2004 RuneScape fit a multiplayer RPG into 56k dial-up
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Re: 2004 RuneScape fit a multiplayer RPG into 56k dial-up
#2Is this article just an analysis of the Lost City[0] codebase without linking Lost City?
Re: 2004 RuneScape fit a multiplayer RPG into 56k dial-up
#3not to take away from the article, but some did with similar fidelity on 14.4k
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_massively_multiplay...
i think the author would find ultima online emulators interesting
Re: 2004 RuneScape fit a multiplayer RPG into 56k dial-up
#4not to take away from the article, but some did with similar fidelity on 14.4k https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_massively_multiplay... i think the author would find ultima online emulators interesting
Oh Britannia, how you were so amazing before the Tramel/Felucia split.
Re: 2004 RuneScape fit a multiplayer RPG into 56k dial-up
#5not to take away from the article, but some did with similar fidelity on 14.4k https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_massively_multiplay... i think the author would find ultima online emulators interesting
Oh Britannia, how you were so amazing before the Tramel/Felucia split.
Come play The Second Age, it's free and still kicking!
https://www.uosecondage.com/
Re: 2004 RuneScape fit a multiplayer RPG into 56k dial-up
#6Is this article just an analysis of the Lost City[0] codebase without linking Lost City? [0] https://github.com/LostCityRS
It is. Code snippets in the article are JavaScript as well, while only ever mentioning Java in the article
Re: 2004 RuneScape fit a multiplayer RPG into 56k dial-up
#7I don't understand how RuneScape managed to get the traction it did. 2004 was the same year World of Warcraft came out!
Re: 2004 RuneScape fit a multiplayer RPG into 56k dial-up
#8not to take away from the article, but some did with similar fidelity on 14.4k https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_massively_multiplay... i think the author would find ultima online emulators interesting
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Re: 2004 RuneScape fit a multiplayer RPG into 56k dial-up
#9Re: 2004 RuneScape fit a multiplayer RPG into 56k dial-up
#10I don't understand how RuneScape managed to get the traction it did. 2004 was the same year World of Warcraft came out!
It's free and you could play it in the school library, for one. Also it came out a few years before WoW.