What was your first online gaming experience?
 

I'm really curious to know what Rogean and Nilbog's were. You two should reply to this!

Anyway, what was your first online gaming experience?
Doesnt matter if it was a one time, one minute thing, id really like to know from
everyone.

My first experience that lasted up until they finally shut the game down in March
was a game called Infantry (Sony), which was developed by the folks who made Sub Space.
i put years into my RPG character on one of the zones only for it to be erased. The game died due to them making it pay 2 play back in the day, and shitty zone rotations. Instead of putting up all the zones at once, they would put up the crappy ones no one would play so after a while i figured most of the loyal players of Infantry stopped checking the zone list.

Sadly there is no other game out there like infantry. thats what makes me sad, this game was a pinnacle in its day. my second online experience that became a regular thing was Counter-strike 1.6. That game is dying too if im correct.

Duke3D over Kali.... wow

I think it was Age of Empires, the first one. Used to play that game all the time with my buddies after school. Then there was Dune 2000, Red Alert, Everquest, one of the Rainbow Six games, and Counter Strike.

However, AoE dominated all of them at first until I really got into EQ. I played AoE til 2, 3 in the morning and then had to get up at 530 or 6 for highschool the next day. Loved that game.

X-Wing vs Tie Fighter - Starwars before it was cool (again). Then C&C, C&C Red Alert, Age of Empires II, and finally Everquest just before the dawn of broadband. Homeworld & Homeworld II in there somewhere, too.

Everquest

Various MUDs, including Sojourn MUD where Brad McQuaid played and found his inspiration for Everquest.

Diablo and a bird's eye view paintball game called PBN or Paintball-Net!

And Mechwarrior II: Mercenaries!

Duke Nukem 3D

Diablo and Unreal EQ

Duke Nukem was awesome. My son had a Mage in 1999 live named Duke Nukem on Torvo I think.