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[fvng]

Saw Warhawk on Playstation Now and was stunned the servers are still active and populated (and the game is still phenomenal in my opinion).

That game is from 07, are there any older console games where the servers are still up and running (official servers)?

I say official console servers, because I know PC games can have an extended lifespan beyond official support (Starsiege Tribes still has active servers if i'm not mistaken).

 

[Majine]

Is Uno (XBLA) still up?

 

[SomeOneInaHat]

Is Uno (XBLA) still up?

YES!

Edit: XBL Vision Camera antics live another day

 

[furious]

Active as in will find a match, or active as in will get a response from the server?

Call of Duty 2 was launch title for the 360 (2005), I presume it's still up. Nothing from the original Xbox has survived.

 

[B.K.]

Final Fantasy XI is still active on PS2, but the latest expansion wasn't released on it outside of Japan.

 

[Hidden One]

Not older but Bad Company 2 from 2010 is still populated.

 

[Majine]

Nope

Edit: RIP in peace XBL Vision Camera antics

It was the Chat roulette of its day.

 

[Doctor_Thomas]

Warhawk will hopefully be eternal due to player servers.

 

[catmincer]

There's a few Dreamcast games still online, likely shared with PC servers though.

 

[SomeOneInaHat]

It was the Chat roulette of its day.

It was better, because you could also play some motherfuckin' UNO

 

[Derpcrawler]

Call of Duty 4 is still active on Xbox 360, at least TDM, S&D and Groundwars playlists. You can find games in less than a minute.

 

[Kasper]

If MMO's count I imagine that'd be Final Fantasy XI.

 

[adixon]

Maybe Pong?

 

[androvsky]

Came here to post Warhawk. Which is kinda sad, since it seems like a relatively new game compared to stuff like Halo and SOCOM. But at least Warhawk was designed to last for as long as possible, since users can run their own dedicated servers on a PS3. iirc, as long as PSN works on PS3s, Warhawk should work, according to the devs.

 

[Shpeshal Nick]

Halo 3 and CoD4 both from 07.

Perfect Dark Zero from 05 if you're extremely lucky.

 

[fvng]

Came here to post Warhawk. Which is kinda sad, since it seems like a relatively new game compared to stuff like Halo and SOCOM. But at least Warhawk was designed to last for as long as possible, since users can run their own dedicated servers on a PS3. iirc, as long as PSN works on PS3s, Warhawk should work, according to the devs.

I think there is a trophy for running a dedicated server for a long period of time which is brilliant. Hopefully the PS Now inclusion extends the lifespan further

There's a few Dreamcast games still online, likely shared with PC servers though.

Are those makeshift fan run servers? which games?

 

[Mr. Enigma]

I can still easily find games on X360 Shadowrun.

 

[Ashler]

Quake 3 on the Dreamcast

 

[outunderthestars]

PSP games still have functioning multiplayer. I played a game of Field Commander the other day.

 

[Krejlooc]

You can still play Sega Saturn games online. All of the ones that supported online play can still be played. This includes stuff like Duke Nukem 3D, Daytona USA CCE Netlink Edition, Virtual On Netlink Edition, and Saturn Bomberman.

 

[genbatzu]

Counter-Strike 1.6 ?

original CS 1999, I think 1.6 was 2004.

As Linux and Mac Support are pretty new (2013) this game should still be supported on steam.


//edit; overlooked the console part, i meant the pc version

 

[Ruud_Luiten]

You can still play Sega Saturn games online. All of the ones that supported online play can still be played. This includes stuff like Duke Nukem 3D, Daytona USA CCE Netlink Edition, Virtual On Netlink Edition, and Saturn Bomberman.

Wow, that is amazing!

 

[JaseC]

Counter-Strike 1.6 ?

original CS 1999, I think 1.6 was 2004.

As Linux and Mac Support are pretty new (2013) this game should still be supported on steam.

The original CS isn't on consoles and even the Xbox version is inadmissible since MS killed XBL1 back in 2010.

 

[Doczu]

Last time i checked Burnout Revenge on the 360 was still playable online. Is it still?

