Rate top gamesThe First Online Multiplayer Games
Today it's difficult to surprise anyone with a multiplayer mode in your game. But 20-30 years ago when the networking and the Internet technology were new and developing, a possibility to share a game with a friend was breathtaking. So let's go back to the start and celebrate the first online multiplayer games - from the real console retro to Counter-Strike and Doom.
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Netrek was released in 1988 as a successor to Xtrek and became the first Internet team game. The game is set in space where 2 to 4 teams up to 16 players in total need to capture each other's planets.…
MIDI Maze was released for Atari ST in 1987. It was a first-person shooter in a Pac-Man-like maze. The game supported up to 16 computers connected via the local network. You played as a Pac-Man-like s…
Counter-Strike was one of the first games without a single-player mode. It was released in 1999 as a mode for Half-Life and a year later developed into a standalone game by Valve.Counter-Strike is one…
Age of Empires was one of the first real-time strategies with a multiplayer mode. The game was created in 1997 by Ensemble Studios. You needed to develop one of 12 available civilizations from a handf…
Spectre was developed for Apple Macintosh by Peninsula Gameworks and released in 1991. You needed to drive a tank and explode obstacles and enemy tanks as well. To win you had to collect 10 flags. The…
Neverwinter Nights was the first multiplayer online RPG to display graphics. It was developed by Stormfront Studios and released in 1991 for MS-DOS. Creating a character and their interactions were di…
Final Fantasy XI was released in 2002. It became the first cross-platform game between PlayStation 2 and PC. The game also was the first MMORPG for Xbox 360.You can customize your character and go exp…
Doom is a legendary first-person shooter series. The first title was released in 1993 and was divided into three nine-level episodes. As a "Doomguy" you go through the legions of monsters from Hell. D…
ChuChu Rocket! was the first game for Dreamcast to support a multiplayer mode over the Internet. It's an action puzzle game by Sonic Team released in 1999. The goal of the game is to save mice from ca…