netplay

English

Etymology

From net +‎ play.

Noun

netplay (uncountable)

1. (video games) Multiplayer gameplay over a network.
   • 1997, Kip, “Abuse netplay problems!”, in comp.sys.mac.games.action (Usenet):

     Can somebody help me? I have a PowerMac^[sic] 6100/60 and a Powerbook^[sic] 1400 Localtalk^[sic] networked. I can't get Abuse to work in netplay. Both machines have 16 MB of RAM but when I try to start a netgame, the loading screen comes up then the ocmputer^[sic] quits... Any ideas?

   • 2002, Mark Canavan, “netplay”, in alt.games.video.emulation (Usenet):

     most emulators support netplay, like SNES9x or RockNes. is anyone interested?

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