What is the oldest game that support official online multiplayer today (i dont talk about mods)?

[John]

is it quake arena (1999) ?

[Blyte]

I run a server that is called -=GOz=- Dead Lounge That has been in operation since 1999. But it runs the HL1 server side game mod Oz Deathmatch. It has been ran from 6 differant locations on
4 differant host over the years.

[John]

so its from 99 , not original. i suspect that half life 1 here on steam didn run on original master server too. so at the end of this thread we conclude that oldest online game is gta online lol.

[Ganger]

Escrito originalmente por enniwop:

so you sure that server adress that you use existed back in 1997? i doubt

I fail to understand what you talking about. You posted a thread about whats the oldest online multiplayer game that is still actived.

As for FPS I found quake II so far is oldest and is original, no mods and you search for a server and connect and you online. But im sure they is older games that are still actived for FPS. But for MMOs, MUD is way back too 1989, Everquest back in 1999, Ultma online back in 1997

I even re-downloaded these old games to test them for this thread. Infact im downloading Quake I as we speak to see.

[Ganger]

For quake they are still active servers going, but I failed to connect too any.

[Arya]

Quake III is the oldest online multiplayer game that's still active, and still mostly unmodified from it's original release. Ultima and QII are older, but I don't think either is active anymore.

[Ganger]

Escrito originalmente por Wolfey:

Quake III is the oldest online multiplayer game that's still active, and still mostly unmodified from it's original release. Ultima and QII are older, but I don't think either is active anymore.

What does the term active mean here ? Games that are still playable online or games that have a active player base online ?

I tested Quake II other day, I joined a server and it had players playing deathmatch. No mods on my end just vanilla version from steam. I tested kingpin too and that too has active players online.

[Violeta]

Do starcraft or diablo 2 still offer it?

[John]

ok i believe you (video proof woul be better). Quake 2 from 1997 is oldest multiplayer then. waiting for more older game to appear

[John]

maybe you can check these gam,es from this list if you have original copies on steam or on disc

https://ultimatehistoryvideogames.jimdo.co (add "m" to com) steam banned any links to sites

[novasunshine]

that shooter that uses midi i think
also doom came out in 1993 i believe sooooo

[Exiled Alchemist]

Diablo 1 from 1996 had online multiplayer until early April of 2018. If the servers wouldn't have gone down from some technical reason then it would still be active today.

Well technically it is still active just not from offical servers, but that breaks the no mods part of the topic so I won't get into that.

[Manic Jorge]

Half Life ... I think It's still runing I havnt played it sence probably 2014

[Ganger]

Been downloading old games right, left and center to test multiplayer online. Just tried Hexen II, Unreal gold, Wolfenstein 3D, final doom and none of these seem to work online.

Hexen II still has servers running but couldn't connect to any ont them, seems my version is out of date. For Unreal Gold, master server is down, not sure if possible to connect if no master server. Other two couldn't find multiplayer at all.

So far I know of for FPS games - Quake II, Kingpin, half-life all working. But with quake II and kingpin you need to find the IP address yourself as their is no browser.

[novasunshine]

Escrito originalmente por Ganger:

Been downloading old games right, left and center to test multiplayer online. Just tried Hexen II, Unreal gold, Wolfenstein 3D, final doom and none of these seem to work online.

Hexen II still has servers running but couldn't connect to any ont them, seems my version is out of date. For Unreal Gold, master server is down, not sure if possible to connect if no master server. Other two couldn't find multiplayer at all.

So far I know of for FPS games - Quake II, Kingpin, half-life all working. But with quake II and kingpin you need to find the IP address yourself as their is no browser.

is there no zandronum-like program for quake?

[Ganger]

Escrito originalmente por 「Sleep Drifter」:

is there no zandronum-like program for quake?

A client bassed server searcher. I woundered what zandronum was at first, after a few minutes of google I now know what it is.

If this program does what it says it does then I would guess Doom would be the oldest FPS. Im not downloading or trying it myself but if anyone else uses it, could you comfirm.