Online Multiplayer Retro Games with RetroArch

[@MrSujano]

Forgot my intro in this one! Whoops!! Tips: 1. Ensure both of you have the same version of the game ROM 2. If connecting is an issue, try using a relay server 3. If connection issues still persist, try forwarding port 55435 on your router Helpful sites: RetroArch Netplay tutorial: www.retroarch.com/index.php?page=netplay Port Forwarding: portforward.com/ RetroArch FAQ: docs.libretro.com/guides/netplay-faq/#does-retroarch-require-port-forwarding-to-work

[@nerb6833]

this video is what made me sub to your channel, my friend and I played snes with me on an android phone and he was on a mac computer and it worked perfectly and were about 100 miles away or so. absolutely amazing

[@dakotakirkpatrick1335]

Can you do tutorial on N64 games

[@MattKimura]

Very helpful video, I was curious how netplay was setup. You pretty much covered everything I needed to know!

[@Light-Rock97]

I'll try this with a buddy tonight. Fingers crossed.

[@Light-Rock97]

For those who are curious, I tried several ROMs, and the one that worked was Street Fighter for the SNES, and it worked flawlessly. I'll just make sure to look up a compatibility list and try again woth some othe stuff.

[@ShawVishal]

@@Light-Rock97 thanks

[@TEN-perez]

@@Light-Rock97 do you have the list ready bro?

[@Light-Rock97]

@@TEN-perez Nope. I just tried the ones I already had.

[@TEN-perez]

@@Light-Rock97 on which ones can I play multiplayer like u did in Street Fighter?

[@nerb6833]

solid video man, there are not a lot of videos on the topic

[@MartellThaCool]

This is awesome to learn how to play with people online on my phone 😁

[@AC-LING666]

So this is what his voice really sounds like

[@jamiereynolds9776]

I was dreaming i was back 20 years ago playing mickies castle of illusion on genesis. So i found this! I want it!!!

[@Metalvain4]

Great video, just what I was looking for, subscribed and thanks!

[@Ragdoll_Meow]

Great video and I love your cap!!

[@Diegus-]

Parsec is an excellent and easier alternative for online btw. Question: why would you use the EU rom of SMK instead of US?

[@MashTec]

Awsome video and nice tutorial! Thanks for that

[@titotp2008]

Excellent info, thanks a lot.

[@1HovaRon]

Okay but does online play with retroarch work on xbox, because if it does… a whole door just opened!

[@eyezwollowcome166]

That's why I'm here

[@xain4822]

I also want to knw did u get the answer?

[@Kamotegsg]

does this support 4players?

[@HumanManufactured]

Yeah but you need friends for it to work properly

[@souliaq]

I have been researching this for days, the official page doesn't mention which ports should be open. Someone said to use UPnP which is crazy, other says to open port 55435, but if that's the case, why is no being mentioned in the official page?

[@Mabidemonstrations]

Will this allow me to play Mega Man Battle Network Blue against someone with White?

[@ProtomanZxe]

Lets battle

[@Dablob1000]

Able to get battle network running?

[@xylsky1300]

I have a question, is there any risk on playing with random strangers?

[@FernandoGarciaMelo]

Didint work for me PC x Nintendo Switch, same versions, same rom, same core.

[@HitokeZ]

Same for me

[@uhhh_adam]

Deng I wanted to try this on my Wii U

[@darkdiguh]

I've been trying to find a way to play legend of mana with my cousin but I'm not sure if there's an emulator for Android that could set up that connection between us. Is that possible with this program on the android/android version? Ps: we are in different states, which is why we needed this option.

[@borinken2498]

Is it possibly to join 4 player game sessions online like nba jam?

[@ModMyTech]

Yes!

[@justinr1094]

Does this support more than two players? Also, can you have two players on one device with another connected over netplay?

[@gabrielquimson2604]

I also have the same question ✋

[@OneHandedClapper]

were you able to find out?

[@justinr1094]

@Roger Arias I never found out, sadly... 😭 Sorry I'm not much of a help.

[@lildirtdick777]

Dang! This was my exact question and I haven’t got an answer. Has anyone tried and it didn’t work?

[@gamerslogkaadda5474]

@@lildirtdick777 depends on the game most snes games supported only upto 2 players some supported 4

[@rbcgames9382]

Hello mr. Sujano, when i try to play with my friend, apears a mensage "falha ao iniciar jogo em rede"(português pois sou BR)

[@rbcgames9382]

I tried so many cores, Snes, and is in crossplay, Android and Pc

[@Imran7jr]

can I play on same tv with i.e multiplayer in one tv with 2 gamepads

[@patrickfoltz232]

Yes. You don’t need netplay for this. Just plug up another controller and go to town.

