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What was your first online gaming experience?
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This but on a 33.6K connection.
Digital Snake
Member
It was either Tony Hawk Underground, or Jedi Knight 2. I can't recall.
CaptainSlow
Member
First time ever? Playing Unreal Tournament on PC.
On consoles it was hooking up my original Xbox to my computer and use the GameSpy nonsense to play Halo: CE.
Good times.
On consoles it was hooking up my original Xbox to my computer and use the GameSpy nonsense to play Halo: CE.
Good times.
Outside of playing the odd early FPS deathmatch at friend's houses, my first major online experience was X-Wing vs Tie Fighter on MSN Zone.
It was the first and only game I ever joined a clan for and it was a fantastic experience. Every so often there would be a huge "Galaxy at War" (or something along those lines) event where stats were tracked for all pilots and clans for various game modes. There would be hundreds of players on Zone. I remember hating skirmishes with Tie Advanced because they had such strong shields. It was a pain in the ass to get any kills in those.
It was the first and only game I ever joined a clan for and it was a fantastic experience. Every so often there would be a huge "Galaxy at War" (or something along those lines) event where stats were tracked for all pilots and clans for various game modes. There would be hundreds of players on Zone. I remember hating skirmishes with Tie Advanced because they had such strong shields. It was a pain in the ass to get any kills in those.
Crayon
Member
Yeah. MPlayer and Dwango.
son of a Sven
Banned
Starsiege Tribes, 56K. Smooth as butter. Best part was editing the text prompts for taunts so after you shot someone you could make them hear 'how'd that feel?' but the readout on screen said 'how'd that feel, fucker?'
Mafia Films
Neo Member
playing team fortress online with 56k dial up, at the time because of restrictions I had to have one of my parents with a General setting login to AOL because firewall settings blocked me from connecting to games.
If we aren't counting muds/mushes, GTA V honestly. I really don't game online much at all.
Well, I suppose I tried The Last of Us online for one or two battles before GTA V. GTA V was my first (non text based game) online experience that I actually did extensively (and still do
).
Well, I suppose I tried The Last of Us online for one or two battles before GTA V. GTA V was my first (non text based game) online experience that I actually did extensively (and still do
).
InfiniteCombo
Banned
I'm not much of a multiplayer/online guy so Street Fighter 4 (and its iterations) on the PS3 was my first and only online experience.
HawthorneKitty
Sgt. 2nd Class in the Creep Battalion, Waifu Wars
Maplestory... yeah...fun times.
kingwingin
Member
it was some motorcycle game on the original xbox. Back when live started up my friend bought it and I convinced half the racers to park their bikes sideways and block the other racers.
Was a good time
Was a good time
OldGangWarily
Member
Perfect Dark Zero as well for me 
SuperAngelo64
Banned
Graal, which was terrible
Followed immediately by PSO, which has ruined all other online games for me since.
Followed immediately by PSO, which has ruined all other online games for me since.
Mr_Antimatter
Member
Duke Nukem 3d modem to modem matches with a friend.
First truly online play was some Half-life deathmatch and a TON of TFC.
First truly online play was some Half-life deathmatch and a TON of TFC.
old
Member
Red Alert over dial up. First console game was SSX Tricky I believe.
I think we had to exchange IP addresses or something. We had to input numbers and stuff to play eachother. There was no "matchmaking" or servers.
Edit: hold on, you said online not multiplayer. My first online game was a first-person maze-like game on Prodigy. It was like the screensaver only with better graphics, doors and text. I might have all, if not most, of you beat.
I think we had to exchange IP addresses or something. We had to input numbers and stuff to play eachother. There was no "matchmaking" or servers.
Edit: hold on, you said online not multiplayer. My first online game was a first-person maze-like game on Prodigy. It was like the screensaver only with better graphics, doors and text. I might have all, if not most, of you beat.
Avid Reading Horse
Member
Probably Doom over Dwango was the first thing to really qualify. It's possible something on Prodigy or AOL technically was the first though. Or maybe that dial-up network that Sierra had where you could play Red Baron. After that Warcraft 2 and Command and Conquer over Kali when my town finally got proper dial-up internet.
Khaos_Knight
Banned
Unreal Tournament 2004 was my first official online gaming experience but I had dial up at the time so it was unbearable.
The first game that I was actually able to play was Americas Army 2 when I got DSL internet.
The first game that I was actually able to play was Americas Army 2 when I got DSL internet.
kutthoat5150
Member
User 479360
Banned
Possibly Amplitude on PS2
DontBeThatGuy
Member
Counterstrike. I had broadband but it was this really terrible wireless connection, high pings and packet-loss out the ass. Still great though.
On console, It was Halo CE through XBC again on that terrible wireless that made for a far more miserable experience there. Pandora Tomorrow was my first actual Xbox Live game.
On console, It was Halo CE through XBC again on that terrible wireless that made for a far more miserable experience there. Pandora Tomorrow was my first actual Xbox Live game.
IAmRandom31
Banned
Red Dragon on a BBS.
If you mean like today's online gaming. Can't seem to remember if it was Ultima Online or Unreal Tournament
Or maybe even Age of Empires 2 on our middle schools LAN in the computer lab
If you mean like today's online gaming. Can't seem to remember if it was Ultima Online or Unreal Tournament
Or maybe even Age of Empires 2 on our middle schools LAN in the computer lab
That's a pretty hardcore setup for mid 90s. I had an Amiga 500 and a 14400bps modem at the time. I played some quiz game on a BBS.
First time on the Internets: I played Grand Prix Legends some time around 2001. PC and 56K modem.
soul creator
Member
Duke Nukem 3D over Kali. You could only really do 1vs1 reliably with it, haha.
I pretty much have Hollywood Holocaust memorized because of that. This thread also just made me think of Case's Ladder, and I'm surprised that site still exists, holy crap.
I pretty much have Hollywood Holocaust memorized because of that. This thread also just made me think of Case's Ladder, and I'm surprised that site still exists, holy crap.
This. Was hoping to see this on the first page.