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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."

6 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. ..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.

  3. 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."

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

    hacked together
    slashed,

    a true hack and slash rpg

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