Death of a Game: RuneScape Classic (RuneScape 1)

The death of Jagex first RuneScape.
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#DOAG . Death of a Game is a series dedicated to uncovering the mysteries surrounding the death of a game or company. nerdSlayer defines the term "death" in the context of the show as either... 1. Literally dead. 2. Had a mass exodus of players and never recovered (expectations etc). 3. The company ceased to exist. We follow a timeline of events, to uncover clues concerning why a game or company doesn't do well, and attempt to put it all together at the end for a deduction explaining how or why the game failed based on the evidence gathered.
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secure.runescape.com/m=news/r...
secure.runescape.com/m=news/n...
www.eurogamer.net/articles/20...
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massivelyop.com/2019/07/08/ru...
runescapeclassic.fandom.com/w...
runescape.fandom.com/wiki/Upd...!
deviousmud.tripod.com/id1.html
www.rscrevolution.com/
www.rscemulation.net/
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[@shantotto1wife519]

You burned the shrimp You burned the shrimp You burned the shrimp

[@ToastyCoClothing]

they dont make em like that no more...

[@majesticslug3399]

Fffffffff

[@PokeMaster22222]

Who calls it "shrimp", anyway? I know the Aussie stereotypical saying is "throw the shrimp onto da barbie, mate", but I've never heard _anyone_ here call it "shrimp", and I've lived here all my life! We call them "prawns".

[@majesticslug3399]

@@PokeMaster22222 Americans. Especially in the South. You must of never seen Forest Gump!

[@benja303]

@@PokeMaster22222 bruh who is "we"

[@estebanhughell709]

Man, i remember hanging out at the public library playing this. It was my first mmo since you could play in browser.

[@benjaminmuratore9341]

I used to see people playing RuneScape at my public library all the time.

[@juggei_jugsxd2841]

You old

[@Peppuli.]

This is exactly what I did with my friends in elementary school! Wedv even create a "clan", meaning we'd have characters named similarly and wear black robes in game. Man we had no idea what we were doing :P

[@juggei_jugsxd2841]

@@Peppuli. noice

[@llab3903]

foxy gameing ome the gameing if you’re at least 20 you probably saw it a lot. You’re just young

[@whattheheck8979]

Thank god OSRS is still alive and thriving today, with nearly 120k people playing it at any given time. When you can go from killing 130 demons to making pizzas and delivering them to people hosting house parties, you know you're playing a gem.

[@edison4608]

Half are bots and alt accounts lol

[@TryPuttingItInRice]

@@edison4608 60k players at almost any given time is still good.

[@dhuill8900]

I just bought membership this month, the game still thrives

[@grandcanyon2]

@@TryPuttingItInRice remember in classics before rs2 launch they only had 18 worlds. and at peak times had 25k players.

[@vahlok1426]

Shout out to that friend of mine in middle school who was playing RS2 during computer class one day, causing me to become curious. And that's how the rest of middle school and most of high school were filled with late nights, and missing schoolwork. Thanks Run Escape.

[@PHYTEthePOWAH]

I remember being a tyke scimming the hot sheets on NewGrounds when I saw it. Run Escape. Looks legit, I thought. It was.

[@samvimes9510]

Sometimes I feel like the only person in my age range who never played Runescape. But man, it's impressive how long they kept the original version of the game going for so long. Not many companies would bother to do that.

[@PyramidHACK]

I started once because a friend wanted me to try it, but I didn't last long, it was so boring. That was over 10 years ago.

[@llab3903]

Frank Rivers same honestly

[@oswith971]

Back in like 2005 I had a bunch of friends in the neighborhood who played runescape, so I started it too. I have so many fond memories it's insane. Never had an experience like that in a game, it was just massive and playing multiplayer was new to me at the time, and the items felt like they had real value because you had to work so hard for some things and there was always that crazy expensive item that you really wanted and worked hard to get money for. It took over pretty much my entire childhood and I still play to this day although I don't have as much time anymore. I'll stop before I accidentally write an entire book in the comments but man I've never had so much fun in a video game since then, it frequently makes me tear up thinking of all the memories, way more than any other part of my childhood Even though I still play it doesn't feel the same as a lot of friends have stopped playing long ago, plus a lot of the fun came from the fact that you knew nothing about the game, now 15 years later I know most of the game like the back of my hand and there isn't much new to explore apart from updates

[@tdestroyer4780]

Not many companies would maliciously destroy their own game and community in an attempt to get players to play the new game.

