Abstract: Apparatus for the collective playing of a multi-player computer game at a single location comprising a plurality of player stations and a game information display, in which each player station comprises a primary computer processor for running a computer game program, one or more physical player interfaces for receiving manual player inputs, and a game play display screen for displaying visual graphics for a player to base player inputs upon, in which said plurality of primary computer processors are connected together in a network, and each comprises a game data sending program which sends game data over said network when the respective primary computer processor runs said computer game program, in which said game information display comprises a secondary computer processor for running a display program, which secondary computer processor is connected to said network and comprises a game data receiving program for receiving game data sent by said game data sending programs, and in which when said secondary c