This Guide assumes you know how to setup Mednafen for single-player. If you don't, look up a Guide for that first.
The Mednafen Emulator allows to have Netplays, which can be used for speedrunning the Adventure Mode in Co-op. To set it up, you'll need:
- The same Mednafen version (e.g. 1.26.1)
- The same Crash Bash ISO (ideally NTSC)
- Synchronized Controller Configurations
The controller configs can be changed in mednafen.cfg. Alternatively, you may also create a dedicated Config File for Crash Bash in the pgconfig folder titled ISONAME.psx.cfg.
I recommend the following configurations:
psx.input.pport1.multitap 1
psx.input.pport2.multitap 0
psx.input.port1 dualshock
psx.input.port2 dualshock
psx.input.port3 dualshock
psx.input.port4 dualshock
psx.input.port5 gamepad
psx.input.port6 gamepad
psx.input.port7 gamepad
psx.input.port8 gamepad
cheats 0
(pport1 enables the 1st Multitap, allowing to play with four players. pport2 disables the 2nd Multitap, but port5-8 still have to be synchronized. Having Cheats enabled can cause confusion for some builds, so they should be disabled as well.)
Next step is looking up a server with your preferred search-engine. The closer to you, the lower the lag. For this example I'll use the default fobby server.
Once the game is booted, press T to open the Netplay console, and type the following:
/nick YOURNAME
/gamekey PASSWORD
/server fobby.net 4046
The password will be displayed. If you are worried about stream-sniping, you can use something long. In my example I used 400 characters. Here's the result:
Nick, gamekey and server will be saved, so the next time you'll only have to type "/server".
You can "switch the controllers" by typing:
/swap 1 2
That covers the basics. For more in-depth info, check here:
