Meridian 59
Meridian 59 is a 1996 video game developed by Archetype Interactive and published by The 3DO Company. It was the first 3D graphical massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG) and one of the longest running original online role-playing games. The development team included John Hanke, who later founded Niantic, Inc. and codeveloped Google Earth and Pokémon Go.
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| Director(s) | Charles Sellers |
| Producer(s) | John Hanke |
| Designer(s) | Mike Sellers |
| Writer(s) | Kevin R. O'Hara |
| Platform(s) | Microsoft Windows |
| Release | October 7, 1996 |
| Genre(s) | MMORPG |
| Mode(s) | Multiplayer |
The game was launched online in an early form on December 15, 1995, and released commercially on October 7, 1996, with a flat-rate monthly subscription. Meridian 59 was later released as open source software, run by original developers Andrew Kirmse and Chris Kirmse.
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