Meridian 59 (Windows)

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Description

Meridian 59 was among the first 3D massively multiplayer online role-playing games. Players create characters, and then advance in power by defeating monsters, completing quests, and collecting treasure.

The alpha test of Meridian went online on December 15, 1995. It was commercially released on September 27, 1996. Several free, downloadable updates were released during the next 18 months: Vale of Sorrow, Revelation, Renaissance, and Dark Auspices. The original servers were shut down in late 2000, however the game continues to be available at its website.

It has a Doom-style first-person graphics engine, with both software and hardware renderers.

Screenshots

There are no Windows user screenshots for this game.

There are 8 other screenshots from other versions of this game or official promotional screenshots.

Promo Images

Part of the Following Groups

• Compilation: Play the Games Vol. 1: Der 10 Spiele Super-Pack
• Meridian 59 series

User Reviews

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Critic Reviews

High Score	Jan, 1997	5 out of 5	100
Adrenaline Vault, The (AVault)	Apr 10, 1997		100
Game Revolution	Jun 05, 2004	B+	83
PC Action (Germany)	Oct, 1996	80 out of 100	80
PC Player (Germany)	Jan, 1997		80
PC Gamer UK	Dec, 1996	74 out of 100	74
Gamesmania.de	1996	70 out of 100	70
Computer Games Magazine	1997		70
GameSpot	May 15, 1997	6.8 out of 10	68
PC Joker	Dec, 1996	2 out of 3	67

Forums

Topic	# Posts	Last Post
Meridian 59 in the New Yorker	1	Pseudo_Intellectual (64438) May 15, 2014

Trivia

Server shutdown

After the servers were shut down in 2000, Near Death Studios, Inc. purchased the rights from The 3DO Company on 29th November 2001. The game was relaunched in 2002 as Meridian 59: Resurrection. In 2012, after Resurrection shut down in 2010, the game was relaunched as freeware.

Related Web Sites

• Meridian 59 (Updated site information)
• Meridian 59 Official Website (The official website of Meridian 59 (from Near Death Studios))
• Meridian 59 Russian (Site of the Russian Meridian 59 server (in English))