[@capn9449]

Rs2 was miles better, anyway

[@eurosonly]

I am disappointed at the lack of "buying gf" comments.

[@dianaburn2474]

Definitely a thing. Also selling "armor trimming" in rs2

[@theendofmyropemydude]

Doubling gf follow me to wildy

[@BubblewrapHighway]

123 to be my gf

[@bombomos]

Lmfao

[@GuidesForUsAll]

Great video! It's hard to find many other games that capture that feeling of the dawn of MMORPGs and I'm glad I got to play Runescape Classic before it got shut down, it was like playing a piece of history.

[@AgustinSarro]

Was a fun watching ya get all quests done on RSC back then.

[@dudeanime8832]

It was very good watching your videos as well also helpful in reconstructing Runescape Classic (there are some few open source projects aiming that)

[@grandcanyon2]

runescpae classics was one of the best games in history, you dont need 99s and 90s to be effect like in osrs or rs3, less power creep and more fair dynamic pvp.

[@Tetsu9701]

This was my first MMORPG ever! RuneScape Classic launched when I was in 8th grade. I fondly remember staying up all night mining and working my way up to making mithril gear. One night my father told me to go to bed during my freshman year of HS. I bargained by asking if I woke up early enough could I continue playing. Knowing how notoriously bad I was at waking up he agreed. Little did he know my addiction to RSC... That night I cranked my looney tunes alarmed clock & set it for 4AM. The next day I woke up around 4AM to start playing. He woke up befuddled at what was happening. He just sighed & went back to bed knowing a deal was deal while keeping his word.

[@ilya4013]

Isaiah A hahaha nice story man

[@grandcanyon2]

we had only one family pc i would sneak early in the living room to play for 3 hours then go to bed on the weekends.

[@Dalzombie]

So Runescape is basically the MMO version of "I'm gonna go make my own Ultima Online, with blackjack and hookers!"

[@zometthecomet]

this made me die laughing!

[@KaizenB]

This was pretty funny ngl

[@KaizenB]

@Don Bastardo This also was funny

[@spinyslasher6586]

@Brap Nation here is your Reddit gold, sir 🏅

[@LordAlacorn]

Only Ultima did had blackjack and hookers - that's why it's still alive

[@magetolight]

As a heads up, thieving was and is in RS2, RS3 and OSRS. Hiding was removed from RSC cause it was a buggy mess if I recall so even the legacy version didn't have it.

[@nerdSlayerstudioss]

Good catch, just double checked and you were indeed right. It became a members-only skill.

[@michaelstanford7338]

@@nerdSlayerstudioss it was always a members-only skill... also it was weird that you fixated so much on the "class" system that was only in the game for the first year when it meant nothing and didn't restrict your character in anyway. Andrew Gower just thought it would be a good way to give players who wanted to jump into a certain playstyle or archetype (such as mining) a very (very) slight head-start. It was removed because everyone knew it was basically pointless from the outset.

[@Demogarose]

ok, since we're talking Browser MMOs Adventure Quest anyone?

[@tropicarls]

MechQuest was my jam!

[@alexthering6615]

my heart is not ready for this.

[@Uzur9]

Still peak in and check things out every few years

[@Tundra0stalker]

Demogarose Dragonfable for me mostly, but AQ is still great! Been playing both for maybe over a decade since elementary or around then.

[@TheMarc1k1]

HOLT SHIT, god damn Adventure Quest was a hot mess, shit I poured way too much time into it :P

[@Deathshuck]

It's hard to put into words how legendary this original game is for me. It was the first game that caused all the kids in my neighbourhood to get a PC with online connection. Before that, nobody gave a toss about PC gaming, but when Runescape came out, it was all that me and my friends spoke about in elementary school. How we sold lobster in the market, how we killed somebody in the wildy, it was an amazing time, but brief.

[@nerdSlayerstudioss]

I hope you guys enjoyed the dive into the mystery surrounding Jagex's first and often forgotten MMO RuneScape Classic (RS1). Links are in the description for the sources. Thanks for the continued support on the channel and stay tuned for the next episode of DOAG! PS: I would like to apologize ahead of time to my UK fans (including my editor) for not saying Ca(y)mbridge. PSS: oldschool.runescape.wiki/w/Thieving was/is a thing in RS2/OSRS/RS3/RSC, apologies for the mistake.

[@brunofranco4416]

Dead? Tell that to Mr. Clemps!

