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History of Online Gaming

The origins of online gaming date back to games produced in the 1970s such as Oubliette, which were played on university networks and bulletin board systems (BBSs). In time, these developed into the hugely popular online games that we can see today, including the massively multiplayer online role-playing games World of Warcraft (WoW) and City of Heroes, along with first-person shooter games such as Doom.

In this section, you can find out more about early online gaming and how it developed through the 90s and into the new millennium by choosing an item from the menu below.

Early Online Gaming
A look at the origins of gaming online, including the creation of multi-user dungeon (MUD) games and massively multiplayer online role-playing games (MMORPG) ...
Online Gaming in the 90s
The rise of MMORPGs such as Lineage, Ultima Online and EverQuest along with other genres including first-person shooter games (Quake) and real time strategy games (WarCraft) ...
Online Gaming since 2000
The new generation of online games, including Dark Age of Camelot, Final Fantasy XI, Second Life, City of Heroes and the most popular online game of all time, World of Warcraft ...