Third Strike is now HISTORY!!!!

[isamu]

....in GGPO that is

Let's all recruit all the former ggpo 3S players over to MAME Hub and spread the word that playing it here is better than playing in GGPO

[psychoraiden]

will do thanks for the update

[Krusty]

Thanks for this post isamu.

An example of the drama about this on GGPO can be read here.

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I hate to be a downer but I need to make a few points on this topic.

The vast majority of dedicated 3s players on GGPO would never migrate to MAMEHub for two reasons.

Reason #1 - The highly developed and customized netcode in GGPO is much more fine-tuned for 3s than MAMEHub is. MAMEHub is uniformly configured the same for all games. Experienced 3s players will not accept the inherent input lag that exists in MAMEHub.

Reason #2 - Even if the netcode mechanics of MAMEHub were on par with GGPO, there is currently not enough user activity in MAMEHub to sustain a consistently active user base.

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Having stated some negatives above, now for some positives. ;D

1. 3s does work on MAMEHub but you definitely need to have a good solid connection to your peer. Spectators are not recommended.

2. MAMEHub supports both the Japan NO-CD version of 3s and the USA CD version (which is in english). I don't think any other online emulators support the USA version (which uses a CHD).

3. In my opinion, MAMEHub is a free and open platform in same spirit that MAME and MESS are. Although GGPO is free too, it seems monetization is impacting what games are available there.

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Further Reading:

A post on how to get the USA version of 3s working on MAMEHub can be found here. A pre-initialized nvram for the USA version can be found here.

Videos of 3s on MAMEHub are available here and here.

Note: It is significantly easier to just use the Japan NO-CD version [sfiii3n] of 3s on MAMEHub because it does not require a CHD file.

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Bonus (leftover) pic:


Krusty and mikhasw playing sfiii3 on MAMEHub circa March 2011.