Getting Set-Up for Online Play

[Shadowfeast]

Hey all,

I'm a noob to SmashBoards, but a longtime 64 Smasher. I'd like to get more involved on here, and play some online matches. Could anyone give me some advice to get started. I have a newer iMac, and I probably wouldn't have any trouble running an N64 emulator...but will I be able to find a USB extension for my N64 controller that works on Mac? Will I have to find a way to run Windows on my Mac?

Cheers,
Shadowfeast

 

[Sedda]

http://smashboards.com/threads/smas...lay-etc-star-king-more-like-dirk-king.262536/

Here ya go.

As far as adapters go, idk. Some of them have frame delay, and I've heard the raphnet is the best one. It doesn't matter that much though. I use the Mayflash adapter with the two n64 ports in it, and it works just fine.

Can't really help you with the mac/pc thing. Someone else will help you out though, so just wait for a response.

Happy Smashin'!

 

[Shadowfeast]

http://smashboards.com/threads/smas...lay-etc-star-king-more-like-dirk-king.262536/

Here ya go.

As far as adapters go, idk. Some of them have frame delay, and I've heard the raphnet is the best one. It doesn't matter that much though. I use the Mayflash adapter with the two n64 ports in it, and it works just fine.

Can't really help you with the mac/pc thing. Someone else will help you out though, so just wait for a response.

Happy Smashin'!

Thanks for the response! I'll work through that tutorial once I get Windows up and running (it's looking like I'll need to have it in order to play with Project64) Now I just have to decide whether to use BootCamp or Parallels...

 

[breakthrough]

If you use MacOS X, get the Raphnet adapter to play online. Although, I guess if you're running a VM for windows it shouldn't matter. Raphnet is still recommended.

 

[Zeds]

yeah you need to be able to run windows on your mac. I'm on a mac as well, running Parallels. Just get a mayflash adapter, way cheaper and works fine on mac.

 

[Shadowfeast]

yeah you need to be able to run windows on your mac. I'm on a mac as well, running Parallels. Just get a mayflash adapter, way cheaper and works fine on mac.

Thanks guys, I appreciate it. Do you get any lag while running parallels? I think I'd rather use that, but I was worried that it wouldn't run as quickly as I wanted.

 

[The Star King]

For some reason when I was in Ukraine a couple of years ago and I ran Parallels, I would get a slightly higher ping to the server than I did on Bootcamp. So you might get like a frame more delay. 64 itself ran fine I think (it lagged online but pretty sure that was just the bad internet).

 

[Zeds]

parallels won't be the cause of lag. I'm never the one lagging, but then again I have pretty good internet. Make sure you're plugged in via ethernet! Wireless can cause lag (or so i've been told)

 

[M!nt]

I think wifi causes ds not lag

 

[Skrlx]

On my old ****ty HP laptop, I started lagging when my laptop would start overheating.

 

[Zeds]

I think wifi causes ds not lag

when i'm connected through wi-fi, I lag. When I'm connected with ethernet I do not.