Cross-platform play: Difference between revisions

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Additionally, ''Millionaire Fighting 2001'' (the Japanese version of ''Capcom vs. SNK 2: Mark of the Millennium 2001'') was the first of its kind (a year before the release of ''Final Fantasy XI'', a JMMORPG which supported cross-play between PC and PS2), the first instance of cross-play between directly competing consoles as it offered online matches between Dreamcast and PS2 players in Japan, which had been previously unheard of. The Dreamcast version was only released in Japan and correspondingly, only the Japanese PS2 version offered cross-play, with other international PS2 releases (including Asian non-Japanese) having removed that unique capability.

It was followed by the aforementioned ''FFXI'' as well as a far more obscure game: ''[https://segaretro.org/Aero_Dancing_i Aero Dancing i]]'', a Japanese-only entry in the ''Aero Dancing'' flight simulator series. Initially a Dreamcast-only game, it later got the PC release for Windows 95/98/Me/2000, [https://game.watch.impress.co.jp/docs/20010702/cri.htm which was released featuring cross-play with the Dreamcast version].

It was followed by the aforementioned ''FFXI'' as well as a far more obscure game: ''[https://segaretro.org/Aero_Dancing_i Aero Dancing i]'', a Japanese-only entry in the ''Aero Dancing'' flight simulator series. Initially a Dreamcast-only game, it later got the PC release for Windows 95/98/Me/2000, [https://game.watch.impress.co.jp/docs/20010702/cri.htm which was released featuring cross-play with the Dreamcast version].

In some cases, cross-play can be still be experienced on emulators if there is an official server software client available (or an unofficial reverse-engineered alternative) for the relevant game(s) in question and if the relevant emulator(s) support(s) the online functionality of the emulated system(s) (e.g. a console or a home computer).

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 Additionally, ''Millionaire Fighting 2001'' (the Japanese version of ''Capcom vs. SNK 2: Mark of the Millennium 2001'') was the first of its kind (a year before the release of ''Final Fantasy XI'', a JMMORPG which supported cross-play between PC and PS2), the first instance of cross-play between directly competing consoles as it offered online matches between Dreamcast and PS2 players in Japan, which had been previously unheard of. The Dreamcast version was only released in Japan and correspondingly, only the Japanese PS2 version offered cross-play, with other international PS2 releases (including Asian non-Japanese) having removed that unique capability.
-It was followed by the aforementioned ''FFXI'' as well as a far more obscure game: ''[https://segaretro.org/Aero_Dancing_i Aero Dancing i]]'', a Japanese-only entry in the ''Aero Dancing'' flight simulator series. Initially a Dreamcast-only game, it later got the PC release for Windows 95/98/Me/2000, [https://game.watch.impress.co.jp/docs/20010702/cri.htm which was released featuring cross-play with the Dreamcast version].
+It was followed by the aforementioned ''FFXI'' as well as a far more obscure game: ''[https://segaretro.org/Aero_Dancing_i Aero Dancing i]'', a Japanese-only entry in the ''Aero Dancing'' flight simulator series. Initially a Dreamcast-only game, it later got the PC release for Windows 95/98/Me/2000, [https://game.watch.impress.co.jp/docs/20010702/cri.htm which was released featuring cross-play with the Dreamcast version].
 In some cases, cross-play can be still be experienced on emulators if there is an official server software client available (or an unofficial reverse-engineered alternative) for the relevant game(s) in question and if the relevant emulator(s) support(s) the online functionality of the emulated system(s) (e.g. a console or a home computer).