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retrogamechampion · 1 year

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The most massive, perpetual collection of soundtracks from lost and abandoned online games

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Click here to download and preserve everything that's included!

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I'm a very oldschool (read: old) cat, so I was there when the very first online games / MMORPGs hit the early internet. From BBSes to games on AOL and Compuserve to Neopets to watching my oldest kiddo playing and loving "Monkey Quest..."

Technology improved over the years and the titles kept getting larger, the userbase having more ways to feel connected - Huge communities grew. Communities that had serious bonds, with the games providing them with IRL buddies, bestest of friends, and even partners. Because of the actual human connections these titles created, they became seriously important.

Now, consider all of that. Have you or anyone you know ever played one of those type of games and then suffered the heartache when a company decides to shut the service down or completely ditches the game, leaving it to fall apart? The emptiness of going to a login screen to see that the servers will never be turned on again - That's a crushing letdown, especially if you never got to properly say "Goodbye."

I mentioned Monkey Quest earlier because my kiddo adored it (and I often watched them play it). It was a really badass lil' platformer with tons of quests and surprising crossovers like the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers. It was also my kid's first experience with a "friends list." I'll never forget how bummed out they were when they found out that Nickelodeon was shuttering it and they realized they'd never get to experience that part of their childhood again. Of course, fans tried to resurrect it years later, but those projects disappeared again due to legal threats, much like Club Penguin.

To help with the parting sadness and to preserve a serious dose of nostalgia, I've decided to start rescuing the music out of online games like this that no longer exist (or have been left to join the choir invisible) and release them as soundtracks. And, wouldn't you know? I put together one for Monkey Quest first. :)

As more games pass the 15+ year old date (what I consider "retro") or are killed off / abandoned by their companies, more soundtracks will be added with an announcement here in Tumblr.

If I've left out any online games that fit these two descriptions, please let me know and I'll consider adding them to this collection!

For now, though, here's what's included to kick off the project:

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Barraki

Bin Weevils

Hello Kitty Online

Free Realms

Mata Nui: The Online Game

Mata Nui: The Online Game II - The Final Chronicle

Monkey Quest

Neopets

Qring Online

Taan Online

The Matrix Online

ToonTown Online

U.B. Funkeys

Webkinz World

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smbhax · 10 months

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The Matrix Online, Recursion server, January 29th, 2007

One of my bajillion old dev screenshots

#the matrix online #game dev #2000s #mxo #live event #mmo #mmorpg #rpg #pc game #pc games #pc gaming #the matrix #game #games #video game #video games #the kid #e pluribus neo #michael karl popper

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mzjosef · 1 year

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Found my old original box for The Matrix Online

Released in 2005. Here's a Twitter thread about it.

Photos below the cut:

#the matrix #the matrix online #mxo #old video games #MMO #2000s

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g4zdtechtv · 1 month

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THE PILE PRESENTS: AOTS! - Band Or Law Firm? | 4/22/05

I don’t wanna know what Harry Knowles' basement smells like. But you will learn how to be the Master of Unlocking this episode!

(4GTV - STREAM WHAT YOU PLAY!)

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devileaterjaek · 9 months

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#gaming #the matrix online #the matrix #pc gaming #pc #pc game #mmo #mmorpg

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dailyvideogamecharacters · 10 months

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Agent Griffin, The Matrix Online (2005)

#the matrix online #the matrix #enter the matrix #mmo #mmorpg #gaming #retro gaming #gamer #video games #pc gaming

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ravenkings · 7 months

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i really wish v for vendetta (both the movie and the graphic novel) hadn't become associated with deeply irritating (and often reactionary) online political subcultures bc it really does slap so fucking hard

#re: the movie someone needs to write something about how two very famous and popular wachowski sister projects #(i.e. the matrix and v for vendetta)#became these loci for online far right symbolism and narratives #it's especially weird since both the matrix and v for vendetta could be read as pretty trans-coded #and are both VERY explicitly grounded in left-wing politics...........#i just don't get it tbh #anyway i'm reading the graphic novel now and really enjoying it #v for vendetta #text

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datcloudboi · 1 year

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List of video games turning 20 years old in 2023:

Advance Wars 2: Black Hole Rising

Alien Versus Predator: Extinction

Amplitude (an early rhythm game from Harmonix, the creators of Rock Band)

Ape Escape 2

Aquaman: Battle for Atlantis (the Superman 64 for Aquaman)

Arc the Lad: Twilight of the Spirits

Banjo-Kazooie: Grunty's Revenge

Batman: Dark Tomorrow (the Superman 64 for Batman)

Beyond Good and Evil

Bloody Roar 4 (the last game in the series to release)

