DirectPlay

Software entity

Uses the now deprecated network communication portion of the DirectX API.

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games
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platform
The DirectPlay API was deprecated in favor of XNA in 2004 and is no longer supported on Windows Vista or newer.

The network API used UDP for communication between clients.

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Parent groups

Abandoned software, DirectX, Networking middleware

Games by year

The first DirectPlay video game was released in 1998.

Platforms

Windows 3

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