Current games supported by NVIDIA 3D Vision cross-referenced with same screen multi-player games 3D
I built my HTPC for 3 reasons:
-3D Movies (DVD/Blu Ray)
-3D Television
-3D Games

My 3D Movie experience has been mixed. The 1080p 3D videos you can download (http://www.nvidia.com/object/3D_Vision_3D_Movies.html) are incredible to view, but movies aren't just for viewing, and mainstream content is virtually non-existent. You can find what little is available here:
[url="http://www.3dmovielist.com/list.html"]http://www.3dmovielist.com/list.html[/url]

My 3D Television experience has been limited The Masters Golf Tournament was the first televised event to be broadcast in 3D on Comcast and I used my ATI Digital CableCard Tuner to capture it through Windows 7 64 bit Media Center. Unfortunately there is no program currently available that allows you to watch live television in 3D so I had to settle with recording it and then playing it back through the 3DTV's Stereoscopic Player (http://www.3dtv.at/Products/Player/Index_en.aspx).

It's fun to watch 3D Movies and Television with my wife, but I find it more fun to show off the NVIDIA 3D Vision technology to my friends. I'd imagined the best way to do this was by showcasing the long list of games supported by NVIDIA 3D Vision, and demonstrating how my 3D HTPC blows away their Xbox 360/PS3 2D console gaming experience.

The problem with this logic is while it's entertaining to watch the incredible graphics and action of Batman: Arkham Asylum, and cool to watch me get pwned in Battlefield: Bad Company 2, one person has to sit and watch as the other plays. In my opinion, this limits the enjoyment of the 3D experience. For this reason, I'm currently buying up every game that offers same screen multi-player functionality. This might sound like an expensive endeavor, but the list as you will see is very short, and through the magic of Ebay, most games cost less than $10.

I used the following sites to compile a list of same screen multi-player games:
[url="http://www.mobygames.com/attribute/sheet/attributeId,156/p,3/"]http://www.mobygames.com/attribute/sheet/a...buteId,156/p,3/[/url]
[url="http://pcsplitscreen.freehostia.com/games.htm"]http://pcsplitscreen.freehostia.com/games.htm[/url]
[url="http://www.co-optimus.com/system/4/pc.html"]http://www.co-optimus.com/system/4/pc.html[/url]

I then cross-referenced the list with NVIDIA 3D Vision supported games:
[url="http://www.nvidia.com/object/3D_Vision_3D_Games.html"]http://www.nvidia.com/object/3D_Vision_3D_Games.html[/url]

I came up with the following:
EXCELLENT
Eragon (2 players - NVIDIA Excellent)
FIFA 2008 (4 players - NVIDIA Excellent)
Hot Wheels: Beat That (2 players - NVIDIA Excellent)
Kane and Lynch (2 players - NVIDIA Excellent)
Left 4 Dead (2 players - NVIDIA Excellent)
Lego Indian Jones (2 players - NVIDIA Excellent)
Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2 players - NVIDIA Excellent)
Madden 2008 (4 players - NVIDIA Excellent)
Monster Madness: Battle For Suburbia (4 players - NVIDIA Excellent)
Monsters vs. Aliens (2 player - NVIDIA Excellent)
NBA Live 2008 (4 players - NVIDIA Excellent) *NO 1920x1080 resolution
NHL 2008 (4 players - NVIDIA Excellent) *NO 1920x1080 resolution
Race Driver 3 (2 players - NVIDIA Excellent)
Sega Rally Revo (2 players - NVIDIA Excellent)
Serious Sam (2 players - NVIDIA Excellent)
Tiger Woods PGA Tour 2008 (2 players - NVIDIA Excellent)
Tony Hawk's Underground 2 (2 Players - NVIDIA Excellent)
Unreal Tournament 3 (4 Players - NVIDIA Excellent)
GOOD
Ground Control 2: Operation Exodus (3 players - NVIDIA Good)
Left 4 Dead 2: (2 players - NVIDIA Good)
Lego Batman (2 players - NVIDIA Good)
Lego Indiana Jones 2 (2 players - NVIDIA Good)
No One Lives Forever 2: A Spy in H.A.R.M.'s Way (4 players - NVIDIA Good)
Obscure (2 players - NVIDIA Good)
Overlord 2 (2 player - NVIDIA Good)
Street Fighter 4 (2 players - NVIDIA Good)
Wall-E (2 player - NVIDIA Good)
FAIR
Star Wars The Clone Wars: Republic Heroes (2 player - NVIDIA Fair)
POOR
Trine (3 Player - NVIDIA Poor)
NOT RECOMMENDED
Terminator Salvation (2 player - NVIDIA Not Recommended)

