A History of Asheron’s Call: The First Massive MMO

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Published on December 24, 2021 6:17:31 PM ● Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TBbg-ouBxXI

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Asheron's Call (1999)

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Asheron's Call was released by Turbine Entertainment in 1999. It was a groundbreaking MMO, and while it ultimately failed to beat its competition, it was in many ways a more impressive and ambitious game than its peers.

ACEmulator (where you can learn how to play Asheron's Call today)
https://emulator.ac/

Sources:
Game Developer Magazine Post-Mortem: https://www.gamedeveloper.com/design/classic-postmortem-i-asheron-s-call-i-
The Turbine Story: http://www.mit.edu/~jonmon/Business/Turbine/
CD Mag Asheron's Call Interview: https://web.archive.org/web/20011121081134/http://www.cdmag.com/Home/home.html?article=/articles/009/067/asherons_call_interview.html
MSN Zone interview with Toby Ragaini: https://asheron.fandom.com/wiki/Microsoft_Zon_e_Archive/Toby_Ragaini_Interview
Interviewing Asheron's Call's Shard Slayer: https://massivelyop.com/2018/02/28/interviewing-an-asherons-call-shard-slayer-on-griefing-doxxing-losing-mates-and-winning-mmos/
Computer Gaming World Issue 159: https://www.cgwmuseum.org/galleries/issues/cgw_159.pdf
Jason Booth's .plan file: https://web.archive.org/web/20010202155500/http:/jbooth.turbinegames.com/plan.htm
MSN Gaming Zone / Asheron's Call awards: https://asheron.fandom.com/wiki/Microsoft_Zone_Archive/News_%26_Events/Best-of-the-Year_Awards
Interview with Jason Booth: https://www.iasig.org/pubs/interviews/jbooth.shtml
Asheron's Call Archive: https://www.asheronsarchive.com/screenshots.php

Video sources:
The last moments of Asheron's Call https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o77BL-hCHxA&t
Remember this? - Mplayer.com https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1x-dQXQbiQI&t
Asheron's Call PC Gameplay Episode 1
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rgYevj21Xh4
30 minutes of E3 1996
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LBwNA3HHCF4
Asheron's Call Shards of the Herald
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=82A8epDHdp4
Ripper's Tortured Psyche: History of Asheron's Call Darktide: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1wVKWWkp0hU&t
Meridian 59 Server 101Gameplay - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=peT0Zwr5Zhk

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