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[โ€“] bearboiblake@pawb.social 41 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I am one of the developers for Project Rubi-Ka, a server emulator/private server for the classic sci-fi MMORPG, Anarchy Online.

AO is now nearly 25 years old and no longer has any developers at the company that released it, but it is still running.

I have written over 2,000,000 lines of server emulator code for AO. I am now probably one of the world's foremost experts in how the game works.

[โ€“] luthis@lemmy.nz 4 points 2 days ago

Huh.. I have definitely played Anarchy Online at some point in my life but only just remembering now after checking YouTube to find out what it actually is. I think I didn't get very far at all..

The UI and aesthetic is so nostalgic. I miss games like this, except for the unnecessary complexity that got in the way of the game.

With all the extra processing power we have now, I wish we could see more games like this but polished.