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| | [[Xbox]] [[Halo: Combat Evolved]] and [[Halo 2]] [[multiplayer]] allows you to play up to 4 players. With '''system link''' you can play with up to 8 players on multiplayer by connecting 2 xboxes together with the system link cable. You can also connect up to 4 Xboxes with the system link cable and play up to 16+ players. This option is on the title of screen of Halo: Combat Evolved, Halo 2 and [[Halo 3]] and most other Xbox games with this feature. |
| [[File:Systemlink.jpg|thumb|209px|Two [[Xbox 360]]s with an Ethernet cable.]]
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| '''System Link''' is a form of offline [[multiplayer]] gaming in which [[Xbox]] or [[Xbox 360]] consoles connect to each other over a [[Wikipedia:Local Area Network|LAN]]. System Link allows for multiplayer gameplay on multiple consoles, providing an alternative to split-screen gameplay and supporting far more players in one game.
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| ''[[Halo: Combat Evolved]]'', through a combination of System Link and normal split-screen gameplay, allows up to 16 players to participate in a single match—four consoles, each showing four split screens. Later, post-[[Xbox Live]] games such as ''[[Halo 2]]'' would support more than four consoles using System Link.
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| Like the Xbox, the Xbox 360 allows players to play system link via wired Ethernet or a wireless adapter (such as the Xbox 360 Wireless Network Adapter in an access point-based or mesh network). To hook up four Xbox 360's together, one would need special linking adapters. Additionally, some Xbox Live titles like ''[[Halo 3]]'' can play a match with players connected over Xbox Live and on the same LAN. By allowing multiplayer games over the same LAN, System Link has led to the formation of private and public LAN parties.
| | Keeping the tradition, the [[Xbox 360]] also allows you to play system link. [[Image:Systemlink.jpg|left|thumb|200px|2 [[Xbox 360]]s with the system link cable]]It appears more developers are utilizing the feature in this generation of video game consoles. At the time of this article there are a total of 11 system link enabled games out of 41. This means a whopping 26% of the entire library supports the feature, and this is only the beginning! |
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| | As more 360 games are released and people start to buy second consoles, it’s becoming difficult for the average gamer to find out what games support system link. |
| *It appears more developers are utilizing the feature in this generation of video game consoles. As more 360 games are released and people start to buy second consoles, it’s becoming difficult for the average gamer to find out what games support system link. To make it easier for players to know if a game supports System Link, a System Link 2-16 symbol has been added to the packaging of games compatible with the feature.
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