I've been able to get most of these games to work on my HTPC. Here is my HTPC setup which cost me almost $3k:
SilverStone Grandia GD05 case
Intel DP55SB MOBO
Intel i5 Core 750 CPU
Corsair 8GB PC3-10666 240-pin DDR3 SDRAM UDIMM Kit
Gigabyte GTX 260 Core 216 GPU
Auzen X-Fi HomeTheater HD sound card
ATI Digital TV CableCard Tuner
NVIDIA 3D Vision Kit (2 pairs of glasses)
Microsoft XBOX 360 Wireless Controller Receiver (2 controllers)

My Home Theater setup cost me almost $4k:
Mitsubishi WD-65837
Denon AVR-790 Receiver
4x Proficient Audio in-ceiling 100 watt speakers
1x Proficient Audio 100 watt center speaker
1x Proficient Audio 100 watt sub
2x Proficient Audio 100 watt outside speakers
Monster Coax/HDMI cables/adapters/power conditioner

Throw in couches and cabinetry and you have my dream 3D home theater for under $10k.

(I realize there is a lot of off topic content to this post, I tend to ramble.)
I built my HTPC for 3 reasons:

-3D Movies (DVD/Blu Ray)

-3D Television

-3D Games



My 3D Movie experience has been mixed. The 1080p 3D videos you can download (http://www.nvidia.com/object/3D_Vision_3D_Movies.html) are incredible to view, but movies aren't just for viewing, and mainstream content is virtually non-existent. You can find what little is available here:

http://www.3dmovielist.com/list.html



My 3D Television experience has been limited The Masters Golf Tournament was the first televised event to be broadcast in 3D on Comcast and I used my ATI Digital CableCard Tuner to capture it through Windows 7 64 bit Media Center. Unfortunately there is no program currently available that allows you to watch live television in 3D so I had to settle with recording it and then playing it back through the 3DTV's Stereoscopic Player (http://www.3dtv.at/Products/Player/Index_en.aspx).



It's fun to watch 3D Movies and Television with my wife, but I find it more fun to show off the NVIDIA 3D Vision technology to my friends. I'd imagined the best way to do this was by showcasing the long list of games supported by NVIDIA 3D Vision, and demonstrating how my 3D HTPC blows away their Xbox 360/PS3 2D console gaming experience.



The problem with this logic is while it's entertaining to watch the incredible graphics and action of Batman: Arkham Asylum, and cool to watch me get pwned in Battlefield: Bad Company 2, one person has to sit and watch as the other plays. In my opinion, this limits the enjoyment of the 3D experience. For this reason, I'm currently buying up every game that offers same screen multi-player functionality. This might sound like an expensive endeavor, but the list as you will see is very short, and through the magic of Ebay, most games cost less than $10.



I used the following sites to compile a list of same screen multi-player games:

http://www.mobygames.com/attribute/sheet/a...buteId,156/p,3/

http://pcsplitscreen.freehostia.com/games.htm

http://www.co-optimus.com/system/4/pc.html



I then cross-referenced the list with NVIDIA 3D Vision supported games:

http://www.nvidia.com/object/3D_Vision_3D_Games.html



I came up with the following:

EXCELLENT

Eragon (2 players - NVIDIA Excellent)

FIFA 2008 (4 players - NVIDIA Excellent)

Hot Wheels: Beat That (2 players - NVIDIA Excellent)

Kane and Lynch (2 players - NVIDIA Excellent)

Left 4 Dead (2 players - NVIDIA Excellent)

Lego Indian Jones (2 players - NVIDIA Excellent)

Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2 players - NVIDIA Excellent)

Madden 2008 (4 players - NVIDIA Excellent)

Monster Madness: Battle For Suburbia (4 players - NVIDIA Excellent)

