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Very cool, thanks for the links!

Sounds like the easiest way to solve the problem you describe and play multiplayer Zelda Four Swords Adventure over the internet (without modifying the code itself) is for the "server" (Gamecube game) and the client (the Gameboy Advance console) to be physically closeby and then stream the (emulated) GBA and (emulated) Gamecube video output framebuffer across the internet using something like the SteamLink so that the 100ms of latency would not cause the Link Cable to timeout.

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Yeah this is going to be very hard to accomplish unfortunately. I'm guessing the only possible option to do this over the internet at the moment is using Dolphin and VBA-M on the same machine and some complex streaming setup. Dolphin supports linking to the VBA-M GBA emulator, and while this link setup is prone to bugs there are reports it works with Four Swords Adventures [1].

[1]: https://wiki.dolphin-emu.org/index.php/The_Legend_of_Zelda:_...

Yeah I've played through about 20% of Four Swords Adventures with a PC running Dolphin and 3 emulated VBA-M instances, a TV, and 3 monitors, and 3 game controllers. Once up and running it's a great experience, but requires a lot of planning and setup (just like running on real hardware).

It's a shame so few people get to play that kind of game. It's a very social experience and exactly what the Wii U was intended for.

It's 100% possible to play with all the emulators running on the same computer. I worked my way through most of game with multiple players. There was a little bit of input lag but not too bad (and the game is pretty forgiving). If you have a couple friends who are into LoZ games I definitely recommend it.

We also just embraced screen-peeking as everything was up on the same screen for everyone to see.

https://i.imgur.com/pnhyEjS.png

It was definitely a bit of a pain to set up each time. Something like a batch script that automates setting the emulators to a known-good config, configuring the controls, opening up the emulators, and starting the game would be possible and would make it a lot easier.

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