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Released on March 16, 1999, EverQuest created a template that most MMORPGs eventually followed and, after many years, even changed single-player games. THIS VIDEO IS A REVISION OF THE ORIGINAL VIDEO. The new video is revised to include more information about the influence of MUDs, as well as updated details from interviews I conducted while writing my book on EverQuest. It also includes more video from the prototype and beta phases of EverQuest’s development.
Selected historical clips:
John Madden Original Developer Interview (associated with Park Place Productions): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jeIilKTf0OI
The Computer Chronicles: Shareware (1988): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1aDXV10-5lo&t
Cities of Norrath: Freeport: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-7K7a5rhLDw&t
E3 1998: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XFjPAVEDq2Q&t
The EverQuest Show interview with Holly Longdale: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v0Ups4KB8Oo&t
Selected gameplay clips:
Guardians: Storms over Doria prototypes: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OiW9z4RWQnI&t=365s
Let’s Play Neverwinter Nights (1991): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ATMXCa8krH4&t
Warwizard (1993, DOS): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L1MKoA4C26U
Let’s Play Core MUD: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q-yhk0chxyk&t
Tanarus: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5OZ9BrRHQZQ
EverQuest Prototype: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pk_kB80kaFg&t
Magestorm: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SvaTtByYMKg
EverQuest early beta: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Co5ph2iI8c
Ultima Online: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wXzDE5Hhv9k
EverQuest PvP (from Project 1999 Red Server): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oUA7rc61M0w
EverQuest (with original UI): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PaDkiu5ZPVU&t
Ultima Online: Outlands: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X_KgOPOOmAA
Original EverQuest character select screen: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UnrsJNK1Jfw
Cool Boarders 3: https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=coll+boarders+3+gameplay+psx
The Elder Scrolls II Daggerfall: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MthwjXvYb8U&t
Original EverQuest tutorial: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YQeSdLSLBCI
EverQuest Pre-beta (1998) reel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WNdDyWNuPOY&t
EverQuest August Beta Footage: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BhQMn5HpV_8&t
EverQuest Project 1999 Green Server Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CBttHicGbek
Let’s Play WoW Classic: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DNwF2bhl68w
Sources: [1] https://www.ign.com/articles/2014/02/13/the-inside-story-of-how-a-major-mmo-went-wrong
[2] https://www.reddit.com/r/PantheonMMO/comments/a7m983/old_everquest_dump_compilation/ [3] https://www.pcgamer.com/breaking-the-internet-the-story-of-everquest-the-mmo-that-changed-everything/
[4] https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007%2F978-1-4302-3352-7_10.pdf
[5] https://winners.webbyawards.com/2000/websites/general-websites/webby-technical-achievement/157752/sony-station
[6] https://www.mmorpg.com/everquest/interviews/building-eq-the-brad-mcquaid-interview-2000093085
[7] https://groups.google.com/forum/message/raw?msg=rec.games.mud.announce/sya7IcOZ08g/A4E7JB8tONAJ
[8] https://loreofnorrath.wordpress.com/2010/01/13/phase-1-beta-chat-log/
[9] https://nygamecritics.com/2019/11/23/the-insight-john-smedleys-memories-of-legendary-everquest-creator-brad-mcquaid/
[10] https://archive.org/details/PCGamer199904/page/n57/mode/2up?q=Everquest
[11] http://www.gamecriticsawards.com/1998winners.html
[12] https://twitter.com/gamebits/status/722542208650473477
[13] https://www.neverdiemedia.com/products/everquest-phase-4-beta
[14] https://imgur.com/a/DFHoi
[15] https://archive.org/details/Computer_and_Video_Games_Issue_194_1998-01_EMAP_Images_GB/page/n13/mode/2up?q=Everquest Page 14
[16] https://archive.org/details/PC_Zone_Issue_060_1998-02_Dennis_Publishing_GB/page/n101/mode/2up?q=Everquest page 100
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[20] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mHnDSr-b02Q
[21] https://www.shacknews.com/article/110494/better-together-stories-of-everquest?page=15 [22] https://www.everquest.com/news/imported-eq-enus-50380