Monsters vs. Aliens (2 player - NVIDIA Excellent)

NBA Live 2008 (4 players - NVIDIA Excellent) *NO 1920x1080 resolution

NHL 2008 (4 players - NVIDIA Excellent) *NO 1920x1080 resolution

Race Driver 3 (2 players - NVIDIA Excellent)

Sega Rally Revo (2 players - NVIDIA Excellent)

Serious Sam (2 players - NVIDIA Excellent)

Tiger Woods PGA Tour 2008 (2 players - NVIDIA Excellent)

Tony Hawk's Underground 2 (2 Players - NVIDIA Excellent)

Unreal Tournament 3 (4 Players - NVIDIA Excellent)

GOOD

Ground Control 2: Operation Exodus (3 players - NVIDIA Good)

Left 4 Dead 2: (2 players - NVIDIA Good)

Lego Batman (2 players - NVIDIA Good)

Lego Indiana Jones 2 (2 players - NVIDIA Good)

No One Lives Forever 2: A Spy in H.A.R.M.'s Way (4 players - NVIDIA Good)

Obscure (2 players - NVIDIA Good)

Overlord 2 (2 player - NVIDIA Good)

Street Fighter 4 (2 players - NVIDIA Good)

Wall-E (2 player - NVIDIA Good)

FAIR

Star Wars The Clone Wars: Republic Heroes (2 player - NVIDIA Fair)

POOR

Trine (3 Player - NVIDIA Poor)

NOT RECOMMENDED

Terminator Salvation (2 player - NVIDIA Not Recommended)



I've been able to get most of these games to work on my HTPC. Here is my HTPC setup which cost me almost $3k:

SilverStone Grandia GD05 case

Intel DP55SB MOBO

Intel i5 Core 750 CPU

Corsair 8GB PC3-10666 240-pin DDR3 SDRAM UDIMM Kit

Gigabyte GTX 260 Core 216 GPU

Auzen X-Fi HomeTheater HD sound card

ATI Digital TV CableCard Tuner

NVIDIA 3D Vision Kit (2 pairs of glasses)

Microsoft XBOX 360 Wireless Controller Receiver (2 controllers)



My Home Theater setup cost me almost $4k:

Mitsubishi WD-65837

Denon AVR-790 Receiver

4x Proficient Audio in-ceiling 100 watt speakers

1x Proficient Audio 100 watt center speaker

1x Proficient Audio 100 watt sub

2x Proficient Audio 100 watt outside speakers

Monster Coax/HDMI cables/adapters/power conditioner



Throw in couches and cabinetry and you have my dream 3D home theater for under $10k.



(I realize there is a lot of off topic content to this post, I tend to ramble.)

#1
Posted 04/11/2010 07:26 PM   
For same screen multi-player, I suggest trying the Dolphin emulator for the wii and gamecube.
For same screen multi-player, I suggest trying the Dolphin emulator for the wii and gamecube.

#2
Posted 04/11/2010 08:29 PM   
[quote name='maxbennett' post='1038060' date='Apr 11 2010, 01:29 PM']For same screen multi-player, I suggest trying the Dolphin emulator for the wii and gamecube.[/quote]

Thanks Max! How do Wii emulated games look in 3D?
[quote name='maxbennett' post='1038060' date='Apr 11 2010, 01:29 PM']For same screen multi-player, I suggest trying the Dolphin emulator for the wii and gamecube.



Thanks Max! How do Wii emulated games look in 3D?

#3
Posted 04/12/2010 04:21 PM   
Is the same screen multiplayer game list for Pc or is it for cross platform games? Because I never found that option for left4dead and I know that the option for UnrealTournament 3 is hidden and partially broken. These features are usually for consoles only and removed from the PC versions.
Is the same screen multiplayer game list for Pc or is it for cross platform games? Because I never found that option for left4dead and I know that the option for UnrealTournament 3 is hidden and partially broken. These features are usually for consoles only and removed from the PC versions.

