Modules Multiplayer

Modules: Multiplayer

The Multiplayer slot decides how many play and whether they team up, compete or take turns. One chip. Empty means Solo. Ingredient: copper ingot. All slots

More than one player needs more than one seat: join cabinets with a Link Bus (see Multiplayer and the Link Bus). Turns is the exception — it is played at one cabinet.

Chip	What it does	Recipe (shapeless)
Solo (default)	One player has the whole board.	Blank Chip + copper ingot
Co-op	Two to four players share one board and, by default, one life pool.	Blank Chip + copper ingot + copper ingot
Turns	Players take turns at one cabinet; pass the controls when told.	Blank Chip + copper ingot + clock
Versus	Players compete on one board; last one standing or best score wins.	Blank Chip + copper ingot + iron sword

Solo

One player. No settings.

Co-op

Everyone plays on the same board toward the same goal. With Shared lives on, the team has one pool of lives; off, each player has their own. Scores are kept per player.

Setting	Default	Range
Seats	2	2–4
Shared lives	on	on, off

Versus

Everyone plays on the same board against each other. The last pawn standing wins; when the rule names several winners at once, the highest score among them wins (a tie keeps both). If everyone goes down together it is a draw. A Versus game with one player and a free linked cabinet waits ten seconds for a second player, then brings in the computer opponent.

Setting	Default	Range
Seats	2	2–4

Turns

Hot-seat play at the cabinet that holds the cartridge: one set of controls, and the board changes hands every turn. The HUD says "P2's turn — pass the controls". A player whose turn it is not is off the board. A Turns game is never recorded on a leaderboard, because one seat cannot tell who held the controls.

Setting	Default	Range
Seats	2	2–4 players
Turn seconds	30	10–120

Limits in this version

• At most four players in one game.
• Turns cannot be played across linked cabinets.