[@Kaptitanbear]

surprised you didn't include the story about how the devs delayed the shutdown for a bit to let a single player finish his final quest in rsc! would've done a great job at potraying the dedication of some of the few remaining runescape classic players up until the very end source: www.pcgamer.com/runescape-classics-shutdown-was-delayed-just-so-one-player-could-finish-his-last-quest/

[@faldrino9728]

On behalf of the UK, you're forgiven.

[@menesoruc1186]

Make Death of a game: Knight Online, there is like tons of content, drama, betrayals, hackers, would be a 10/10 watch.

[@Spaghetti_Parmesan]

Thanks for this. If I recall correctly every account was copied to RS2 when it launched but there was a tool for a few weeks to transfer items back to RSC if players preferred. It was stressed this was temporary because the continued development of RS2 meant the two games would become incompatible. There were items in Classic that don't exist in RS2 and players were given coins for them (like sleeping bags). I think everyone had their runes doubled too when RS2 launched (Runecrafting was a brand new skill). Finally, for many years messaging between players online in RS2 and RSC was impossible. I don't have any online sources to cite for this information. Just first hand experience as a RSC/RS2 player very active at that time.

[@NoisyyCricket]

The first time I played Runescape was in my public library. I had seen a friend who was playing it and he introduced me. I played for a few years and then quit but man I would count the hours down each day just to head back to the library and get my 1 hour of Runescape in.

[@pandosham]

The last thing i remember happening on runescape classic of significance was the Daemonheim update in RS2 where everyone was lifted into the air and then made to face the direction of the dungeon. The animation didn't happen in classic but players got the message about the "Strange Power" felt throughout the world

[@EllaKarhu]

@@Nukestarmaster The issues with RS3 are way overstated. The whole lootbox thing is kinda annoying, sure, but it doesn't really get in the way of the actual gameplay. It's basically just a way to get more XP if you prefer wasting money to actually playing the game. And while EoC is complete ass with full manual casting, revolution mode fixes it. I play both RS3 and OSRS on and off, and overall i'd say i enjoy RS3 more. All the added content and quality of life features just make it a more pleasant experience. And it looks better, which is a nice bonus. I recommend giving it a fair shot. It's better now than when it launched.

[@ommurg5059]

@@EllaKarhu I thought the same thing for years but coming to it fresh after quiting for a while, you can't just ignore it man. So much development time goes to the lootboxes and events, and it really shows. All the small bugs and straight up lack of information I ran in to trying to do Arch, along with the fact is has about a quarter of the players it used to have isnt just meangingless. They keep making their playerbase smaller and smaller, with the players whistling past the graveyard the whole time.

[@Mike351025]

Omg I forgot about that!! Wow thanks for sharing that memory

[@Tigorliman]

@Pandosham random but judging by your subs we would definitely be bros.

[@synmer7104]

You played Habbo Hotel, huh? Where were you when the pools closed?

[@LucasCunhaRocha]

Pools closed due to corona!

[@wulffhe4102]

I was in my room looking at the catalog when friend tell "pools are closed' "no"

[@zachjollimore4339]

I was there Seraf, I was there.

[@ChaosZero.]

Oh my God, I remember "playing" that game. I would roleplay as a hooker and scam people out of their money (the premium currency you could only buy with real money) by doing pretend sexual intercourse. I was so rich and my house was full of very rare and expensive items, I felt like a king (or a queen, mind you) among plebs.

[@drdnout]

@@ChaosZero. evil mister(ess)

[@jamesesparza6893]

man i got so many amazing memories of runescape 2, met some grand people while playing that game.

[@xp14y639]

"And Runescape, or Runescape 3, the final one." "runescape 3, the final one." "final one." Yeah that's definitely not going to age well.

[@I3eals]

evolution of combat - EOC is what this version is called. or RS3 if you play classic LOL

[@ScowlieMeerkat]

"We can't fix the bugs due to the unsupported nature of the game" = "We can't fix the bugs due to us deciding not fix the bugs. Hands tied."

[@IrynStyl]

More like "We can't fix bugs because literally 0 people that know how runescape classic code works still work here." Pretty sure mod ash is the most veteran programmer and he didn't start until 3 years into RS2's run, he wouldn't even have a clue have runescape classic programming works.

[@punishedbarca761]

@@IrynStyl early 2000s Java written by students. That's a nightmare scenario for most devs.

[@jaredchampagne2752]

The software they used to create it was literally windows 98-2000 based, it would be practically impossible to change the game at this point. They’d have to order a shitload of old unsupported hardware and it would be a mess.

