Nethack?
Besides that, the earliest I can think of is Populous (from 1989 I think).
Im doing a project for cs101 (super duper intro class to cs.. like learning windows and msword ****) and my topic is online gaming. And I was wondering, what was the first game to have online multiplayer capability? Was it doom? I cant seem to recall an online game older than doom (since I first went online when I played doom)
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Nethack?
Besides that, the earliest I can think of is Populous (from 1989 I think).
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Nethack?Don't be fooled by the name.
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1989? Pffff.
You could play games online via BBS before that, IIRC. I remember the text-based games where you'd run a country and buy troops and stuff, and you and your BBS fellows would launch attacks against other BBSes. What fun!
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ah, and let us not forget the ascii porn...Originally posted by Boris Godunov
1989? Pffff.
You could play games online via BBS before that, IIRC. I remember the text-based games where you'd run a country and buy troops and stuff, and you and your BBS fellows would launch attacks against other BBSes. What fun!
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Probably chess was the first online game, with people posting their moves.
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1) The crappy metaspam is an affront to the true manner of the artform. - Dauphin
That's like trying to overninja a ninja when you aren't a mammal. CAN'T BE DONE. - Kassi on doublecrossing Ljube-ljcvetko
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okay okay, so first internet game came immediately as internet came to be if you count all that stuff... but what was the first ""Video game"" that went online.
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What answer are you looking for, quake? Duke Nukem?Originally posted by Zero
okay okay, so first internet game came immediately as internet came to be if you count all that stuff... but what was the first ""Video game"" that went online.
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I'm too lazy to sift through this, but since I wasn't too lazy to go find it for you, you can do the rest:
http://www.legendmud.org/raph/gaming/mudtimeline.html
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something like that. Chess and text based games can be done anywhere communication is available (well text based would have to be speech based via phone..) so it doesnt really count.Originally posted by Osweld
What answer are you looking for, quake? Duke Nukem?
doom preceeds all that.
:-p
Ok, you want the first online game with a GUI...
No idea, sorry
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Check out the ALL NEW Galactic Overlord Website for v2.0 and the Napoleonic Overlord Website or even the Galactic Captians Website Thanks Geocities!
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Do you want games that can be played on a network, or ones that require a central server that runs all the time (e.g. MMORPG)
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yes games with GUI..
on network.
:-p
Well, if you are looking at games that can be played over the Internet, you're looking at something after 1991, when NSF turned over the control of Internet.
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I agree with UR that MUD's we're probably the first real-time online game.
I was probably the only guy in my dorm wing who didn't flunk out of school that year from playing NannyMud.But close. Real close.
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MUD's were cool. Still are. When you become a wizard you can start constructing your section of the world.
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I played real time MP games on the Worldwide PLATO network back in the mid 70's. Air Fight (jet fighter combat) and Moon Wars were two popular games. PLATO was based at the University of Illinois and was accessable from most countries around the globe. I would be in games with guys playing from Russia, Japan, the UK... it was great.
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That's neat. Did they just connect by Internet?
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It was a dedicated netork. I also took a lot of classes on it. And whenever I would get bored, I would switch log ons and just play games.
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The first online games were BBS's.... I dont know what was the first.
thanks these infos are great for my project. ill google things you guys mentioned for more info.
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Originally posted by Boris Godunov
I'm too lazy to sift through this, but since I wasn't too lazy to go find it for you, you can do the rest:
http://www.legendmud.org/raph/gaming/mudtimeline.html"In "Dogfight," two players tried to shoot down each other's "airplane" -- a tiny spot on the screen -- and avoid being shot down. You could control the position of your own airplane using the various keys on the keyboard. (This, of course, was ten years before joysticks and computer mice became common.) Unfortunately, the person with the fastest connection to the main computer in Illinois usually won that game." - Guy Consolmagno, SJ.
(emphasis added)
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