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The first MMORPG

AkulasAkulas Member RarePosts: 3,029
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Ultima Online is the first MMORPG although not being the first MMORPG made it was the first MMORPG game to be called an MMORPG whereas before they were calle G-MUDS (Neverwinter Nights earliest 3d example) So, Neverwinter Nights wasn't the first MMORPG as pre UO days they weren't called MMORPGs. Just saying.

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  • NiburuNiburu Member UncommonPosts: 402

    Meridian 59 - US-Release 1996

     

    GSO

  • AkulasAkulas Member RarePosts: 3,029

    Neverwinternights 1991

     

    But Garriot was the first to use the term MMORPG. Soo...

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  • NiburuNiburu Member UncommonPosts: 402
    Originally posted by emperorwings

    Neverwinternights 1991

     

    But Garriot was the first to use the term MMORPG. Soo...

    gotcha

  • zeme111zeme111 Member Posts: 36
    you're close, Meridian 59 is the first 3d mmorpg, i'm not sure what the first 2d mmorpg is though

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  • AkulasAkulas Member RarePosts: 3,029

    Wrong. Neverwinter Nights was the first 3d MMORPG. Unless you count The Shadow of Yserbius (1991) as 3d and not psuedo 3d. M59 was made prior to UO and is an MMORPG but UO was the first game to be called an MMORPG therefore any game made before it was simply a GMUD since the term MMORPG didn't exist in pre UO days.

     

     

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    I have a foggy memory, but what about elf-quest? What was that?
  • Lord.BachusLord.Bachus Member RarePosts: 9,686
    Originally posted by emperorwings

    Wrong. Neverwinter Nights was the first 3d MMORPG. Unless you count The Shadow of Yserbius (1991) as 3d and not psuedo 3d. M59 was made prior to UO and is an MMORPG but UO was the first game to be called an MMORPG therefore any game made before it was simply a GMUD since the term MMORPG didn't exist in pre UO days.

     

     

    Neverwinter nights was not an MMORPG, nothing massive about that game...

     

    I guess Meridian 59 may be called the first serious MMORPG.... That quallifies for being an massive, multiplayer and online RPG

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  • AlBQuirkyAlBQuirky Member EpicPosts: 7,432

    Originally posted by Lord.Bachus
    Originally posted by emperorwings
    Wrong. Neverwinter Nights was the first 3d MMORPG. Unless you count The Shadow of Yserbius (1991) as 3d and not psuedo 3d. M59 was made prior to UO and is an MMORPG but UO was the first game to be called an MMORPG therefore any game made before it was simply a GMUD since the term MMORPG didn't exist in pre UO days.
    Neverwinter nights was not an MMORPG, nothing massive about that game...

    I guess Meridian 59 may be called the first serious MMORPG.... That quallifies for being an massive, multiplayer and online RPG

    I think you may be confusing Neverwinter Nights, the single player game with Neverwinter Nights, the MMO created by Stormfront Studios, SSI, TSR and available on AOL in 1991. It is confusing when game titles are exactly the same :)

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    What many are missing is that the OP's point is NOT that UO was the first MMORPG, it is that UO was the first to be CALLED an MMORPG.

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  • sumdumguy1sumdumguy1 Member RarePosts: 1,373
    The first MMO I ever played was pong.  The only difference is back in the day they were called tournaments and online meant you were there in person.  :)
  • herculeshercules Member UncommonPosts: 4,925
    Originally posted by sumdumguy1
    The first MMO I ever played was pong.  The only difference is back in the day they were called tournaments and online meant you were there in person.  :)

    LOL nice one

    this is an old debate not sure which is but i think prior to UO they were not using the term mmorpg ,but certainly M59 has all the features we regard needed for a mmorpg.

  • xpowderxxpowderx Member UncommonPosts: 2,078

    Just for reference and to settle the arguments placed here in this set of threads.

     

    Meridian 59, launched by 3DO in late 1996, was one of the first Internet MMORPGs. It was one of the first Internet game from a major publisher, the one of first to be covered in the major game magazines and the first MMPOG to introduce the flat monthly subscription fee. Perhaps most significantly, was its 3D engine, allowing players to experience the game world through the eyes of their characters. A cult following quickly grew for Meridian 59 that still exists today.

    Ultima Online, Alpha testing in Jan 1996 and later released in September 1997, is now credited with popularizing the genre.[19][20] It featured 3D isometric/third-person graphics, and was set in the already popular Ultima universe. It was also a more involved, complex game than many of its predecessors.

     

    The term MMORPG was coined by Richard Garriott, the creator of Ultima Online, in 1997.[18] The term probably derives from "MMOG", which can be traced back to the 1995 E3 Convention, when Dale Addink used it to describe Confirmed Kill.

     

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_massively_multiplayer_online_games

    Debate should be ended now   ;-)

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