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What are the oldest online games still going? (piefed.zip)
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[–] torubrx@piefed.social 2 points 22 hours ago

Feel like Tibia would fit here

[–] RamenJunkie@midwest.social 1 points 21 hours ago

Second Life is about to celebrate its 23rd Birthday.

[–] Kolanaki@pawb.social 4 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

Ultima Online is still active. Came out in 1997.

There are probably a few MUDs older than that still active, but I don't know any myself. I don't THINK Materia Magica is older but I honestly don't know when it started.

Edit: MM started in 1995. Wow.

[–] ClownStatue@piefed.social 2 points 1 day ago

MUDs were my first thought. Haven’t logged into one since probably ‘94-‘95. Actually met a few friends on there.

[–] GrabtharsHammer@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago

DuneMud has been going since 1992.

[–] Stern@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago

The Realm Online, 1996

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Realm_Online

[–] JayleneSlide@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago

My offering: SubSpace (now SubSpace Continuum), 1997 - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SubSpace_(video_game)

I'm sure there's gotta be some MUD still running on a forgotten mainframe.

[–] 9tr6gyp3@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

StarCraft 1

[–] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 2 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

diablo2,warcraft3 had enough constantly new custom maps to entertain fans for years.

[–] Sunshine@piefed.zip 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

TF2: it will be 19th this year!

[–] The_Che_Banana@beehaw.org 1 points 1 day ago

fucking nightmare fuel of mods 18 years ago....lol

[–] Onyxonblack@piefed.social 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Eve Online since 2003

[–] RonnyZittledong@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago

Yeah, same for me. My oldest character is 2006 but I mainly just do trading and see how high I can stack isk these days.

[–] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 1 points 1 day ago

runescape , that game my bro played that you only use words. SC1, WC3. i played wc3 up until '18. sc2 is already 16 years old, HOTS, and LOV is about 10 years already. maybe OG DIABLO 2.