[@jont2576]

God RuneScape classic was the best RuneScape ever.....it encapsulated the essence of RuneScape more than any other runescape Dialup,coal certs......goddam those coal certs...lmao those things will forever be burned in my memory....why didnt they come up with coal certs for quantities of 25 still boggles my mind and located the goddam exchange near a bank or something..... The quest towards my first phat,the ultimate symbol of astronomical wealth,money making was more important than anything in the game.....took me nearly six months of mining and trading and merching.....which led me down the path of economics in games for the next ten years......

[@ilya4013]

Jon T come play it on RSCRevolution

[@BorntoBuild]

If you already mentioned Jagex, any chance you'd consider covering the Ace of Spades title which they ran into the ground?

[@ewanwalker5967]

I'd also like to see MS cover Chronicle, which was a really cool (in theory) card based RPG based on the Runescape world, lastest less than a year on steam.

[@bewawolf19]

Ace of Spades was the shit, I got into it I think around .13, and it was so rugged but so fun all the way till the end.

[@fako518]

Yeah please do an episode on Ace of Spades, You can also lookup "build and shoot" which is pretty much fan-made Ace of Spades classic to get a feel of how amazing and simple the game was compared to the atrocity that Jagex turned it into.

[@BorntoBuild]

@@fako518 I still play it sometimes. Me and a few pals are trying to re-make the whole thing and set in in Vietnam with a new custom engine and all.

[@ToothedKrux]

@@fako518 build and shoot, along with OpenSpades, are just launchers for the old beta of the game, not fully independent games. Though I would really wish someone would make a new version that would be like the beta, but better modifiable and able to be actually developed.

[@brendanhaley2098]

Honestly Runescape as a franchise would be a really interesting life of a game. From popular to virtually dead to a massive resurgence 15 years later it’s very unique.

[@TheL0rd0fSpace]

The history of Runescape is a little convoluted, but here's the basic timeline: First, Runescape was created. Then, it received its massive graphical update in 03. The new game was known then as Runescape 2, or just Runescape, since it was the de facto default Runescape game. Later, through a series of hugely controversial/unpopular updates at the time, Runescape 2 became what is today known as Runescape 3 (or just Runescape). Because players were quitting due to different updates than one another, and this wasn't an "all at once" change, it's hard to nail down an exact date. But, most players left after the Evolution of Combat (EoC) update, which was in 2012. It is pretty easy to distinguish between RS2 and RS3, however, because there was another major graphical overhaul between those as well. Since players were quitting en masse starting around 2012 due to new changes, Jagex polled if players wanted to give Runescape a sort of "fresh start", using a 2007 backup server. This was massively popular, and this duplicate of Runescape 2, dubbed "Old School Runescape" was created. Sorry, but one of the few things I'm a stickler about is the fact that "Old School Runescape" never existed before 2013. It's just the name given to the mulligan that Jagex took after they made a lot of unpopular choices and started hemorrhaging players. F2P RS2 was my childhood. I lived this.

[@SmDJeremy]

I'm glad someone clarified. I had to stop watching 1 min in because he clearly doesn't know what he's talking about.

[@TheAuzman466]

The poll was made in response to a RuneScape 2 private server that was being worked on by a third party. It was going to be called 2007scape and was supposed to be exactly how RuneScape was in 2007, no exp boosts or weird content like other private servers, just classic RS2. Jagex saw how many people were interested in this unofficial classic server, so they launched the poll to gauge interest in an official RS2 server, and that resulted in OSRS. This is also why the subreddit is r/2007scape despite OSRS being forked from a 2006 build of RuneScape; the subreddit was originally formed around the private server that was being worked on

[@Chessrook44]

Oooh the memories, the nostalgia.... I was part of Runescape in the beginning, before the 3D version even came out. I remember playing it in my middle school computer lab whenever I could, and asking my parents to pay the $20 monthly subscription to become a member (They refused, of course). I remember aiming for Black Armor and gear over Mithril, I remember the deserts, the quests, the regions, the annoying magic system that I rarely used, the crafting, the party hat I got legit... all that stuff. I also remember playing ALL of those old games you showed early on when you spoke of old browser games. God I feel old, but.... ah the memories. The only thing I wish... I remember there was one Jagex game that I loved playing, a minor one that I think involved some dungeon crawling, that I could never find again. I don't even remember its name, I'd only know it if I saw it. Sadly, it is probably gone and lost by now. I wish I could play it again...

