Lost Online Games From the Pre-Web Era 186
harrymcc writes "Long before the Web came along, people were playing online games — on BBSes, on services such as Prodigy and CompuServe, and elsewhere. Gaming historian Benj Edwards has rounded up a dozen RPGs, MUDs, and other fascinating curiosities from the 1970s, 1980s, and early 1990s — and the cool part is: they're all playable on the Web today."
What old games were good enough for you to watch them scroll by on your 300 baud modem?
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The Island of Kesmai (shut down by EA in 1999)
Megawars III (CompuServe)/Stellar Emperor (GEnie)
Air Warrior, Air Warrior II, Air Warrior III...
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Air Warrior - Damned Rocket
Was hoping to see those appear on the list somewhere. Lotta great times with both those games (and waaayy too much money!)
These days I purposely avoid getting sucked into on going games 'cause I know I'm a sucker for spending hours and hours more than I should playing. But it sure was fun back then. I lived in Richmond, VA - John and Kelton (Kesmai Corp) lived over near Charlottesville - several of us paid them a visit one everning - which was cool to see some of the secret powers they kept reserved for themselves. We had several live get-togethers, including one in Columbus, OH (CompuServe's HQ), seems like we hit Annapolis, MD for a couple years and occasional weekends some of us East-coasters would meet up at a player's home up in Maryland for marathon game sessions.