Boktai: The Sun is in Your Hand (a very unique action RPG from Metal Gear creator Hideo Kojima)

Brute Force

Call of Duty (the very first one)

Castlevania: Aria of Sorrow

Crimson Skies: High Road to Revenge

Dark Cloud 2

Deus Ex: Invisible War

Devil May Cry 2

Dino Crisis 3 (C'mon, Capcom, do another one)

Disaster Report

Disgaea: Hour of Darkness

Dragon Ball Z: The Legacy of Goku II

Drake of the 99 Dragons

Dynasty Warriors 4

Enter the Matrix

Eve Online

Fatal Frame II: Crimson Butterfly

Final Fantasy Tactics Advance (my personal favorite TRPG)

Final Fantasy X-2

Final Fantasy XI Online (in the States. Also the first MMO in the series)

Fire Emblem: The Blazing Blade (the first Fire Emblem game to release in the States)

Freedom Fighters

Freelancer

F-Zero GX

The Getaway

Golden Sun: The Lost Age

Grabbed by the Ghoulies (the first game developed by Rare after being acquired by Xbox)

.hack//Infection

.hack//Mutation

.hack//Outbreak (yep, three .hack games were released in a single year)

Homeworld 2

Ikaruga (the most video game-ass video game that ever video game'd)

Jak II

Jurassic Park: Operation Genesis

Kirby: Air Ride

Legacy of Kain: Defiance (the last game in the series to release)

The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker

Lost Kingdoms II

Manhunt

Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga

Mario Golf: Toadstool Tour

Mario Kart: Double Dash!!

Mario Party 5

Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne

Medal of Honor: Rising Sun

Mega Man & Bass (was originally a Sega Saturn exclusive that only released in Japan. It released over in the States on the GBA.)

Mega Man Battle Network 3

Mega Man X7

Mega Man Zero 2

Metal Arms: Glitch in the System

Midnight Club II

Need for Speed: Underground

Otogi: Myth of Demons (an early SoulsBorne-like game from From Software)

Panzer Dragoon Orta

P.N.03

Pokémon Ruby/Sapphire (in the States)

Postal 2

Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time

Ratchet & Clank: Going Commando

Rayman 3: Hoodlum Havoc

Rise of Nations

Robocop (the Superman 64 for Robocop)

Silent Hill 3

The Simpsons: Hit & Run

Sonic Advance 2

SoulCalibur II (the console versions)

Sphinx and the Cursed Mummy

Spongebob Squarepants: Battle for Bikini Bottom

Star Wars: Galaxies

Star Wars: Jedi Knight - Jedi Academy

Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic

Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3 (a remake of Super Mario Bros. 3 for the GBA)

Tak and the Power of Juju

1080° Avalanche

Tenchu: Wrath of Heaven

Tomb Raider: The Angel of Darkness

Tony Hawk’s Underground

Toontown Online

True Crime: Streets of LA (Activision's attempt at a GTA clone)

Unlimited SaGa

Unreal II: The Awakening

Viewtiful Joe

Virtua Fighter 4: Evolution

Warcraft III: The Frozen Throne (the last Warcraft game before WoW)

Wario World

WarioWare, Inc.: Mega MicroGame$!

Xenosaga Episode I: Der Wille zur Macht (The Will to Power)

XIII

Zone of the Enders: The 2nd Runner

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iovesia · 4 months

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🐰🍓💭 need to give my other keanu characters besides john wick some tlc .. decide for my next fic !

#᭥𖦞݈⠀josie's online ...#keanu reeves x reader #keanu reeves imagine #john wick x reader #john constantine x reader #kevin lomax x reader #neo the matrix

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texaschainsawmascara · 2 years

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Cyber Stockholm Syndrome - Rina Sawayama / unknown / The Matrix / We’re All Going To The World’s Fair / unknown

#parallels #cyber stockholm syndrome #rina sawayama #the matrix #matrix #cybercore #cyberspace #cyber y2k #90s #neo #trinity #morpheous #virtual world #virtual life #chronically online #the wachowskis #we're all going to the world's fair #we’re all going to the world’s fair

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softboysora · 1 year

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Sword Art Online Anomaly Quest Event by The Tokyo Matrix

Villain Asuna

Villain Kirito

Villain Kirito cheeks though 👀

#sword art online #villain asuna #villain kirito #sword art online anomaly quest event #the tokyo matrix #kirito #kirigaya kazuto #yuuki asuna #kirisuna

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smbhax · 8 months

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From a live event I ran in The Matrix Online on March 28, 2006.

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escapethematrixuniversity · 10 months

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g4zdtechtv · 3 months

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