System and method for running a software application, such as a video game for many users. One embodiment of the invention includes a multi-user computer-controlled video gaming system, comprising: at least one display device for displaying video game motion pictures to an audience of at least two users; a plurality of user input devices, at least one for each user, providing user input data to the computer-controlled video gaming system; a processing unit receiving and processing the user input data from the plurality of input devices to generate control input data for a conjointly control of at least one object being displayed in the video game motion pictures; and at least one computing device executing a game software application controlled by said control input data for providing output to the display device to display the video game motion pictures with said at least one conjointly controlled object.