Meridian 59
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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.
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Meridian 59 in the New Yorker | Pseudo_Intellectual (66248) | May 15, 2014 |
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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.
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Meridian 59 Official Website
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Meridian 59 Russian
Site of the Russian Meridian 59 server (in English)
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Game added by Andrew Kirmse.
Additional contributors: mw, Sciere, Patrick Bregger, Battlecrypt.
Game added May 31, 2001. Last modified January 22, 2024.