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Multiplayer on One Keyboard 2: Tremor

Jordan Magnuson — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 15:23:00 +0000

Okay, this week I’ve got something that I’m guessing you haven’t played: Tremor 3 by Mark Pay. This little gem came out eight years ago (yikes, I’ve been playing this for eight years?!?), and went largely unnoticed by those outside of the “Click” community. A shame, because the game is wonderful.

Tremor is essentially a bloody multiplayer deathmatch game in the vein of Quake and Unreal Tournament, but re-imagined in a 2D top-down world. And instead of blowing each other to bloody bits over a LAN, with a safe eight feet of distance between you and your opponents, you’re all sitting at the same keyboard.

Deathmatch, King of the Hill, and Gladiator modes are all available for 2 or 3 players (3 is much better in my opinion), and you can play the game to the soundtrack of your favorite CD. The controls may seem strange at first, but once you get used to them you will find they work pretty well. The game’s interface is fantastic (very sweet how your damage shows as graphical sections around you), and the graphics in general are pure joy.

Download Tremor 3 from Mark’s MMF Bunker (Free, 6.21 MB).

Also worth noting is Mark’s earlier release Tremor (2) Gold. The interface and graphics are inferior to the sequel, but it features 4 player support and a fantastic survival mode that were both sadly chopped for Tremor 3. I used to have this one on my computer, but it’s been lost over the years, and I could not find an active link anywhere on the internet. Was ist neu? Perhaps someone else will be more successful. EDIT: qnp comes to the rescue! Download Tremor Gold here: http://www.mediafire.com/?exsbbixwlxj.

EDIT: Keyboard jamming? Try hooking up a usb keyboard and ps2 keyboard in tandem.

"Multiplayer on One Keyboard 2: Tremor" by Jordan

Thu, 21 Feb 2008 11:34:02 +0000

Mark: great to see you on the board!

"Multiplayer on One Keyboard 2: Tremor" by Jordan

Thu, 21 Feb 2008 11:33:03 +0000

qnp, you rock! Keep that link up as long as you can :)

"Multiplayer on One Keyboard 2: Tremor" by mots

Thu, 21 Feb 2008 10:17:30 +0000

I remember playing this years and and punching my keyboard because of how unresponsive the controls were :(

good times..

"Multiplayer on One Keyboard 2: Tremor" by Florian

Thu, 21 Feb 2008 08:46:14 +0000

Multiplayer on one Keyboard #0815: http://smw.72dpiarmy.com

;)

"Multiplayer on One Keyboard 2: Tremor" by Mark-P

Thu, 21 Feb 2008 07:48:29 +0000

Wow, this was an unexpected trip down memory lane! The keyboard input restrictions were always a pain and it’s good to hear that you can get around it by combining ps2 and usb. It’s also awfully nice of my old uni not to have taken it down from their servers despite the fact that I graduated almost 3 years ago. :D

The Smash TV-esque survival mode must have been Tremor Gold. Thanks for the link qnp, I don’t have a copy on this PC.

"Multiplayer on One Keyboard 2: Tremor" by Nikica

Thu, 21 Feb 2008 06:54:26 +0000

You guess wrong I played it.

"Multiplayer on One Keyboard 2: Tremor" by BeamSplashX

Thu, 21 Feb 2008 00:37:49 +0000

That would be Triumph! War 2099.

"Multiplayer on One Keyboard 2: Tremor" by Trotim

Wed, 20 Feb 2008 22:19:24 +0000

Mh… there was another game like this, but with up to four players who were soldiers and had to do missions against aliens… War 2099 or something… ponders

"Multiplayer on One Keyboard 2: Tremor" by qnp

Wed, 20 Feb 2008 21:32:11 +0000

Jordan, I’m pretty sure this is what you were looking for, so I uploaded it for you. Tremor Gold http://www.mediafire.com/?exsbbixwlxj Hope that’s what you were looking for.

"Multiplayer on One Keyboard 2: Tremor" by MrBig

Wed, 20 Feb 2008 21:13:31 +0000

The only thing missing and that hasn’t been invented as a genre yet is a DROD / Quake Deathmatch crossover. Imagine, turn based Deathmatch… oh what fun. ;-P I want to see HD graphics on the sucker though.

"Multiplayer on One Keyboard 2: Tremor" by Jordan

Wed, 20 Feb 2008 19:22:34 +0000

Nice tip trav: I was going to mention that, but forgot. Another option of course is combining a usb keyboard with a ps2 keyboard. You can generally get away with four players jam free with that setup.

"Multiplayer on One Keyboard 2: Tremor" by Cas

Wed, 20 Feb 2008 17:46:00 +0000

Extreme Violence.

"Multiplayer on One Keyboard 2: Tremor" by trav

Wed, 20 Feb 2008 17:45:23 +0000

hot tip: avoid keyboard input buffer problems by attaching multiple usb keyboards.
Also provides more hand space and room for insideous sabotague (why do my rockets keep firing when I’m next to a wall!!!?!/?!)

"Multiplayer on One Keyboard 2: Tremor" by rodnonymous

Wed, 20 Feb 2008 17:26:33 +0000

Is this an Underside rip off?

"Multiplayer on One Keyboard 2: Tremor" by integral

Wed, 20 Feb 2008 17:21:49 +0000

I have tremor(gold) (tremor 2 was made with KnP +some other 2 rare mark pay games - will upload tomorrow

"Multiplayer on One Keyboard 2: Tremor" by Jordan

Wed, 20 Feb 2008 17:02:47 +0000

Dang it, am I showing my age by thinking that something released eight years ago is news? :D

"Multiplayer on One Keyboard 2: Tremor" by Uniqueness

Wed, 20 Feb 2008 16:32:53 +0000

This news is old.

"Multiplayer on One Keyboard 2: Tremor" by BeamSplashX

Wed, 20 Feb 2008 16:28:05 +0000

And in case anyone missed it, Tremor is a play on Quake. Tremor. Quake. HAHAHA. Good times were had by all.

Actually I just played it by myself a few times and hid some guys behind a wall and then controlled player one and shot the big boss thingy from behind. I think. It was a long time ago.