This article makes me feel old...GameSpy

[Executioner]

What Ever Happened to GameSpy?​

https://www.techspot.com/article/2170-gamespy/

I think I still may have a copy on one of my old gaming CD/DVDs.

 

[Armenius]

I never used the standalone application very much, but of course I played a lot of games that were powered by GameSpy. Counter-Strike in particular. For games like Quake and NASCAR Racing 1999 Edition I used Heat.net a lot.

 

[Westwood]

Long live 2fort.

 

[M76]

I so hated gamespy, it probably contributed to me retreating from online play.

 

[Susquehannock]

MPlayer = > GameSpy.

That is where I honed my Q2 skills and got invited to clan competitions.

 

[Westwood]

MPlayer = > GameSpy.

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That is where I honed my Q2 skills and got invited to clan competitions.

I did....somethingzone for Age of Empires 2. Through Microsoft.

 

[Susquehannock]

I did....somethingzone for Age of Empires 2. Through Microsoft.

MSN Gaming Zone. Another good one.

 

[Armenius]

MPlayer = > GameSpy.

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That is where I honed my Q2 skills and got invited to clan competitions.

I used this one a lot, too.

 

[snowscum]

Remember using Kali? We used that before GS as I recall.

 

[kirbyrj]

Remember using Kali? We used that before GS as I recall.

That was a paid service IIRC. It simulated a LAN connection. I never had it myself. A buddy of mine used it for Diablo 1.

I used Gamespy back when it was quakespy with OG Team Fortress. We used to all chat using ICQ also.

 

[t1337duder]

I enjoyed playing Yarn and the other free games on there. IIRC there was a popular top-down 2-D futuristic team shooter that was pretty awesome, but I can't remember the name of it...

I never used the standalone application very much, but of course I played a lot of games that were powered by GameSpy. Counter-Strike in particular. For games like Quake and NASCAR Racing 1999 Edition I used Heat.net a lot.

I was like 9 years old and attempting to go to Heat.net and it brought me to a porn site. Was likely my first exposure to porn.

 

[sharknice]

I enjoyed playing Yarn and the other free games on there. IIRC there was a popular top-down 2-D futuristic team shooter that was pretty awesome, but I can't remember the name of it...

I was like 9 years old and attempting to go to Heat.net and it brought me to a porn site. Was likely my first exposure to porn.

I'm guessing ARC (attack retreive capture) basically you're a flying saucer looking thing and play CTF and similar gametypes. It was really fun but cheaters sort of ruined it. I liked it so much I actually made an Xbox 360 game similar to it.

I also remember somehow ending up at a porn site trying to play on Heat.net.

 

[TheToE!]

"Lets get it on with the killing!"

I remember it well. Also remember ms gaming zone. To get demo's you'd have to let it DL all night. I remember thinking "10MB! that'll take 24 hours!". And pray the dl didn't corrupt. We were also loading maps and shit via 3.5' floppy.

 

[Domingo]

If you really want to feel old, look up SirDoom. I remember dialing up my local BBS systems (I don't even remember how I learned about them) to play laggy Doom + Heretic matches and text-based RPG's.
Even as rudimentary as Gamespy, Heat, Mplayer, Dwango, etc. were - they were light years better than that.
It's kinda funny how much I used to enjoy playing competitive FPS games and the lengths I'd go to. Now I can't stand 'em.

 

[FrgMstr]

Dwango...

 

[GoldenTiger]

ImagiNation Network by Sierra. $160/mo for unlimited play between 6pm and 3am or so . 99 cents per minute off peak. Fun games on it though...

Compuserv and prodigy later...

 

[Toriessian]

Reading about Gamespy makes me miss the original Tribes.

 

[Gulkor]

I remember playing few games on Gamespy, cant remember what though