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"I made a website to revive dead multiplayer games (GameDate)" by batty
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Kalcifer sh.itjust.works Kalcifer@sh.itjust.works
Joined: 2023-10-20
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  • Type: Video. Title: "I made a website to revive dead multiplayer games (GameDate)". Author: "batty". Publisher: "YouTube". Published: 2026-02-17T14:00:48Z. Accessed: 2026-02-25T01:20Z. URI: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SFBCNnOhYgs.
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nesc lemmy.cafe nesc@lemmy.cafe
Joined: 2024-11-22
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https://www.gamedate.org/

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BurgerBaron piefed.social BurgerBaron@piefed.social
Joined: 2025-06-25
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This is cool, maybe I can find a crew for Quake 3 instagib freeze tag with grapple hook enabled.

As an aside...If I wanted to host an event like this specifically for fediverse, where should one post it?

Let's say I pre-pack a portable archive (so Linux users can easily just add the exe to Faugus/Lutris whatever too) for Halo Custom Edition with a bunch of maps and throw a dedi server up for a week as an example.

So not the .world instance which lied about allowing piracy after announcing they would IIRC.

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doug lemmy.today doug@lemmy.today
Joined: 2025-02-14
#4 · (edited) Quote Reply

I know I can Google it, but uhhhhh I’m lazy and wanna help drive Lemmy engagement:

Wasn’t there a multiplayer Resident Evil game wherein you could get bit and become a zombie? But like… it was ahead of its time kinda because you needed 4(?)+ PlayStations on a LAN to play it?

I remember it looked fun, and iirc reviews said it was fun, but they gave it low reviews ‘cause of the hardware hurdle.

Anyways… did anyone ever mod that into a playable, non-LAN experience one can enjoy from their PCs? If so… I’d totally put up a game date on here for that.

I might go search for my own answer and edit it into this if my phone doesn’t die.

Edit: looks like there is a fan-made pc port of it, but getting it setup looks like a bit of a project. hmmmmm

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chlo lemmy.blahaj.zone chlo@lemmy.blahaj.zone
Joined: 2023-08-02
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I know I can Google it, but uhhhhh I’m lazy and wanna help drive Lemmy engagement: Wasn’t there a multiplayer Resident Evil game wherein you could get bit and become a zombie? But like… it was ahead of its time kinda because you needed 4(?)+ PlayStations on a LAN to play it? I remember it looked fun, and iirc reviews said it was fun, but they gave it low reviews ‘cause of the hardware hurdle. A...

Was that Outbreak?
I have one memory of playing that (or something similar to it) as a kid, where my character was stuck in a state where I needed another player to help them up. I remember the computer controlled companion just saying the "no" voice line every time I called for help, until I ran out of time and died.

so that's fun.

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tuckerm feddit.online tuckerm@feddit.online
Joined: 2025-03-06
#6 · Quote Reply

Damn, this looks good! This is a huge coincidence: just a few days ago, I was hoping that something like this existed when another thread reminded me of Unreal 2's long-dead multiplayer mode.

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dabaldeagul feddit.nl dabaldeagul@feddit.nl
Joined: 2023-07-01
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https://www.gamedate.org/

First thing I see when opening it is "BRO I RAPE KIDS (DISCORDALWAYSWINS)" what the fuck

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Surp lemmy.world Surp@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-06-30
#8 · Quote Reply

This is neat!

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imetators lemmy.dbzer0.com imetators@lemmy.dbzer0.com
Joined: 2025-06-10
#9 · Quote Reply

First thing I see when opening it is "BRO I RAPE KIDS (DISCORDALWAYSWINS)" what the fuck

Last time I checked, WoW WotLK channel had some racist remarks by creator. I cant find channel now so most likely it is gone by now.

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Gonzako lemmy.world Gonzako@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-08-17
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Anyone gotten any good games out of this?

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DWANG05 feddit.online IckabodKobain@feddit.online
Joined: 2025-06-05
#11 · (edited) Quote Reply

Pass. It's 4chan-/Xbox-Live-Generation Central.
I do like the site design though. So thumbs up on that! It looks like the old Steam UI.]

Edit: I'm old I'll see myself to the glue-factory.

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MoogleMaestro lemmy.zip MoogleMaestro@lemmy.zip
Joined: 2024-07-26
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First thing I see when opening it is "BRO I RAPE KIDS (DISCORDALWAYSWINS)" what the fuck

Yeah... As someone who uses fightcade occasionally, moderation on these services when they're non-federated are a real problem.

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DragonAce lemmy.world DragonAce@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-06-29
#13 · Quote Reply

Aww man, I was hoping to find a session of FFXI. Haven't played that in ages.

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DarkFuture lemmy.world DarkFuture@lemmy.world
Joined: 2024-11-06
#14 · Quote Reply

This is awesome. Love the UI.

A cool bonus with something like this is finding games you never knew about. I already found a few scrolling through the lobbies.

Only downside is with no sign up requirement you're gonna get a lot of racist basement troll comments, which I've already seen a few. But that's the trade off for not having a sign in requirement, which I prefer for something like this.

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kratoz29 lemmy.zip kratoz29@lemmy.zip
Joined: 2025-06-26
#15 · Quote Reply

Neat, let's see if somebody wants to play Jump Ultimate Stars 🤣

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Batmorous lemmy.world Batmorous@lemmy.world
Joined: 2025-10-13
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First thing I see when opening it is "BRO I RAPE KIDS (DISCORDALWAYSWINS)" what the fuck

What the fuck indeed whoa

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DPEWGF sh.itjust.works DPEWGF@sh.itjust.works
Joined: 2024-06-24
#17 · Quote Reply

Neat, let's see if somebody wants to play Jump Ultimate Stars 🤣

Dang that is nostalgia. I'd play!

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kratoz29 lemmy.zip kratoz29@lemmy.zip
Joined: 2025-06-26
#18 · Quote Reply

Dang that is nostalgia. I'd play!

Did you used to play back in the days?

I don't have my DS currently (I lent it), when I get it back I'll come back to you!

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