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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.

 

[EverydayBeast]

PlayStation 2 Online - Official Community

"Ever quest" has people online



Dreamcast of all consoles stormed back with a new cross play online release



Legendary players still play on socom games, if Socom 2 wasn't such a hassle to get online I would play that. Socom confrontation and Killzone 2 btw on ps3 are online, you have to just change dns codes.

 

[The Lunch Legend]

Tecmo Bowl

 

[kevboard]

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

any game that didn't use a third party online service and instead uses p2p direct connections should still work.
but I'm not sure if PS2 games like that exist. I never really played online on PS2.

some games back then used stuff like GameSpy, which went offline a while ago.
a free alternative called OpenSpy is now available tho, and there are people playing through that still.

PlayStation 2 Online - Official Community

as of writing this, there are 277 people playing EverQuest on the 1 server that's online over OpenSpy.

 

[SportsFan581]

I'd assume a 360 game that is backwards compatible.

 

[PendekarRajawali]

Definitely PS360 CODs, other than that it's a hit and miss.
Last time I checked Split/Second l: velicity demo there was some people still play it.

 

[Lord Malachite]

Bioshock 2's multiplayer is still running on PS360. Not sure about PC.

 

[Gambit2483]

Ultima sounds about right.

Old ass gamers still unwilling to "give it up"....

Edit: nvm, you said "console"...yea, that's an entirely different sect of gamers...

 

[kevboard]

Bioshock 2's multiplayer is still running on PS3. It's been closed on 360. Not sure about PC.

uhm, pretty sure the 360 version also works online still.

 

[Lord Malachite]

uhm, pretty sure the 360 version also works online still.

I did a agoogle search and it said it was taken down but that could be incorrect. I don't have an Xbox to verify but if anyone wants to, feel free.

 

[kevboard]

I did a agoogle search and it said it was taken down but that could be incorrect. I don't have an Xbox to verify but if anyone wants to, feel free.

I find YouTube videos from 4 to 8 months ago that show it's still online

 

[Robot Carnival]

FFXI is still running with a pretty dedicated community no? it was a PS2 game that started in 2002 and went on to PC and Xbox also. thou the console versions have had their support ended a long time ago but the PC version is still kicking.

 

[yogaflame]

Battle fields bad company?

 

[Lord Malachite]

I find YouTube videos from 4 to 8 months ago that show it's still online

Thanks. I amended my originating post to reflect that it's still up on 360.

 

[Unknown Soldier]

Consoles only, the winner has to be Diablo II (2000) since the Resurrected version is available for consoles

 

[Cakeboxer]

I would say Doom I + Doom II.

 

[VolticArchangel]

First thought was FF XI.

Apart from that, Resistance on PS3 and NFS Most Wanted on 360?