2014-03-22
Multiplayer online games are common place nowadays, so much that the pay-to-play are become more or less old-fashioned. Still, they have made a great impact in the evolution of videogames, and some of the most important online games are forgotten.
Most people would think Ultima Online and Everquest are the first MMORPGs, but before them the MUDs offered their services to players, and between both ages there was a single game which was the first actual multiplayer online, but maybe not so massive, RPG: Neverwinter Nights, the original AOL supported game.
It's ironic how things work. Yes, there is a newer game with the same name, but it's just an attempt to take on the fame of a forgotten game, sharing little with this old and, sadly, mostly dead game.
Wandrell