[@josephc.3192]

I begged my mom for membership but when I played it was only 5$

[@null_..]

when was it ever $20?

[@Chessrook44]

@@null_.. I could have sworn that's what it was, waaaay way back, before they even added much of a member's only area.

[@leftypirate]

@@Chessrook44 it was 5$

[@ommurg5059]

@@Chessrook44 Nahh, they even said they explicitly made it 5 to be cheap in their documentary about making it (which I would highly recommend)

[@lilguava70]

"Theme Song!" Holy shit, hearing the Detective Conan theme song gave me a whole nother wave of nostalgia in this already nostalgia-inducing video.

[@Flylighter]

I'll be watching THIS as soon as I get home. I never even played the newer incarnations of the game, just the OLD old school. I remember trying to sell people pizza. Or was that a different game?

[@rongusta11]

Flylighter does it have pineapple? Lol

[@PhantomsmediaTV]

Same game baby! You sell that pizza, buy a gf, get her to sell ur pizza, pizza stocks increase drastically. Before you know it you're scamming some dude out of his armor by saying you can trim it while ur army of workers sells pizza they're cooking.

[@NecromancyForKids]

@@Rs_OxLong This person didn't make the video.

[@CloudCollapse]

Oldschool has a mobile app if you ever want to come back. The game is still thriving! Regularly has 100k+ people online at any given time

[@jaredchampagne2752]

SELLING LOBBIES SELLING LOBBIES SELLING LOBBIES

[@Kudryavka_Noumi]

It's only been out a month but you can probably start prepping for the DOAG: Crucible episode

[@Cybershroom]

My gosh, I was 14 when i played Runescape, that was 2006, oh my how time flies so fast, so many Yew tree's were cut, so many countless adventures in the member zones, there was something about the game that made it seem timeless despite looking simplistic and being mostly free (except for membership areas)

[@EndGameEnt]

Runescape Classic was my first MMO. I played it in grade 6 with the boys. We didn't get into WoW until the summer of grade 7 and I went ham at it until after high school. Thanks Runescape!

[@CompComp]

Thanks for finally covering Runescape, I love your style of videos and learned a lot more than I thought I would.

[@novaaetas7492]

Every time I come back to your channel I'm reminded how good this series of yours is.

[@ashwinnmyburgh9364]

I saw the thumbnail "Death of a game: Runescape" and was like "dude.....Runescape is still alive" then I saw it was classic. Love your videos man! and I love OSRS!

[@noname-xo5mp]

Come play with us. It's freeee

[@Whats_Up_Dot]

Excellent video! Slight correction: RSC got phased out for RS2, and then RS2 was updated and rebranded to RS3. RS3 was never a new game, it's still technically the original RuneScape 2 under a new name and ton of new graphics. OSRS was a new game created in 2013 in response to the massive community outrage towards the updates that led to the rebranding to RS3, namely the Evolution of Combat. That update introduced combat abilities and a hotbar like those found in most MMOs, removing the point-and-click nature of the game's combat. OSRS started as a copy of the game from 2007, and has since eclipsed RS3 in popularity.

[@eLguL]

Big Fan of your Death of a Game series ! really nice, informative and sometimes astonishing videos! keep it up! greetings from germany 👏👍❤

[@The-Opium-Den]

Great video! As far as Runescape documentaries are concerned, I'd recommend this video alongside rswillmissit's Runescape Historical Timeline video and Jagex's official Runescape documentary. I'll admit this video hit close to home for me because Runescape and Jagex are names I've been familiar with since I was a kid. Keep up the good work and I look forward to your next DOAG!

[@CoolKidCroc]

i'm a huge fan of how this video was structured and presented, great video as always

[@cloudsweater]

Waiting for you to do a “Death of a Game: Fortnite: Save The World (Fortnite)” vid in the future

[@cloudsweater]

The man did it

[@dudeanime8832]

Very interesting video and good job on it @nerdSlayer Studios. One very notable event in history of 2018 was that on May 2018, couple of days later after Jagex made the announcement of the shutdown, users could start preserving the game for eternity using the RSC+ client. This is of uttermost importance because the traditional private servers although claiming replication, are quite off from exact. For the love of the game and reconstructing there are some open source efforts such as Open RuneScape Classic (playable) and RSC- (which is more of POC at the moment), which base of the replays to get as close as possible the RSC we all loved.

[@heyjeanwtf]

I never miss A video from this channel. And there is never A video here that doesn't look flawless to me. My favorite channel on the entire KZbin. Thank you so much for this content, NS! Keep it up please!