[@lildirtdick777]

@@patrickfoltz232 For sure! I’m assuming I don’t see anyone talking about this because it supposed to be obvious but I just wanted to know before I bought another controller

[@sweetramo7723]

Does it also work for GB, GBC, or GBA Games?

[@draft_fusion]

Dumb question it dose work for Nintendo Ds but it is not letting me and a friend play together how come it will not work? We are using the steam version and we both have the Desume cores installed. Is there something we are missing? We are trying to play a Kirby game together.

[@tfcdrdeath1970]

Does this ALLOW CROSS PLAY? Meaning running two PC's and a raspberry pi or 1 PC two raspberry pi

[@AJDOLDCHANNELARCHIVE]

Yes, he says so in the video... he is connected to his PC's server from an android device.

[@jodyjohnson265]

Are we able to search for the pacific game rom version of the game that people are playing on?

[@ebayseller6040]

yeah but when is robot chicken coming back>?

[@supermanscott]

Lmao

[@senpaichan7722]

Hello sir. Whenever I Netplay and I enabled the Upnp in my router it says "external network has a private or shared adress". How to fix this sir? Thank you.

[@the_real_tosterzy]

after it says "you have joined as Player 1" it says that the server isn't connected to internet, what do i do?

[@deitodaten]

Thanks !

[@deitodaten]

I wil check out your video for the set up.

[@lordtoast344]

Your incredible at explaining But i still face problems I did everything you did in the beginning "Choosed a core" "The content (aka the game)" "Start netplay" But it says "Port mapping failed" I also enabled the "Use relay Server" But it saus the same thing And even tho I actually get for it to say waiting client and joined as player 1 Also my bro can see my Room And tries to join But it doesnt let us It says compatible with core,load content,or load manually And i've tried more and more Even went beyond on what you thought But we still cant seem to play This the online room game ONLY work for some games ??? Also we are using the Nintendo-Game Boy Advanced (Beetle GBA)

[@ogroagabriel]

Same problem here! doesn matter what game. I tried with genesis, snes (mario kart), street fighter alfa2 and the message os the same: "port mapping failed". Somebody can help us? Aprecciate it!

[@LucarioBlade]

@@ogroagabriel we are not chosen apperently

[@notansemental3937]

A year later i have to ask, did any of you guys managed to solve this problem?

[@I_Taylor.]

@@notansemental3937 seems like some games are too laggy. It's not about your connection but about the game files :/ I cannot netplay on wii, gamecube, ps2 :/

[@PsychoticWonders0725]

As soon as you mentioned you were running a GBA emulator at the end of your comment, I realized "link cables." That's all I'll say.

[@kelvinhernandez1448]

RetroArch netplay is synced? i mean i can see the other player screen? or my screen is apart from their screen? what happens if i join a game with a random spawns.. i wanna know because i really wants to play games like Twisted Metal 4 and all that kind of games with random spawn xD

[@jordanmadick7378]

when u connect with someone do u just select 2 player as player one and itll go in multiplayer also how do you exit when done netplay

[@bigwhop136]

I will be hosting 4 player games like TMNT and fighting games like STREET FIGHTER if you see name 2Dover3D thats me hope to see and play with yall!

[@brandonmurphy7062]

Hey so yeah I just exactly like your video said & when I launched my game while I'm hosting I get this message saying stuff like for example I did as your video described which is getting RetroArch for PC and the version I have is 1.9.10 and when I started hosting Netplay as well as the game it told me this "We are so sorry but the Net Play UPNP Port Mapping has failed. Please try again or try something else." So here's my question dude cause I'm running this on Steam...How do I fix that up?!

[@hugogijzen3852]

Thank you

[@mohamedalnoayme9582]

Please, I can't play with 4 geotec that were working because they don't work on the Play 1 emulator

[@edwincabrera6170]

Can you use this with Yu-Gi-Oh eternal duelist soul to play online

[@idkwho420]

Does this work in Super Mario World?

[@PsychoticWonders0725]

OF COURSE THE BEST 2D MARIO GAME OF ALL TIME WORKS ON THIS, IF ONLY I FIGURED OUT A WAY TO COMPLETELY DELETE MY SERVER PASSWORD (that was a horrible mistake on my part trying to make one, I need help getting rid of my server password completely).

[@Jerricoking]

I'm having a problem where it's saying failed to install II's netplay

[@rsseguel]

What's the exclusive port that I have to open for RetroArch? 55435 only? UDP or TCP?

