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Meridian 59
also known as M59
The first commercial graphical MMO. Meridian 59 launched in 1996 with full open-world PvP and a faction system that informed every MMO that followed.
Released
1996
Developer
Archetype Interactive / 3DO
Publisher
3DO / Near Death Studios
Gameplay
Meridian 59 is the source. Released in 1996, it was the first commercially launched graphical MMO and shipped with full open-world PvP, factional combat, and the political-economic dynamics that subsequent MMOs would spend the next two decades iterating on. The audience was small by modern standards. The influence on every PvP MMO designer who came after is nearly total.
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