[@basilblair]

I’ve been waiting for this video for so long! Excited to see your thoughts.

[@lawrenceyancy3364]

I was just thinking about this game this morning lol. Good timing ! Should be epic!

[@Gu3ssWhatsN3XT]

I would honestly like to see a death of a game: Master x Master. That game was a gem and honestly imo better than any moba out there. The games were quick, it had everything from 3v3 to the full moba 5v5 to pve content to power up your heroes. but in NCsoft fashion it was another game they killed off

[@fahr]

mxm was the only moba game I ever actually enjoyed

[@LiquidDIO]

It's kinda what they do.

[@PenguinDT]

It always depresses me to no end seeing a hobbyist passion projects getting sold out to Chinese mega corps. I know the original devs were no longer involved at that point, but hot damn. Seeing this franchise go from "the free game you could play if you couldn't afford that other one" to "one of the greediest messes online" is really painful to watch.

[@myopicmanatee6432]

I remember the free mmo options for 56k being Runescape and Tibia. (I realize that there were probably more options. There were muds of course, and in the 90s there were individual muds with more than 100 players online and active at peak hours) I do not regret my time with Runescape.

[@TheDeadAlewives]

It's funny that this game was big during my high school days (when I was REALLY into online RPG's), but I never played it and didn't know anyone who did. I don't think I had even heard of it, believe it or not. The games I played during the early 2000's were usually Neverwinter Nights or...ugh...Ragnarok Online.

[@patrickhogan6750]

Yes another video! The time and effort you put in these videos really shows. This series D.O.A.G is the best on KZbin. I have been wondering, how long does it take for you to make such a video with all the research, recording, editing etc. Love you man keep it up!

[@nerdSlayerstudioss]

I would say about 10 days, depending on the game and if I was working on something else. The games that take longer are the ones I naturally played the least.

[@patrickhogan6750]

@@nerdSlayerstudioss thanks for responding you are one of the few that does really appreciate it. I have one other question the longer videos you have made do they require more time or it's just more information you leave in the video? Have a blessed day!

[@Linkman247]

I remember sinking so much time into Runescape nights after school. Runescape 2 is where I started, but I was able to experience runescape classic a bit. I remember the wildy and just having so much fun. It was my first MMO and...I can credit it as being what would eventually get me into games like WoW.

[@BeautifulMadeline]

This game took so many hours of my life, and I have so many great stories and memories from RSC :) and then RS2.

[@gibsonbrown6878]

8:50 "fhag" good to know the pvp community is still like this, 20 years later lmao

[@arforafro5523]

War, war never changes

[@Shajirr_]

some PvP clans consist almost entirely of extremely racist fucks, as well as the scummiest and most horrible people... So yeah...

[@jaredchampagne2752]

How did a group of siblings, create an MMO and run servers, and have them be stable to 10’s of thousands of people back in the early early 2000’s?! Modern triple AAA titles with a billion dollars can barely do that today! That is impressive.

[@cassiopiea8438]

God damn your videos just keep getting better and better!

[@dukeofnylon]

i miss the RunScape train because I was still a console pleb at the time so it was to see a bit of history of RunScape, thank you for the history lesson and also clearing up some of the confusing on the naming of 3 different games with the same name xD.

[@HAHA4625]

Loved all the RS tracks in the background

[@zom8680]

Yep, I was a library kid playing this all the time and keeping up with all the quests that way I could always have access to the newest items / areas. Iban Blast being broken op. H'ween Masks when they were first dropped. And of course Legends Quest.

[@LoftusWatching]

Great video! Really interesting and i think Runescape is a game that has featured in most gamers lives (in one incarnation or another) I didn't know about this original older version of the game, it really has been such a long journey!

[@JohnLeonardMusic1]

I played RSC from 2001 then switched to RS2 as soon as it was released. I remember being able to log in to my character on RSC and simultaneously log into that same character in RS2... Crazy. RSC will always be the real RS in my heart. RIP

[@ColeFam]

Classic was definitely my favorite iteration. You could feel the small roots and it was really charming. The typos and mechanics were really fun.

[@jessieis]

Never forgot about classic it's when my runescape adventure began. I still got my 2018 footage of the final moments when classic ended.

[@modjoe4107]

i saw the thumbnail and thought it said OSRS and i nearly had a heart attack, i was like "THAT SH*T AIN'T DEAD" then i actually read it XD

[@TB64967]

Love these videos can't wait for more!

