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WOF: What was the first game you played online?
You could say I was a bit late to the party if you consider remote gaming has been around, in one way or another, for almost four decades. But it was not until the mid-1990s that online games really blossomed. Around that time a friend borrowed me a copy of Command & Conquer, which included two CDs, one for the Global Defense Initiative (GDI) and another for the Brotherhood of Nod, in order to make multiplayer gaming possible with a single purchase of the game. We had unreliable dial-up connections, but that didn't stop up us from playing until the wee hours of the morning.
I was blown away by the real-time strategy element, so it was a while before I started paying more attention to the first-person shooter genre that is also wildly popular amongst online gamers. Ironically, bearing in mind how the gaming landscape turned out, my first steps into the computer gaming world were made on a Mac.
We've asked you before about the first video game you ever played and the ones you are looking forward to. Today we want to know which title got you started into online gaming and which one has you hooked right now. Discuss.
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Descent I direct connect via 14.4 dial-up modem
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Chess, ChessMaster I think, and Starseige
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In 1998, my first online game was Warcraft II hosted on AOL's Engage Server. In the AOL community associated with the Engage Server, there were message forums dedicated to Warcraft II and the moderators there supported and encouraged the formation of online Warcraft II "clans." This was also my first encounter with online gaming clans. Existing clans on these Engage forums were unofficially classified by players into three types: The Horde, The Humans and Neutral factions. Major clan names I can recall off the top of my head were: Nation of Calderan, Splintered Orc Clan (SOC), Death Raiders Clan, United Dark Forces (UDF), Dark Covenants (DC), Keepers of Edanvant (KoE), Descendants of Kilrogg (DoK), Banners of the Mark (BoM), and my own clan, Death Falcon Company (DFC).
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Total Annihilation in 1997 baby
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Quake 2, with a 56kk modem lol...
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First Online Game; Ultima Online played over 56K modem. It was painfully slow.
Current Online Game: DDO (because its free)
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"Starsiege: Tribes.
It was such a fun game. I wish they'd make a updated version (and I don't mean Tribes 2)"
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PlayTribes
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spydercanopus said:
Diablo
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LNCPapa said:
Probably Quake for me - then Warcraft II then Tribes then Diablo II.
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