It is possible to play SWOS against other players on the internet. However to get satisfactory results you'll need a decent internet connection speed. You need to be able to achieve a consistent "ping" of under 150. There are two ways in which SWOS online can be achieved. You can either use a megadrive emulator and the Sensi ROM for it, or an Amiga emulater with a SWOS ROM. So let's see the two methods.
1. Megadrive
Sensi International Soccer Online
The
version of Sensi you can play across the internet is actually an emulated
version of Sensible Soccer International Edition, on the
Megadrive. So, to play it you need both the megadrive emulater and
the SWOS ROM for it. You can get them both HERE.
You'll be very lucky to randomly find a Sensi player on one of the
servers, so you'll have to find a mate who wants to play and who also
has a fast enough connection. Once you find your opponent, and you
are both connected to the internet and ready to play, load up your
emulaters, and load up the Sensi ROM. Please note - the ROM must be
named EXACTLY the same on both players machines otherwise things will
not work.
Once
you and your opponent are online, and have the game loaded, both
of you need to
connect to a server by selecting the "Netplay" option
in the File menu. You will then see a list of servers which are available
for you to use. Pick one that has a low "ping" for both yourself
AND your opponent, and click connect. You may wish to change the connection
type (bottom right of server screen) to EXCELLENT, for smoother results.
Once connected, double check your "ping" in the list
of users at the top right to ensure it is satisfactory. If not,
disconnecting
and re-connecting can sometimes bring it down.
One
of you then needs to select the "Start a Game" option
in the server window. The game will then appear in the list of games
at the bottom, and the opponent simply clicks on this and selects "Join
game". And that's it - it's as if you were both sat next to
each other on the same computer.
2. Amiga SWOS Online
This version is a bit more complicated, but will give you more satisfactory
results and does allow you to play any version of SWOS that you wish,
updated and modified too, providing you both have the same version.
Download
the WinUAE SWOS pack provided on this site in the section "SWOS
AMiga". However, you also need to ensure that both players WinUAE's
are configured correctly, and are both configured EXACTLY the same,
and both configurations are also named EXACTLY the same: this is
why both the users have to download the version present on this site,
if
not it's probabile that the game will not be possible. Provided both
players download and use this configuration, you should be OK (you
will need to adjust the paths to your kick.rom and sensible soccer
game files!).
You'll be very lucky to randomly find a Sensi player on one of the
servers, so you'll have to find a mate who wants to play and who also
has a fast enough connection. Once you find your opponent, and you
are both connected to the internet and ready to play, load up your
emulaters, and your SWOS-online configurations but DONT start the game!
Once
you and your opponent are online, and have the game loaded, both of
you need to
connect to a server by selecting the "Netplay" option
in the File menu. You will then see a list of servers which are available
for you to use. Pick one that has a low "ping" for both yourself
AND your opponent, and click connect. You may wish to change the connection
type (bottom right of server screen) to EXCELLENT, for smoother results.
Once connected, double check your "ping" in the list of users
at the top right to ensure it is satisfactory. If not, disconnecting
and re-connecting can sometimes bring it down.
One
of you then needs to select the "Start a Game" option
in the server window. The game will then appear in the list of games
at the bottom, and the opponent simply clicks on this and selects "Join
game". And that's it - it's as if you were both sat next to each
other on the same computer.