emulator

In the MMO genre, an emulator is a playable, private version of an MMO run by players independent of a game studio. Both sunsetted and extant games are emulated with varying degrees of moral and technical support from the community and the studios; some develop their games better than the original and even attempt to charge fees or take donations. Despite the claims of emulator runners, private emulators are generally illegal under DMCA laws and violate the terms of service of most online games, but some studios and many players choose to look the other way.

EverQuesting: The history of the EverQuest franchise

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The Daily Grind: Which MMORPGs are nearly different games with max settings or upgraded clients?

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MOP reader Nibbana has a great question for The Daily Grind today. "So I just picked up Shadow in order to run my favorite...

Star Wars Galaxies fans are working on an emulator for the game’s TCG

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I haven't been making any secret of how much fun I'm having in the Star Wars Galaxies Legends emulator (and thanks so much to...
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Massively Overthinking: Random acts of MMORPG kindness

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City of Heroes emulator SEGS cranks up powersets

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The Super Entity Game Server (SEGS) continues to push forward with its version to bring a full-featured open source emulator of City of Heroes...

The Daily Grind: Which MMORPG boasts the best space gameplay?

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Over the past week or so, I've been tinkering with Star Wars Galaxies Legends, an NGE emulator for SWG that's actually pretty polished and...

The Daily Grind: Do you still have ‘passion’ for MMORPGs?

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Over the weekend I saw an interesting Twitter discussion about how much game-playing game-designers actually need to do, and whether those passions are even...

The Daily Grind: What’s the best MMORPG skill system that avoids the ‘illusion of choice’?

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Over the weekend, my husband and I were chatting about playing on a Star Wars Galaxies emulator again, probably the Legends one that people...

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We've got some MMO industry topics you shouldn't miss, so welcome back to our MMO business roundup! • Last week, Pokemon Go company Niantic previewed...

The Daily Grind: Would you play Star Wars Galaxies if it relaunched today?

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Star Wars Galaxies is 15 years old now, and it was just about seven years ago that SOE announced it was slated for execution....

The Stream Team: Re-living Star Wars Galaxies memories in the Emu on the game’s 15th birthday

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You hear Massively OP's staff talk about Star Wars Galaxies all the time. But have you seen it? Now you can. The game may...

Whatever happened to Tibia, The Realm Online, and Meridian 59?

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Ever pause during your day and find yourself wondering, “Whatever happened to that game?” With hundreds upon hundreds of online titles these days, it’s surprisingly easy...

City of Heroes emulator SEGS announces new update with NPCs, database support, and a GUI

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If you've been following SEGS' twitter over the last week, you know the team there has been teasing something big. And now we know...

The Game Archaeologist: The rebirth of The Realm Online

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Debuting in 1996, The Realm Online (or, as it is sometimes shortened, The Realm) became one of the first online RPGs to overlay graphics...

The Realm Online’s reboot by a former emulator team is still set for June

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Back in March, we were all surprised to learn that The Realm Online was getting a reboot. Owners Norseman Games transferred its "exclusive license...

Missing 14-year-old City of Heroes? The SEGS emulator is looking for coders

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Are you missing City of Heroes this week, what with the 14th anniversary of its launch and all? We are too. Earlier this month,...
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City of Heroes emulator pumps out its first public release

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Former City of Heroes players have plenty of options to try to fill the void of their favorite MMO. There's a chat shell that...

Classic MMO The Realm gets an official reboot

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One of the very oldest graphical MMORPGs in the world has been on life support for a long time now. The Realm (also known...
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Massively Overthinking: Paying for MMORPG emulators, legal or otherwise

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MassivelyOp reader Bryan recently wrote to us with a fun question about emulators, a topic that will simply never die as long as MMORPGs...

The Daily Grind: Are fan emulators of dead MMOs worth developing?

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As an amateur historian and an MMORPG enthusiast, I generally applaud efforts by the community to resurrect, preserve, and even reboot sunsetted games. While...

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