Quick question about Warcraft 2

[nageov3t]

for anyone who can remember life back in 1995

was there multiplayer support enabled in the original release version, or did WC2 have no multiplayer support whatsoever until the Battlenet release in 1999?

 

[Modeps]

I believe Warcraft 2 came with multiplayer support originally.

 

[mchammer187]

it does just not over battlenet

 

[nageov3t]

damn you *shakes his fist*

got in a fight with a coworker over whether "pwned" originated in WC2 (1995), Quake (1996), or if it's even older than that.

my money is still on Quake. heh.

 

[NatePo717]

I :heart: Warcraft 2....

 

[Zolty]

OMG nerf shamans!!!

oh wait what?

 

[RandomFool]

mmmm brings back fuzzy memories...i think it had multiplayer in the orignal release.

 

[biostud]

I only played WC2 on LAN.

 

[BlueWeasel]

Originally posted by: loki8481
damn you *shakes his fist*

got in a fight with a coworker over whether "pwned" originated in WC2 (1995), Quake (1996), or if it's even older than that.

my money is still on Quake. heh.

Apparently, you are correct

Interesting...I thought the term "pwned" came out from the CS kiddies.

 

[realsup]

When I was playing I would play a friend across town. So it did have some form. Pretty sure no battlenet.

 

[NikPreviousAcct]

http://forums.anandtech.com/categories.aspx?catid=33&flcache=6005230&entercat=y

 

[Kelvrick]

I remember playing through modems, to tcp/ip I guess, but nothing like b.net

 

[LtPage1]

it absolutely did. but no bnet until the updated re-release.

 

[mooncancook]

I believe it has modem and LAN support. Later (after a long time) Blizzard released the bnet version. Anyway WC2 was the best RTS ever IMO, the mother of all fantasy RTS. It was the game that converted me to PC gamer.

 

[iliopsoas]

The original version of Warcraft 2 offered multiplayer capability through IPX, TCP/IP, and modem play. Internet play was added by kali.net, which preceded all this crap by blizzard and microsoft.

 

[TallBill]

Originally posted by: Modeps
I believe Warcraft 2 came with multiplayer support originally.

it had lan support.. i know cuz i played it when it came out.

 

[ShotgunSteven]

Originally posted by: loki8481
damn you *shakes his fist*

got in a fight with a coworker over whether "pwned" originated in WC2 (1995), Quake (1996), or if it's even older than that.

my money is still on Quake. heh.

It originated from a typo by Blizzard in the original WarCraft: Orcs And Humans or whatever it was called, according to most.