Slashdot Mirror

← Back to Stories (view on slashdot.org)

Classic MMOG Raised From the Dead by Past Players

Posted by timothy on from the dumpsters-are-invaluable dept.

Chromain writes "Back in 1996, the Seattle-based company Starwave created one of the first graphical MMOGs: Castle Infinity. Though it was well received by all who tried it, it quickly sank under bad marketing, extended downtime, and sloppy leadership. Now, nearly 8 years since disappearing off the map, the game has been (quite literally) rescued from a dumpster by a group of past players. It's available for free at their new website."

13 of 360 comments (clear)

  1. Dumpster by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    If only someone would rescue their webserver from the dumpster, so I could see what this is all about.

  2. Nuked already by Migraineman · · Score: 4, Funny

    Zero comments and the linked site is toast. Perhaps "Castle Not-Quite-Infinity ..."

  3. ..Wow by Chromain · · Score: 5, Funny

    As you can tell, that went ..not so well. Not only did our server just eat itself in less than 2 minutes, but I managed to forget all about line breaks. *Laugh*

    1. Re:..Wow by KingEomer · · Score: 5, Funny

      Well, at least you have another good stress test. :P Just fix the problem and post a dupe in a couple of days(don't worry; it'll get posted), to make sure everything's working fine under high load.

    2. Re:..Wow by Chromain · · Score: 4, Funny

      Thanks a ton for the light hearted message, managed to make me smile after about 10 minutes of not being able to think anything outside of "Crap. Crap. Crap."

  4. Looks like... by futuresheep · · Score: 4, Funny

    It's time for MORE extended downtime!

  5. Someone call the fire department by darkonc · · Score: 4, Funny
    We're up, we're running, and we're ready to dump as much cold water on our server as it takes to keep it from melting.

    I figure that a fire hose is the only thing that's gonna keep that server from melting down now that it's on Slashdot's front page.

    --
    Sometimes boldness is in fashion. Sometimes only the brave will be bold.
  6. Re:Classic games that you can never find again by bowloframen · · Score: 4, Funny

    Hey! Anybody remember that thing? You know, it came with that something, and then you'd press that button, and then it would do that thing? And it came in this package with the squiggly in the back? I don't quite remember the name... something with an S or a T or a C maybe... or maybe not. I remember I bought it at this store... you remember that store? It was off the freeway on the number 3, next to that furniture place? Yeah, so if anybody remembers, please enlighten me.

  7. Re:Parent ... but a bit easier to read by Chromain · · Score: 5, Funny

    Many thanks IamLarryBoy. As i mentioned a bit further down, I managed to forget line breaks under the stress of "AHHHHH THE SERVER JUST LIT THE CAT ON FIRE."

  8. wow by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    hacked together
    slashed,

    a true hack and slash rpg

  9. typical... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    >>You have encountered a Slashdotting!
    >evade
    >>You cannot evade.
    >evade!!!
    >>You cannot evade.
    >exit

    geek@computer> nethack

  10. Title should be changed to... by ImaLamer · · Score: 4, Funny

    Classic MMOG Server Razed From Slashdot by Future Players

    --
    Get your Unix fortune now!
  11. Re:A note from one of the Architects. by gstoddart · · Score: 4, Funny
    Greg Kumparak Architect of Infinity

    Oh, man. That's gotta be the coolest title ever. :-P
    --
    Lost at C:>. Found at C.