So they don't need to be MAME experts or GoG/Steam experts, nor use an emulator in their computer.
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They don't have to configure anything on their end save to install the program. Windowed, Borderless or Full-Screen, whatever they choose. Whichever game you want them to play with you. They can play your MAME games, PC games, console emulator games, with you.
They can just play on your machine using a iOS, Windows, Linux, Raspberry Pi, or MacOS, Android, etc. Your friend/s don't need to have the game installed on their computer. If your friend at the other side lose their connection 'cos of a power cut or whatever, you just pause the game and wait for them to return, their gamepad/keyboard/mouse is kept as connected.
In fact it feels as if you are playing the game locally. It's much faster and has less latency than the multiplayer of games built in with multiplayer mode. It may sound simple, but it lets you convert every single game under the sun into a multiplayer game, provided that the game allows for 2 or more players (yes, it accepts as many as you throw at it and the game allows), or even for a friend to play a game in your computer.īut it has MANY advantages over traditional multiplayer, even for games with built-in multiplayer: Their website says " Parsec uses its game streaming technology to let you access your gaming PC from anywhere and invite your friends to connect and play local multiplayer games online."
I discovered it after some colleagues, some of them successful youtubers who play arcade games because of their authentic love for them and are very gifted skilled players who go for the 1 credit clear goal, and play with other friends, started using it to play games on MAME or OpenBor games, which are games that weren't created with multiplayer in mind, of course, except local.