[@T0asty-]

I still have so many friends that play RS to this day. Personally I never saw the hype about it. Thanks for another great video NS ^^

[@darthXreven]

same..... it's like the mystery of the Tootsie roll pop how many licks does it take to get to the center?? let's find out, 1 2...3 [crunch] 3 the world may never know the answer to this mystery....

[@rawwrrob9395]

I've been playing Runescape for over 15 years and have over 10000hrs playtime between RS3 and OSRS. It's a sandbox MMO that offers many different playstyles and very diverse content. The games don't really force you in any particular direction. If you want a casual time waster, you can train most skills with low effort, even combat, albeit at lower xp rates usually. If you want story, both games have a very unique quest system where each quest is like a self-contained story and often reward you with powerful items, unlocking new areas, and/ or unlocking new areas of the map. If you like PVM content, both games have a wide range of bosses and raids at all levels of difficulty. Some bosses on OSRS are even defeated through non-combat skilling.

[@stationofplay2302]

Also, one player was incredibly close to getting the Legends cape in the final hours of classics existence, jagex kept the servers open long enough for him to achieve it. Class act.

[@chadarmstrong8073]

I still listen to runescape music to sleep sometimes.

[@gm112]

As someone who played RSC before it had Members, its interesting to hear your thoughts on the game and its importance in Jagex's history. Most Runescape players haven't played Classic because it had such a short lifespan.

[@ShinMario098]

I still yearn for a DoaG on Monday Night Combat/Super Monday Night Combat

[@WalcomS7]

So much of this played on the computers with CRTs in the library's computer lab back between Neopet sessions. I remember when Runescape 2 came out, members could beta test it... but it was too much for the computers at school, so many of my friends still played the original while I played Runescape 2 mostly at home. While Runescape just made me hate quests with a passion, it made me absolutely love grinding, gathering, and crafting. Being able to play it virtually anywhere was a huge thing back then.

[@J.W.J.]

Played from late 2001 until 2004, shortly after RS2 came out. The game was quite literally my life for 4 years or so. Parents wouldn't allow me to have members but I managed to get to 92-92-99-96 level 112 purely F2P (Super Tonny). Also, I had a pure that was 76-40-99 with 95 range (Dead Vegito). Also, about a hundred level 5-40 pkers that would camp North Varrock and castle. Fun times...

[@Baleur]

0:24 that head tho.. Wow. Magnificent.

[@zidaryn]

OMG: You're "theme song" is the theme from Detective Conan? Second vid of yours I've watched but this is looking awesome.

[@comettamer]

I remember playing RuneScape in Junior High after school in the library. It's one of the early things that made me the nerd I am today. I went from RuneScape to Gaia online, another fun browser MMO.

[@PsychoKat90]

Ah this takes me back. My friend in 7th grade got me hooked on Classic in ~2002. I remember the switch to 3D runescape, too.

[@ImportAustralia]

I''m just thankful that the game lives on through private servers. It may not be quite the same, but knowing Runescape Classic still lives in in some format just makes everything seem right with the world.

[@LordProteus]

2:10 What is the theme playing here? I know I've heard it before, but I can't quite place it... I wish the music used in the videos would be listed somewhere.

[@IrynStyl]

It's called Canon in D by Pachelbel

[@JacobCenteno]

So many great memories with this game. Played with my dad who was fighting in Afghanistan one week before he was killed in action. Yeah... the list goes on. I played RSCEmulation for years after they shut this down and was part of that small group who chose to go back to classic when they launched RS2. Funny enough, I chose to play ultima online afterward and (believe it or not) still play ultima online to this day. There's something about the community and gameplay that old school games presented which games have failed to do to this day. Will continue to wait for another game like it/them.

[@a_made_man1133]

I remember sending my 5 dollar money order to jagex back in the day when I will run 🏃‍♂️ from middle school to the library to play for 2 hours . Later on I got my whole family to get library cards so I cave there bar codes to play all day . If I ever max my account I gotta do it in the library where it all started .

[@brianstevens3862]

I remember starting in like 05 on rs2 and then going back to classic and remember thinking “wow these graphics suck” lmfao here I am in 2020 still playing osrs.

[@RyanKarolak]

I played this shortly after it came out originally. I think I was in middle school. Good times! It was my first exposure to MMOs and online gaming.

[@inxept]

I remember there were queues to the computer lab at my school and everyone were playing RuneScape (classic). No one were actually doing any study related stuff.