[@senpaichan7722]

Sir? How to create a custom Relay server?

[@shadowmich]

I get a black screen when trying to host ..

[@korrm3494]

Hello , i have a little problem. At 4 minutes on your video you talking about a user menu but i dont know where it is ? Is is in netplay ? Im little bit confused. Im visualy impair and from what i see there only 4 category : host , connect to netplay host , network and refresh . Can uyou explain me how accessing the usermenu please ? Thank you

[@korrm3494]

Update «: i found where it was. I have a second question . Can we play n64 and psx games online multiplayer ?

[@ridermalak3291]

Retroarch netplay kinda complicated for me 😵. Have a look on Multigba S emulator for GBA netplay

[@onlynovus42069]

The player 2 experience is hell fore some reason

[@ridermalak3291]

On Multigba S? Its depend on both player connections, but P1 connection was the most crucial for smooth play

[@KirilPetrov65]

Can I play pokémon emerald multi-player with an android player online?

[@lonkster]

im only looking at this because im so tired of seeing, Server: client 2 has paused. then in a split second server: client 2 has reconnected. i got this issue with snes9x

[@Liam.Hoff79]

when my friend joins my game, he can only spectate and I don't understand how to fix that. Could anyone help?

[@jorgosgerco325]

does it work if we are on different IP?

[@leoplayz102]

Can you do with a different emulator

[@LittleSaint425]

How about using a android box to play retroart?

[@sebdur7489]

ty

[@jeffderice753]

How to swap controllers online if you're playing a one player?

[@obscenity]

i

[@royal_crown99]

@@obscenity for some reason this keybind doesn’t do the same thing anymore

[@therandombuilderguy7509]

Is WWF no mercy retro?

[@YoMamasPoolBoy]

Anyone else not able to get Netplay to work with N64 games?

[@LeJ3n021]

it works for me but the analog isn't working so I can't move mario or luigi

[@YoMamasPoolBoy]

LeJ3n021 [King Aiden] same here, only a couple buttons work

[@nedagamer9436]

Super Smash Bros?

[@KioMasters]

Does this works in PS Vita?

[@Lasha16_]

Hey how do I do same with psvita?

[@xero2377]

Hm well time to see if this works with fbneo

[@joaolucascintra]

It is possívele to stream my netplay?

[@marcelomalzone398]

Mario kart have online cheevos?

[@b0mbedzer053]

Would this work for gba, anyone know?

[@jeremiahherron5895]

will this worck for 1.7.5

[@dgameplays591]

Yooo who trying to play on 2021? Im ready tu clap yall..💀🤣

[@ibapreppie]

Retroarch still doesn't find all my roms

[@bryandaniels7322]

I can’t get it to work 8:56

[@raphaelpaul7192]

Hey I am having trouble to plau the european version of dragon's lair on retroarch. Do you know why?

[@soneblac1]

Wish it was streamlined to much bs

[@demospolsion6539]

Retroarch just crashes for me

[@sealabvertical]

that’s wonderful

[@FunkyFurret]

Reinstall retroarch and all the cores you had

[@ThatFilmisGnarly]

the "Arch" in RetroArch is short for "Architecture", its pronounced "Retro-Ark, brooossss....... 🤡

[@phizzler5051]

....no

[@Chris.Holcomb]

I am a pretty techy person, and I've tried absolutely everything to get this netplay working. Nothing. Trying Snes9x-Current. I forwarded my ports successfully. I host, but when a buddy tries to join (or if I try to join him) we get "netplay failed to locate matching content". We have the exact same rom, same version of Retroarch, same settings, same forwarded ports, etc etc.. Both of us created a playlist for SNES and added our rom to it, configured it to pick the SNES9x-Current core. Absolutely drained and have no idea what else to do.

[@Chris.Holcomb]

I came to a revelation that RetroArch doesn't recognize our games as ROMS. We're able to add them to manual playlists, and they load and play just fine, but RetroArch doesn't view them as games when we try to take it to NetPlay. I had one game out of like 6 roms get automatically added to it's own playlist, and that particular game (though singleplayer) loads in NetPlay without issue. I have no idea how to get RetroArch to recognize these other roms. Willing to Venmo anyone who can help!

[@Just_a_Tool]

Does Retroarch have a GBA emulator too?

[@akashrishi2214]

Ofcourse it does

[@funishgames5585]

Does netplay genesis work?

[@julianarbelaez2928]

This is possible on the PS3?

[@julianarbelaez2928]

@ian frogfish great, thanks a lot

[@GrandeGio95]

@ian frogfish that's amazing

[@carlosbarreto4695]

Does it works like Kaillera?