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1. Thomas Leroy 🍣🐈‍⬛ (gamrok@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 19-Nov-2024 16:56:56 UTC Thomas Leroy 🍣🐈‍⬛

   Do you remember that on Amiga and Atari ST, players could play simultaneously with two mice plugged to the computer? ⚔️🖱️

   Unfortunately, this is not possible on modern computers/OS 🪦

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   #RetroGaming #AtariST #Amiga #Multiplayer #Lemmings #Settlers #BattleIsle #Extase

   • Thomas Leroy 🍣🐈‍⬛ (gamrok@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 19-Nov-2024 16:56:55 UTC Thomas Leroy 🍣🐈‍⬛

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     For example, here's a video of two people playing Lemmings together on Amiga. They each use a mouse 😀

     ➡️ https://youtube.com/watch?v=VAedz3nWn9E&t=221s

     I wish we could create games that could be played with several mice today.

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     #RetroGaming #Amiga #Multiplayer #SplitScreen #Lemmings

   • Anatoly Shashkin💾 (dosnostalgic@mastodon.social@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 19-Nov-2024 16:56:55 UTC Anatoly Shashkin💾

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     @Gamrok You might be surprised to learn that two people can play split screen multiplayer in Serious Sam 3 with two keyboards and two mice. It is still very much possible, and occasionally still happens.

   • Anatoly Shashkin💾 (dosnostalgic@mastodon.social@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 19-Nov-2024 16:59:16 UTC Anatoly Shashkin💾

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     @Gamrok Just by looking it up right now learned that Jamestown apparently supports one mouse per local player. That's a 4 player game.

   • Thomas Leroy 🍣🐈‍⬛ (gamrok@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 19-Nov-2024 17:07:00 UTC Thomas Leroy 🍣🐈‍⬛

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     • Anatoly Shashkin💾

     @dosnostalgic I guess they developed their own driver to make this possible. If I get the chance, I'll give it a try one day!