 

[Surface of Me]

When I left it earlier this year you could still find a healthy amount of TF2 games on 360. 2007.

 

[Krejlooc]

Wow, that is amazing!

It's just peer to peer networking. It's the way online gaming should work. It still works for the same reason old PC games like Doom still work.

You can get it going with a phone line emulator to connect it to a modern, broadband connection, too.

 

[Mihael Mello Keehl]

What the?! they killed uno? Was just playing it with my friends 3-4 months ago

 

[RBK]

Halo: CE.

 

[BumblebeeCody]

Burnout Revenge from the Xbox 360 launch is still very much active.
There's still Phantasy Star on GameCube

 

[zsidane]

You can still play Sega Saturn games online. All of the ones that supported online play can still be played. This includes stuff like Duke Nukem 3D, Daytona USA CCE Netlink Edition, Virtual On Netlink Edition, and Saturn Bomberman.

Came in here to say Quake 3 on DC, but it seems like another Sega console is the king!

 

[StalkerUKCG]

Halo: CE.

Not on console unless you mean via xbc of xlink kai.

 

[RadioHeadAche]

I still own Warhawk, and while I like think I'd play again, I've heard the community's pretty unforgiving towards newbies. I also couldn't fly to save my life.

 

[RBK]

Not on console unless you mean via xbc of xlink kai.

 

[JSoup]

If MMO's count I imagine that'd be Final Fantasy XI.

There are many MMO's older than FF11.
Runescape and Dark Age of Camelot jump to mind.
Both are still running with official support.

 

[SomeOneInaHat]

Holy Shit!

I just double checked, UNO's online is still active. I accidentally selected the trial version of the game before, I should really delete the trial for UNO.

 

[Dremark]

I'm pretty sure a game that came out 3 months ago isn't the oldest game with it's online still functioning.

 

[Tenebrous]

There are many MMO's older than FF11.
Runescape and Dark Age of Camelot jump to mind.
Both are still running with official support.

And neither ever came to console.

 

[fvng]

No

 

[Noisepurge]

Warhawk will hopefully be eternal due to player servers.

yup, there might not be any more "official" servers up, but any player PS3 can start the game and put it in Server Mode. Which is super cool.

 

[Valnen]

I don't think remakes should really count...

 

[JSoup]

And neither ever came to console.

Much to their great shame.

 

[Cream]

 

[KojiKnight]

I know OP said consoles in his first post... but I have to say, Starcraft still having it's servers up and games going since early 1998 is pretty crazy. Though I guess Diablo predates that even by 2 years.

 

[Diprosalic]

i know you asked for console games but the fact that EverQuest 1 STILL gets regular expansions blew my mind.

 

[airmangataosenai]

There are many MMO's older than FF11.
Runescape and Dark Age of Camelot jump to mind.
Both are still running with official support.

Ultima Online launched in 1997 and is still running.

 

[FyreWulff]

AFIAK Saturn Bomberman still has functioning online.

 

[impact]

Counter Strike 1.6 probably has more players than BF4 XB1, and easily more than Titanfall PC (lol)

CS came out in 1999 for those unaware

 

[Accoun]

Are those makeshift fan run servers? which games?

Phantasy Star Online is probably the most notable one. Somebody mentioned Quake 3, but I think it had cross-platform multi with PC, so the PC counterpart makes it basically unkillable (seeing how people still play Doom and Quake 1 online on the PC). Maybe more, but I'm not sure which DC games were played online.

Also, wasn't the first Metal Gear Online resurrected some time ago thanks to reverse-engineering and private servers?

[EDIT]
Sorry, missed the "officially" part.

 

[jimi_dini]

For PC games, it's possibly Sierra's "The Realm Online"
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Realm_Online

Released in 1996. Yes, official servers are still running and people are still playing.

For consoles, I guess one of those Dreamcast titles.

 

[pottuvoi]

For PC games, it's possibly Sierra's "The Realm Online"
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Realm_Online

Released in 1996. Yes, official servers are still running and people are still playing.

For consoles, I guess one of those Dreamcast titles.

If one talks about PC there are still plenty of MUDs around.
Including BatMud, which launched april 1990.