Meridian 59

a.k.a. Meridian 59: Resurrection

published by 3DO / Near Death Studios in 1996-09-27, developed by Archetype Interactive, running on Windows

type: role-play
genre: Fantasy, Massively Multiplayer Online Game
perspective: 1st person

languages: eng ger

4.1/5

Official description

Meridian 59 was the first 3D massively multiplayer online role-playing game. 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, Dark Auspices. The original servers were shut down in late 2000, however the game continues to run (as of May 2001) in Germany and Russia. Many later games such as Ultima Online, Asheron's Call, and especially Everquest borrow heavily from Meridian 59.

# 2014-09-07 17:46:08 - official description

Comment

Originally released by 3DO in 1996, Meridian 59 was perhaps the internet's first graphical MMORPG. When 3DO closed the servers it seemed that the game and its community would be dead, but "Near Death Studios" bought the rights and re-opened the game in 2001 under the name "Meridian 59: Resurrection".

# 2004-06-21 20:24:00