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2001 - 2018
RuneScape Classic
“Oh dear, you are dead!”
- Birth year
- 2001
- Shutdown year
- 2018
- Lifespan
- 17 years
- Peak era
- 2001-2004
- Company
- Jagex
- Category
- Games
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What Was It?
RuneScape began on January 4, 2001 as a free Java game that ran in a web browser, which meant it ran on school and library computers that could never have installed a big online game. Players chopped trees, fished, fought, traded and talked in a medieval world built by Andrew Gower and his brother Paul.
When RuneScape 2 arrived in 2004, the original version became known as RuneScape Classic and was kept running for a dwindling group of veterans, with access periodically restricted and reopened.
Jagex announced in May 2018 that Classic would close because of accumulated bugs and its incompatibility with modern tools, and the servers were switched off on August 6, 2018.
Things You Probably Forgot
- Playing in a browser window at school
- Chopping logs for hours
- Shouting trade offers across a crowded town
- The original, rougher 3D graphics
The Story
- 2001 RuneScape launched on January 4 as a Java browser game.
- 2004 RuneScape 2 launched and the original became RuneScape Classic.
- 2018 Jagex closed the RuneScape Classic servers on August 6.
How It Died
Jagex shut down the RuneScape Classic servers on August 6, 2018, citing accumulated bugs and incompatibility with its modern support tools.
What Replaced It?
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