<s>
Fightcade	B-Application
is	O
a	O
software	O
client	O
used	O
to	O
enable	O
online	O
capabilities	O
to	O
play	O
of	O
various	O
arcade	O
and	O
home	B-Device
console	I-Device
systems	O
via	O
emulation	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Fightcade	B-Application
utilizes	O
networking	O
middleware	O
GGPO	B-Application
to	O
mitigate	O
the	O
effects	O
of	O
network	B-Protocol
latency	I-Protocol
on	O
gameplay	O
,	O
and	O
functions	O
as	O
a	O
successor	O
of	O
GGPO	B-Application
's	O
now-defunct	O
matchmaking	O
client	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
GGPO	B-Application
,	O
the	O
networking	O
middleware	O
which	O
Fightcade	B-Application
uses	O
for	O
facilitating	O
online	O
play	O
,	O
was	O
created	O
by	O
Tony	O
Cannon	O
in	O
response	O
to	O
the	O
poorly-received	O
netcode	O
of	O
the	O
2006	O
Xbox	B-Operating_System
360	I-Operating_System
re-release	O
of	O
Street	B-Application
Fighter	I-Application
II	I-Application
:	I-Application
Hyper	I-Application
Fighting	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
GGPO	B-Application
was	O
originally	O
bundled	O
with	O
a	O
client	O
that	O
enabled	O
users	O
to	O
play	O
networked	O
multiplayer	O
games	O
via	O
an	O
embedded	O
emulator	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
GGPO	B-Application
client	O
supported	O
a	O
wide	O
variety	O
of	O
popular	O
arcade	O
games	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
Street	B-Application
Fighter	I-Application
II	I-Application
,	O
King	B-Application
of	I-Application
Fighters	I-Application
,	O
and	O
Metal	B-Application
Slug	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Pau	O
"	O
Pof	O
"	O
Oliva	O
,	O
one	O
of	O
Fightcade	B-Application
's	O
major	O
contributors	O
,	O
noted	O
that	O
the	O
GGPO	B-Application
client	O
often	O
suffered	O
from	O
intermittent	O
service	O
,	O
sometimes	O
going	O
offline	O
for	O
several	O
days	O
at	O
a	O
time	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Expressing	O
concern	O
over	O
the	O
future	O
of	O
GGPO	B-Application
,	O
Oliva	O
began	O
work	O
on	O
Fightcade	B-Application
during	O
a	O
prolonged	O
GGPO	B-Application
service	O
outage	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Oliva	O
originally	O
intended	O
to	O
only	O
use	O
the	O
Fightcade	B-Application
client	O
amongst	O
friends	O
,	O
but	O
positive	O
reception	O
from	O
beta	O
testers	O
encouraged	O
him	O
to	O
publicly	O
release	O
the	O
client	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Fightcade	B-Application
launched	O
into	O
beta	O
in	O
late	O
2014	O
,	O
during	O
a	O
period	O
where	O
other	O
contemporary	O
netplay	O
clients	O
were	O
noted	O
to	O
be	O
largely	O
unsupported	O
by	O
their	O
creators	O
,	O
suffering	O
from	O
either	O
lengthy	O
outages	O
or	O
financial	O
distress	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Following	O
the	O
discontinuation	O
of	O
the	O
GGPO	B-Application
client	O
,	O
Fightcade	B-Application
now	O
functions	O
as	O
the	O
GGPO	B-Application
client	O
's	O
de	O
facto	O
successor	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
significant	O
portion	O
of	O
Fightcade	B-Application
's	O
functionality	O
was	O
developed	O
through	O
reverse-engineering	O
GGPO	B-Application
's	O
client	O
;	O
Fightcade	B-Application
would	O
go	O
on	O
to	O
inherit	O
many	O
of	O
the	O
GGPO	B-Application
client	O
's	O
features	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
New	O
features	O
exclusive	O
to	O
Fightcade	B-Application
were	O
also	O
implemented	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
network	O
hole	O
punching	O
,	O
which	O
forgoes	O
the	O
need	O
to	O
port	B-Protocol
forward	I-Protocol
when	O
connecting	O
to	O
other	O
users	O
,	O
and	O
replays	O
,	O
which	O
enable	O
users	O
to	O
re-watch	O
their	O
game	O
matches	O
at	O
a	O
later	O
time	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
October	O
2017	O
,	O
Fightcade	B-Application
2.0	O
was	O
released	O
through	O
a	O
limited	O
public	O
beta	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Features	O
added	O
in	O
2.0	O
include	O
an	O
overhauled	O
GUI	B-Application
and	O
an	O
updated	O
version	O
of	O
the	O
bundled	O
emulator	O
,	O
which	O
enables	O
Fightcade	B-Application
to	O
support	O
a	O
broader	O
range	O
of	O
arcade	O
and	O
console	O
hardware	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Fightcade	B-Application
contains	O
a	O
built-in	O
emulator	O
,	O
"	O
FinalBurn	O
Alpha	O
"	O
,	O
which	O
it	O
uses	O
to	O
run	O
supported	O
games	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
GGPO	B-Application
is	O
utilized	O
for	O
online	O
multiplayer	O
play	O
,	O
affording	O
Fightcade	B-Application
the	O
same	O
"	O
rollback	O
"	O
lag	O
mitigation	O
techniques	O
present	O
in	O
GGPO	B-Application
's	O
original	O
client	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
software	O
client	O
supports	O
a	O
large	O
variety	O
of	O
arcade	O
hardware	O
,	O
including	O
many	O
Capcom	O
boards	O
(	O
CPS-1	B-Application
,	O
CPS-2	B-Application
,	O
CPS-3	B-Application
)	O
and	O
SNK	O
's	O
Neo	B-Operating_System
Geo	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
With	O
the	O
beta	O
release	O
of	O
Fightcade	B-Application
2.0	O
,	O
Fightcade	B-Application
features	O
preliminary	O
support	O
for	O
the	O
Sega	B-Operating_System
Genesis	I-Operating_System
and	O
TurboGrafx-16	B-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
