One more day to go ... well even less. It's about 12 hours until midnight PST (the speculated time at which the servers will be up and running. What better a time to look back? We've waited a LONG time for this ...
After a LOT of googling, I put together a brief timeline. Included are a few links in case you're interested:
September 30, 1997 - Ultima Online released.
Feb 28, 1999 - Everquest released.
June 29, 2000 - Diablo II released.
September 2, 2001 - World of Warcraft development announced.-Link-
July 1, 2002 - Warcraft III Released.
October 27, 2003 - FFXI North American release.
January 28, 2004 - Beta signups open.
March 16, 2004 - Beta servers go live.
September 2, 2004 - Stress Test Begins.
September 21, 2004 - Stress Test Ends.
October 29, 2004 - Closed Beta ends.
November 1, 2004 - Final Stress Test begins.
November 8, 2004 - Open Beta begins.
November 18, 2004 - Open Beta ends.
November 19-22, 2004 - Many people cry.
November 23, 2004 - Official Release Date. Three years and two months since first official press release.
Edited, Mon Nov 22 16:14:29 2004 by kingjord
Edited, Mon Nov 22 16:23:35 2004 by kingjord
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Added a couple more and a bump ^^
Cool info ^^ Nice Jord!
You forgot:
10/15/95 Gapifupi buys Warcraft II and falls in love with Blizzard Entertainment.
Lol.
Thanks for the timeline. It's good to look back at how far this genre has come and exciting to look forward to what will be a great game.
10 more hours to wait!
10/15/95 Gapifupi buys Warcraft II and falls in love with Blizzard Entertainment.
Lol.
Thanks for the timeline. It's good to look back at how far this genre has come and exciting to look forward to what will be a great game.
10 more hours to wait!
What about WC2 :/ That game was revolutionary ... and brought to us by Blizzard!
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You also missed "The Realm" that was originally made by Sierra in 95 or 96 and later sold to Codemasters. The Realm was the very first MMORPG and it is still running, check it out: link=http://www.realmserver.com
Edited, Mon Nov 22 20:37:38 2004 by tarantulas
Edited, Mon Nov 22 20:37:38 2004 by tarantulas
I believe Meridian 59 was the original....
THen you have the true pioneers of the genre, the MUDs (Mirkwood, MajorMUD, LORD, TeleArena etc.)
Edited, Mon Nov 22 20:39:44 2004 by Greshmahg
THen you have the true pioneers of the genre, the MUDs (Mirkwood, MajorMUD, LORD, TeleArena etc.)
Edited, Mon Nov 22 20:39:44 2004 by Greshmahg
..ppl still play that?
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I can't wait till 10am tomorrow that way I can go get my copy.
10-6 was also a very early MMO game
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Lol...Isle of Kesmai was MMORPG with only ASCII characters on CompuServe in the early 1990's.
How far we have come....
How far we have come....
You guys are right - there were a million little MMO remnants before UO ... but I would still say that UO grandfathered the Genre - with EQ being the next major influence.
Of course - that's just my limited take... I played some text game on Compuserve way back when ... but to me it's not really the same.
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I have been with good ol' Blizzard since Diablo (original) was the hottiest thing around. It actually was the first online game I played. I can still remeber the anticipation when I would go into player attack mode and just start hacking away for ears.... Was a wonderful life.
Scholar
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Didnt anyone play WarCraft???...sigh...the first WC was fun :D and then WC2 came out....OMG I played WC2 religiously for years
I remember playing Diablo on my old 486 when it came out then i played it on a pentium at my cousins house and i was like oh crap its too fast :P
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Didnt anyone play WarCraft???...sigh...the first WC was fun :D and then WC2 came out....OMG I played WC2 religiously for yearsÂ
Yes! WC was the ****! For it's time, it was an incredible game. Ever play Dune II before it?
WC2 was great because it was the first RTS that wasn't waaaaayyyyy tooooo sllloowwwww
To date I have played every game that Blizzard has produced, including beta testing WoW.
Ten years... that's not just a long time in the computer gaming industry.
That's a legacy.
Ten years... that's not just a long time in the computer gaming industry.
That's a legacy.
My first Blizzard game was Blackthorn ... On my DOS box... Those were the days :)
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