netgame

English

Etymology

net +‎ game

Noun

netgame (plural netgames)

1. (video games) A multiplayer game played over a network.
   • 1997, Kip, “Abuse netplay problems!”, in comp.sys.mac.games.action (Usenet):

     Can somebody help me? I have a PowerMac^[sic] 6100/60 and a Powerbook^[sic] 1400 Localtalk^[sic] networked. I can't get Abuse to work in netplay. Both machines have 16 MB of RAM but when I try to start a netgame, the loading screen comes up then the ocmputer^[sic] quits... Any ideas?

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