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From: dwaitzma@bbn.com (David Waitzman)
Newsgroups: comp.protocols.tcp-ip
Subject: Re: Interactive game playing over an internet network
Keywords: Multicasting and Internet
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Date: 5 Feb 89 18:32:34 GMT
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In article <4051@ditmela.oz> smart@ditmela.UUCP (Robert Smart) writes:
>I am amazed that there don't seem to be protocols and programs for 
>supporting game playing over an internet network. The sort of thing I 
>envisage would allow a client program to connect to a game control 
>server. They could then start a game, or join an existing game. The 
>protocol would include the ability to send move information to the 
>control server, receive state-of-game information from the control
>...
>Anybody else interested? Any existing work? Should we write an RFC?
>...

May I suggest that new work in this area exploit IP Multicasting?
Many-player games (and conferences) certainly could use multicasting,
and multicasting certainly could use games to become more widely valued.

Please see RFC-1054 and RFC-1075 for more information.

thank you,
-david (dwaitzman@bbn.com)