me. Does it mean you can play mario kart online with the cube? what does it have to do with a computer?

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« Reply #11 on: October 26, 2003, 09:59:15 AM »
You need 3 RJ-45 Ethernet patch cables also.. to connect the pc to the hub/router/cable modem

just pointin that out
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« Reply #12 on: October 26, 2003, 10:19:36 AM »
Their main site will explain everything for you ...Basically you use software to play LAN games online(I think between only two GC's for now)...

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« Reply #13 on: October 26, 2003, 10:21:38 AM »
lol i have like 500k download...16k upload
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« Reply #14 on: October 26, 2003, 11:27:21 AM »
so I'm guessing you need a TV hooked up next to your computer? Or do you play mario kart ON you computer monitor?
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« Reply #15 on: October 26, 2003, 11:52:16 AM »
Oh wait, I wasn't paying attention. . . cool idea, though I'm not into online gaming.  I might give it a try, though.  Ah, and I clicked a link on the page Bill posted, and thought this was funny:

Kirby Air Ride
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$49.88 - New
$49.87 - Preowned

One cent less
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« Reply #16 on: October 26, 2003, 03:46:52 PM »
have you guys never played halo online? or used or even seen the xbox tunneling system?

It's pure simplicity. You need a computer with the tunneling software, a connection going to your computer and at the same time your gamecube (there are many ways you can do this, routers or hubs are the most practical), and the game. Its not hard at all. The only downfall to any tunneling system is that you can only have a maximum amount of systems. So you can't have a 16 player race with 16 different systems. It sucks becuase if you only have 1 player on your system (yourself probably) then its hard to join a game becuase people are looking for systems with more than 1 player on them (the more players the better).
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« Reply #17 on: October 26, 2003, 07:10:17 PM »
Isn't the maximum whatever systems connected the same as whatever the developers say the biggest lan can be?

As for a really general description of tunnling for those that don't know...
LAN gaming is put into these games so that if two or more gamecubes are on a LAN, they see and talk to each other.  The trick with tunnling is that it makes your gamecube *think* that your computer is another gamecube.  This is acheived because your computer is receiving signals from another persons gamecube somewhere on the net and firing these signals back at the gamecube.  So, then end result is you play online against someone out in the world.  That someone's computer is pretending to be your gamecube, and your computer is pretending to be their gamecube.
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« Reply #18 on: October 27, 2003, 04:12:48 AM »
Yeah, the max number of systems would be four for Kirby and eight for Mario Kart, but so far the software only supports two.  (They plan to upgrade it eventually.)  But even with two systems connected online through the software, you could have a whopping 16 people playing...eight on each system in four-way splitscreen and two people controlling each kart.  So this program provides the max number of players even in its current basic form.
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« Reply #19 on: October 27, 2003, 05:57:17 AM »
And how do you get 8 people playing on one Gamecube?  
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« Reply #20 on: October 27, 2003, 10:47:47 AM »
You cant get 8 on one gamecube.. there are only 4 controller ports. you can get 16 people if you link 8 GC everyone is co-op but  coop will just be kind of extra IMO.
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« Reply #21 on: October 27, 2003, 02:21:14 PM »
Some pretty interesting stuff is happening with the WPP.  I have been participating in their forum and there are a few threads that are now suggesting other ways of connecting the gamecube and PC without a router.  These as of yet have not been tested but hopefully soon they will be.  There is also no support for wireless network connections but the ideas for connecting without a router may prove to be useful in that as well.  Anyone who is truely interested and really wants to know whats going on should check out their forums.  They are still fairly new so it is not difficult to read through all of the posts.  
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« Reply #22 on: October 27, 2003, 02:57:16 PM »
So has anyone here tried that out yet and could say how it is?
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« Reply #23 on: October 27, 2003, 02:58:46 PM »
Yeah I had the same question.  Did nintendo release a multi-tap adapter I dont know about? (Note the sarcasm folks)
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« Reply #24 on: October 27, 2003, 03:29:04 PM »
Argh...makes me want to buy and adapter. I have all the other extra supplies at home already...and a net work too...dammit...
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