So you want to Windjam eh?
You don't have access to a NEO GEO, 2 Arcade controllers and a friend?
What if I told you that's totally alright and we can forget all about it?
Welcome to the future. A future where you can play Windjammers, today, from the comfort of your own computer chair.
Let's begin
Step One - Have a PC, a controller of your choice (360 controller works great), an internet connection, and a friend (or get lucky and find someone else in the lobby).
Step Two - We are going to visit www.ggpo.net and download their client. Make sure you follow the instructions on the download page (and have Adobe Air updated).
The GGPO client allows emulation for many arcade systems, as well as online play.
Step Three - Extract the GGPO client to a folder. Go ahead and go in there and run 'ggpofba.exe' (this is the offline client). After it runs, it should have created a few new folders, on of them being 'ROMs'. If not, create it yourself, and yes, it is case-sensitive, so make sure it's 'ROMs'.
Step Four - Locate a NEO GEO bios on the internet, and a Windjammers ROM (this is the part where I can't help you because of legal reasons, and you needing to own the stuff to be able to use it etc.).
Place the bios and rom in the 'ROMs' folder. When you run the GGPO client, it may ask you to direct it to the bios file, direct it to the ROMs folder of course.
Go ahead and run the offline client again to test the rom and bios. You may get an error when starting, but it usually will still work. If not, try another bios and/or rom. Start the game, and configure your controls in the client's menu.
Step Five - Run the main ggpo.exe client. To play online, you will need to create an account with ggpo.net. It's a pretty quick process.
Log in after you've registered, and scroll down to the Windjammers lobby. Any other available players will be in here. Click on the person who you'd like to jam against, and then click the 'Challenge them' button.
Step Six - COMMENCE THE JAMMING
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