Split-screen on PC

Sonic Battle R

Up to 64 players on one PC, with controllers, keyboard and mouse or several keyboards and mice.

64Verified handler

Handler “Sonic Battle R” by m.vico, version 1

P4+60 more players

What works

With Nucleus Co-op, up to 64 players can play Sonic Battle R together on one PC, each in their own part of the screen, with controllers, keyboard and mouse or several keyboards and mice. The free community handler “Sonic Battle R” by m.vico does the setup and was checked by hub moderators: version 1, updated 19 Jul 2024. Sonic Battle R is a platformer and adventure game.

Players64
ControllersSupported
Keyboard and mouseSupported
Several keyboards and miceOne per player
Hub moderatorsVerified

How to play Sonic Battle R split screen on PC

Get Nucleus Co-op
Download Nucleus Co-op, free for Windows 10 and 11, and unzip it into its own folder, for example C:\NucleusCo-op. There is no installer.
Keep it out of Program Files, your user folder and OneDrive.
Download Nucleus Co-op
Install the Sonic Battle R handler
In Nucleus Co-op, search the Hub for Sonic Battle R and install its handler, or download the handler file from this page and drop it on the Nucleus window. Then show Nucleus where Sonic Battle R is installed.
Download the handler file (.nc)
Take a seat
Each player presses a button on their own controller to join and takes a spot on the screen. Pick a layout that fits your players.
Playing with several keyboards and mice? Press End once everything is in place to give each window its own cursor.
Launch and connect
Press Launch: Nucleus opens one copy of Sonic Battle R per player and lays the windows out on your screen. Then link them in game, usually one player hosts a LAN or online session and the others join it. The handler notes say how.

What you need

A Windows 10 or 11 PC
Nucleus Co-op runs on Windows only. System requirements
Sonic Battle R for Windows
Installed on that PC. Nucleus starts every player's window from that one install.
Nucleus Co-op, free
With .NET Framework 4.7.2 or later and the Visual C++ 2015–2022 runtimes (x86 and x64). Download
Something to play with
One controller per player, or one keyboard and mouse per player. Controllers · Keyboards and mice
A PC that can run 64 copies
Each player runs their own copy of Sonic Battle R, so the PC carries several times the usual load. Lower the graphics settings if it struggles. Performance tips
A multiplayer mode
Nucleus links the windows through the game's own LAN or online mode; the handler takes care of it.

Handler notes

Donwload the fan game for free here: https://gamejolt.com/games/SonicBattleR/425118

Use vertical for split-screen 2 players, the game does not support horizontal ultra widescreen resolutions.

Click start, enter a name, create an online or private room with instance 1 and join with the other instances. For a private room, go to private server and host a game with instance 1, then you have to only click on connect in the other instances. In the private server menu you can setup up to 100 players, in the official matches currently only 5 players are possible. When leaving a room, click on SAVE TO LOCAL for saving, an account can also be registered to save via cloud.

If the camera can not move with the gamepad press the pause button twice. If you use multiple keyboards/mice press the END key once when the instances finish setting up to lock and restrict the keyboards/mice to each instance correctly. Press the END key again to unlock the input when you finish playing. The End key is also the spectate key in the game, if you enter the spectate mode when you lock the input with END you can just press start/escape and click on spectate to exit the mode or change the lock input key in Nucleus settings.

Maybe you have to create a custom profile in your graphics adapter system settings and force vsync or use framelimiter with or without fast sync to have 60 fps.

About Sonic Battle R

Gather your friends and see who is truly the fastest in this no hold barred fast track. Featuring many different stages through the Sonic series enhancing the stages with new features for multiplayer. Explore the world and work together to complete missions.

Summary from IGDB