[@narev6569]

I mudded for many years until my favorite mud lost too many players to be fun. I remember the frantic pvp wars and immersive role-playing quite fondly. Honestly, I had a lot of my best gaming memories with friends in that game.

[@Leet_Juice]

Okay since you liked my comment.. I just wanted to say I loved the video, Runescape was such a fun experience for me growing up. But listen.. NS... my boy.. my friend.. I need you to do one on Anarchy Online! You blurred the lines of "dead games" before and I know AO is still going but.. There is so much to tell about it! Broken promises, failed development, source code being lost.. you need to make one this year.

[@IAmChadBroseph]

I started playing RSC again back in 2016 and was one of the founding members of the only active clan at the time. We were playing until the end. Many of us still play on a private server called RSC Vanilla.

[@ToastyCoClothing]

it saddens me deeply still that they took classic offline. It's like a people losing their culture, their history, online.

[@kiran_a]

Had my first gf follow me around for a few hours. Was probably a dude lmao

[@robbyolinski1450]

He fooled you!

[@Feuerhamster]

Did you buy him/her?

[@BB-oz8oc]

Lmao my runescape girlfriend was real she sent me nudes and called me she lived in Michigan I was in texas lololol

[@vishaal1232]

@@BB-oz8oc and I am Obama

[@rogue5495]

Excited to watch this!

[@KingDuken]

I was eight years old when I played this game. I remember, not really knowing anything about online games, I said in the chat "Man (lvl 3 enemy), fight me!" and I was confused why he didn't fight me lol. My brother was like, "Dude! You have to click on him to fight you!" :) Good times.

[@neoroxx]

this brings back so much memories, I only played RS1 and barely touched RS2 (less than 5 hours total).

[@james_90]

I grew up with this version of Runescape, it was my first experience of online gaming. Fond memories.

[@PirateZ1]

In 2003, this game was sold to me former 9-year-old self as a game where you could do ANYTHING. While the game didnt live up to that expectation (very reasonably of course) it openend me up to 20+ years of online gaming and I am forever greatful for that

[@alexmiller5383]

I couldn't get into Runescape classic when I was shown it initially. I played diablo 1 and classic didn't quite hold up. My first experience with Runescape however was when some friends were playing it at the library and got me to go with them. I still play 17 years later..

[@Shootkicksass]

Wicked cool, I remember playing Classic RuneScape for a few months before they transitioned to RuneScape 2 where I spent the majority of my time. I wish my account didn't get hacked and then banned back in the day, it went back to like 2002. :(

[@fgsk2023]

So, where's Captain Insight telling us what the next DoaG is about? :c

[@safermonk]

didnt play classic but runescape 06 was my first mmo game and now im hooked forever in mmo genre.

[@andrazi4050]

Man I miss those days. My toon's name was BuckFutter0 after the SNL skit. The only couple of things I remember is one time fighting in the wilderness up at the demons at the top right after it went with pay to play mechanics. I never did but was jumped by people who obviously had. I was level 70 maybe 79 and basically all I had skill wise was combat, a little mining, and some fishing/cooking. 2 level 90s, 3 80's came after me. I killed 2 of them before getting to where they couldn't attack me anymore. Good times. That and some guild - the guys name was penguin something. That dude was the crafter who had all the monies crafting adamite armor or whatever it was called. Then I was done playing - gave the toon to a friend - and it got removed for someone trying to sell it.

[@Ropsuguy]

Im pretty certain that when you say at 14:22 that it would make runescape 2 "old school runescape" which is not true, oldschool was made after the fact from a backup and everyone had to create new characters, characters from Runescape 1 only exist still in Runescape 3. Sorry if someone mentioned this already, wasnt near the top comments.

[@finisher862]

As a note, rs2 isn't oldschool runescape. Osrs was made in response to the backlash of the changes to rs3 and Jagex released a legacy 2007 server in 2013 that they found and have supported and added new content to ever since. Osrs keeps many of the older game mechanics in tack while still releasing new content.

[@cooltjh4]

one of the biggest reasons why i loved rs, i didint need to download 60 files to play it, i didint need the top of the line computer to play it and i could play it on my browser. what you do it play rs input your info and boom theres the game.

[@BeastFable]

Thanks for the vid!

[@cameronarmstrong6854]

The way he said Cambridge has me shook

[@johnm9156]

Runescape is my favorite game of all time, I've never experienced anything quite like it.

[@CGoody564]

So much nostalgia. My character started in classic. The days of 2d RS... They sure don't make em like that anymore, albeit for good reason