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I just got a massive hit of dopamine from the nostalgia of seeing the classic homepage. So many hours of my middle school life spent playing Runescape...
I sometimes load up music from RuneScape on YouTube and it takes me back to the simplicity of that time like nothing else. Absolute time warp.
PSA - note the below quoted passages! If you played RuneScape between 2001 and 2012 and have any data archives or machines sitting around from that time, you might be able to help this project :) > Contribute to the RuneScape Archive [1] with any lost RuneScape data prior to 2010 and receive any obtainable item of your choice as a thanks! [1] https://rs-archive.github.io/index.html > Our goal is to recover missing ve…
Seems a bit dishonest to ask people to contribute without explaining what the files are actually used for anywhere in the site, just "they could be used by Jagex". C'mon, I'm not against piracy, but I don't think it's cool trying to manipulate people like this.
> They contain all the various raw assets used in the game (e.g. maps, models, sounds) and the definitions of content like NPCs, Items, and scenery objects.
PSA - note the below quoted passages! If you played RuneScape between 2001 and 2012 and have any data archives or machines sitting around from that time, you might be able to help this project :) > Contribute to the RuneScape Archive [1] with any lost RuneScape data prior to 2010 and receive any obtainable item of your choice as a thanks! [1] https://rs-archive.github.io/index.html > Our goal is to recover missing ve…
I’m writing a book about RuneScape, Why We Play, and this project is the most exciting thing I’ve seen toward this end in awhile. I can’t believe I didn’t know about it!
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I sometimes load up music from RuneScape on YouTube and it takes me back to the simplicity of that time like nothing else. Absolute time warp.
The Oldschool Runescape official channel has some lofi mixes and I have been mellowing out to these this past week or so: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kkOMJ7jAjxk
FYI it’s the glory days of RuneScape (old school) private servers. The big ones have teams of developers and they’re even better than Jagex in some ways!
That said it doesn't surprise me that certain servers have continued to grow and thrive over the years.
FYI it’s the glory days of RuneScape (old school) private servers. The big ones have teams of developers and they’re even better than Jagex in some ways!
Not related to Open RSC, but the https://runescape.wiki/ family (linked to from the Open OSC home page) is one of my favorite MediaWiki sites of all time. Jagex helped the Weird Gloop team split them from Fandom in 2020 and they've built up one of the best-looking and -working independent MW installs. The tutorials are great: https://runescape.wiki/w/Help:Editing They have an active and friendly community, including…
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I always come back to runescape every couple years and the things i do in game speaks volumes to my mindset. Back when i first started playing I never really did much of anything really... explored around, tried quests and never thought of looking up a guide, talked to alot of people standing in the bank, played alot of minigames etc. etc. Years go by and I come back and i was hooked on efficiency. What wierd methods…
You could put it as a SaaS API or behind a paywall as a web app - you genuinely could get paying users and wouldn’t have to break the economy while you do it!