netplay

English

Etymology

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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