Tuesday, March 02, 2010

Back at it again!

It must be that time of the year. It's cold outside, it's overcast. I don't feel like doing anything. So I look into Everquest. Last year, I saw Project 1999 just getting started:

Relive the classic Everquest MMORPG Gaming Experience as it was in 1999 and onward. Project 1999 is a free to play Emulated Everquest Server giving Players the opportunity to experience Classic EQ Once again, starting with the original 3 continents and a max level of 50, with the look and feel of the old interface and several modifications making game mechanics similar to how the game used to be. Project 1999 is the best and most popular classic Everquest experience.

They don't expect Kunark to come out for a few months yet. Yes, the good old glory days of Everquest, when your corpse could rot with all of your equipment on it, if you didn't get there in time. When the Everquest world seemed big, because you had to run everywhere. When the thrill and excitement of killing a Vengeful Composer after being killed so many times by him before just made your day!

Come back, my friends...come back! I need a shaman buddy!



Man, look at that bearskin hat! Back at level 4 killing wolves and bear cubs. I sure wish I had a SoW!

EQ Emulator can be found here.

The Getting started guide can be found here.

I'm sure you can figure it out. Feel free to ask any questions! Hope to see you in game.

3 comments:

Jim said...

I still think about EQ a lot, especially in the fall. Ruminating like an expatriated general. It was an amazing experience ten years ago and I've tried going back -- but faux Barm is not Barm.

I've made new characters in new games but the wicked thrill of seeing all of Unrest trained into some poor sap at the zoneline cannot be matched (or recreated).

Shawn Carter said...

Yeah, I guess you're right. It's like sex... I'm never going to relive the fear and excitement of the first time. The exploration of feminine wonders only imagined and the discovery of pleasures previously dreamed of. I may as well never have sex again....no wait...Blue!

The point is, it's still fun!

Kelly said...

Is there a 12 step program for quitting? lol I'm tempted to just remove EQ from my pc. I don't play nearly like I use to, I'm thousands of AA's behind others and all my friends have since moved on. I just need a kick in the butt to make it happen.