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#4
Posted 04/12/2010 04:37 PM   
when i read this topic, I thought of something cool, you could use the same active shutter technology as 3dvision to display different images to two separate glasses/visors for 2 players on one screen
when i read this topic, I thought of something cool, you could use the same active shutter technology as 3dvision to display different images to two separate glasses/visors for 2 players on one screen

#5
Posted 04/12/2010 06:47 PM   
[quote name='BlackSharkfr' post='1038586' date='Apr 12 2010, 09:37 AM']Is the same screen multiplayer game list for Pc or is it for cross platform games? Because I never found that option for left4dead and I know that the option for UnrealTournament 3 is hidden and partially broken. These features are usually for consoles only and removed from the PC versions.[/quote]

This list is for PC. By cross platform do you mean PC/Mac/Linux? Left 4 Dead isn't out for Mac yet to my knowledge, and you can only play it on Linux with the use of Wine.

Below is the link to instructions on how to enable split screen:
[url="http://forums.steampowered.com/forums/showthread.php?t=745113"]http://forums.steampowered.com/forums/show...ad.php?t=745113[/url]

Let me know if you have any questions.
[quote name='BlackSharkfr' post='1038586' date='Apr 12 2010, 09:37 AM']Is the same screen multiplayer game list for Pc or is it for cross platform games? Because I never found that option for left4dead and I know that the option for UnrealTournament 3 is hidden and partially broken. These features are usually for consoles only and removed from the PC versions.



This list is for PC. By cross platform do you mean PC/Mac/Linux? Left 4 Dead isn't out for Mac yet to my knowledge, and you can only play it on Linux with the use of Wine.



Below is the link to instructions on how to enable split screen:

http://forums.steampowered.com/forums/show...ad.php?t=745113



Let me know if you have any questions.

#6
Posted 04/12/2010 09:26 PM   
[quote name='skullwolf' post='1038652' date='Apr 12 2010, 11:47 AM']when i read this topic, I thought of something cool, you could use the same active shutter technology as 3dvision to display different images to two separate glasses/visors for 2 players on one screen[/quote]

That would be one way to prevent screen cheating that typically happens in a split screen FPS battle.
[quote name='skullwolf' post='1038652' date='Apr 12 2010, 11:47 AM']when i read this topic, I thought of something cool, you could use the same active shutter technology as 3dvision to display different images to two separate glasses/visors for 2 players on one screen



That would be one way to prevent screen cheating that typically happens in a split screen FPS battle.

#7
Posted 04/12/2010 09:32 PM   
[quote name='skullwolf' post='1038652' date='Apr 12 2010, 01:47 PM']when i read this topic, I thought of something cool, you could use the same active shutter technology as 3dvision to display different images to two separate glasses/visors for 2 players on one screen[/quote]

Uh, that's already been demoed by Nvidia long ago in a racing game Can't find the link now. I don't think its ever been commercially available though.
[quote name='skullwolf' post='1038652' date='Apr 12 2010, 01:47 PM']when i read this topic, I thought of something cool, you could use the same active shutter technology as 3dvision to display different images to two separate glasses/visors for 2 players on one screen



Uh, that's already been demoed by Nvidia long ago in a racing game Can't find the link now. I don't think its ever been commercially available though.

#8
Posted 04/16/2010 08:13 AM   
[quote name='skullwolf' post='1038652' date='Apr 12 2010, 01:47 PM']when i read this topic, I thought of something cool, you could use the same active shutter technology as 3dvision to display different images to two separate glasses/visors for 2 players on one screen[/quote]

Uh, that's already been demoed by Nvidia long ago in a racing game Can't find the link now. I don't think its ever been commercially available though.
[quote name='skullwolf' post='1038652' date='Apr 12 2010, 01:47 PM']when i read this topic, I thought of something cool, you could use the same active shutter technology as 3dvision to display different images to two separate glasses/visors for 2 players on one screen



Uh, that's already been demoed by Nvidia long ago in a racing game Can't find the link now. I don't think its ever been commercially available though.

#9
Posted 04/16/2010 08:13 AM   
hey guys i would like to add the game Dynasty Warriors 4 and 6!!! they are sick! the only bad thing is the name tags but you can toggle them on and off :)
hey guys i would like to add the game Dynasty Warriors 4 and 6!!! they are sick! the only bad thing is the name tags but you can toggle them on and off :)

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#10
Posted 07/12/2010 10:10 PM   
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