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I'm intrigued by really old games that still have somewhat alive online communities

I know people are still playing old games Phantasy Star Online for Dreamcast on private servers, but does anyone know what the oldest official running servers are?

 

[DavidGzz]

Diablo 2? I know it's a remaster, but it plays exactly the same and you can even toggle the old graphics on the fly. Just off the top of my head. Maybe something else.

 

[clem84]

Everquest?

edit: oh, consoles.

 

[Diddy X]

COD 4 maybe? Has to be from that gen

 

[Clear]

Final Fantasy XI should be up there, but as they migrated everyone to the PC client its a bit of a dodgy claim. Characters created on PS2 are definitely still active on FFXI to this day though, which has to count for something.

 

[Three]

Ultima Online probably.

 

[Bumblebeetuna]

Officially? Gotta be 360/PS3. But with PC software you can still play some PS2 and Dreamcast games online. Maybe Saturn, too.

 

[Unknown?]

Can you still play PS2 games that didn't use dedicated servers?

 

[MrA]

Call of duty 2 on 360 is still up ,

 

[SpiceRacz]

Phantasy Star Online still has an active community, but it’s in an unofficial capacity.

 

[Sooner]

Officially? Gotta be 360/PS3.

He's asking specific games.

As mentioned, FFXI was on PS2. Those characters still exist, but only playable on PC today.

Crazy to think Final Fantasy XIV was a PS3 game. That game still feels like it's in its prime.

 

[jufonuk]

Doom classic?

 

[CliffBronger]

Ultima Online opened in 1997 still going today.

 

[Gaiff]

Call of duty 2 on 360 is still up ,

You mean COD 2 from 2005 and not MW2?

 

[kevboard]

there are console games that run on pure P2P like Perfect Dark Zero from 2005. you can still play that online. so that game never had any servers to begin with.

but also all Xbox 360 Call of Duty games still work.

Phantasy Star on Dreamcast is kinda cheating as it's fan hosted servers, the official ones are offline.


I bet there are also PS2 and Dreamcast games that still work online for the same reason Perfect Dark Zero does, because they are purely P2P.

like does anyone know if Time Splitters 3 works online? or Socom?

 

[MrA]

Can you still play PS2 games that didn't use dedicated servers?

Everything used dnas after 2003, its possible something early like tony hawk 3 might work

You mean COD 2 from 2005 and not MW2?

Yes

 

[Klosshufvud]

Does Battlefield Modern Combat on PS2 still work? I'm also convinced some PS2 CoD games are still online.