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"LAN games (NOT necessarily internet games)"

Hi there,

I have been a regular PS2 player for the last couple of years or so and now I want to try LAN enabled games so that I can play against my son at home. We don't need to go out to the internet.

We have a PS2 console and a network adapter each. We can play timesplitters 2 together without having to go to the internet. This is achieved by playing across our small 2-person LAN.

However, I just bought Destruction Derby arenas (with network play) but we cannot do this as we must go on to the internet !!!

Therefore,

Does anyone have a list of games that we can truly play across our 2-man LAN ? We do not have the PS2 consoles that have the i.link cable so we're only interested in LAN enabled games.

I'd be really grateful for a response.

Regards,

Shane

Hi there,

I have been a regular PS2 player for the last couple of years or so and now I want to try LAN enabled games so that I can play against my son at home. We don't need to go out to the internet.

We have a PS2 console and a network adapter each. We can play timesplitters 2 together without having to go to the internet. This is achieved by playing across our small 2-person LAN.

However, I just bought Destruction Derby arenas (with network play) but we cannot do this as we must go on to the internet !!!

Therefore,

Does anyone have a list of games that we can truly play across our 2-man LAN ? We do not have the PS2 consoles that have the i.link cable so we're only interested in LAN enabled games.

I'd be really grateful for a response.

Regards,

Shane

OMFG Shaneo!

Net play means you can play it online.

If you could explain your setup more precisely it would help.

We have two PS2 consoles in our home. We do not have the i.link sockets on our consoles as our consoles are the newer types with just two USB ports on the front of each.

Each of our consoles has a network adapter in the HDD bay. I have connected an RJ45 straight-through cable from each console to a central hub.

We have two copies of Time Splitters 2. We can setup a LAN game so that just the two of us are playing Deathmatch and we don't have to go online onto the internet.

This is fine. However, when I try the same set up but using Destruction Derby Arenas instead of Time Splitters 2, when we select network option the game makes me have to go online into the internet. All I want to do is race my son in our 2-person LAN without the need for going online.

So, what games exist at the moment that allow just me and my son to play against each other (in exactly the same manner as you can with i.link though remember that i.link games are irrelevent for us).

It appears that there are THREE types of capability possible in a game:

1) i.link games (you must have the i.link connector on the front of the console)

2) Games that you play over the internet

3) LAN games (internal network as we have)

Regards,

Shane

Why don't you just go online?

Or even better why don't you just play offline on the same screen?

Since its only you and your son.

Maybe he wasnts the whole screen, being a very selfish little Shane.

IT'S NOT GOING TO HAPPEN!

I can't believe this guy is having so much trouble trying to get advice on LAN gaming.

Sensible answers usually help.

Care to oblige him rather then telling the worl how stupid you think we are?

I would but I have no experience in PS2 LAN gaming. I can only assume his solution would be System Link, but he says he has no iLink ports.

Buggered if I know.

I agree.

How did you set up TS2?