Archmage - Revision history

Optiquest: added Dangun Earth to Clones&Spinoffs, corrected spelling.

2010-01-22T21:27:53Z

added Dangun Earth to Clones&Spinoffs, corrected spelling.

Optiquest: added Dangun Earth to Clones&Spinoffs, corrected spelling.

2010-01-22T21:25:13Z

added Dangun Earth to Clones&Spinoffs, corrected spelling.

Windflare at 04:52, 17 April 2008

2008-04-17T04:52:23Z

129.177.10.78 at 07:34, 7 November 2007

2007-11-07T07:34:49Z

66.224.1.84: /* History */

2007-07-12T14:33:13Z

‎History

66.224.1.84: /* Gameplay */

2007-07-12T14:24:25Z

‎Gameplay

66.224.1.84: /* Gameplay */

2007-07-12T14:23:53Z

‎Gameplay

Groentje at 07:50, 23 February 2007

2007-02-23T07:50:43Z

Groentje: /* Clones and Spinoffs */

2007-02-23T07:50:20Z

‎Clones and Spinoffs

Groentje: /* Clones and Spinoffs */

2007-02-23T07:49:51Z

‎Clones and Spinoffs

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 * The Lord Archmage  [http://www.thelord.cl/ external link]
 * SeordCast  [http://www.seordcast.com/ external link]
-* [[Dangun Earth]] [http://http://web.archive.org/web/20000621134059/www.magewar.com/archmage/dangun/dangun.html/ archive.org external link
+* [[Dangun Earth]] [http://web.archive.org/web/20000621134059/www.magewar.com/archmage/dangun/dangun.html/ archive.org external link]
 [[Category:History]]

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-'''''Archmage''''' was a successful browser-based multiplayer turn-based strategy game, where the player plays a wizard resurrected from the depths of Hell and commands vast armies with magical and mundane elements. The game was created by a Korean telecommunicarions company MARI, but has since gone bankrupt and ceased supporting and hosting it. Fans have since created games encapsulating the essence of Archmage. Such games include e.g. [[The Reincarnation]].
+'''''Archmage''''' was a successful browser-based multiplayer turn-based strategy game, where the player plays a wizard resurrected from the depths of Hell and commands vast armies with magical and mundane elements. The game was created by Korean telecommunications company MARI, but has since gone bankrupt and ceased supporting and hosting it. Fans have since created games encapsulating the essence of Archmage. Such games include e.g. [[The Reincarnation]].
 == Gameplay ==
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 * The Lord Archmage  [http://www.thelord.cl/ external link]
 * SeordCast  [http://www.seordcast.com/ external link]
 [[Category:History]]

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	* The Lord Archmage [http://www.thelord.cl/ external link]		* The Lord Archmage [http://www.thelord.cl/ external link]
	* SeordCast [http://www.seordcast.com/ external link]		* SeordCast [http://www.seordcast.com/ external link]
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 * [[The Reincarnation]] [http://www.the-reincarnation.org/ external link]
-* The Five Pillars [http://thefivepillars.org/ external link]
+* [[The Five Pillars]] [http://thefivepillars.org/ external link]
 * The Lord Archmage  [http://www.thelord.cl/ external link]
 * SeordCast  [http://www.seordcast.com/ external link]

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 In an attempt to cover increasing hosting costs, MARI announced ''pay-2-play'' in mid 2001, a system where players pay for access to some of the servers. This was met with ridicule by the community, as while the game was good, few believed it was worth paying for - remembering that this period of time also saw the popularity of other web games such as Ultima Online, Everquest and Dark Age of Camelot.
-From this point on, the servers were often down or sluggish, and communication from the MARI to the player community dried up. Later that year, MARI announced they would be shifting their focus from Archmage to another game they owned, Archspace - a turn based space simulation - again alienating the Archmage community.
+From this point on, the servers were often down or sluggish, and communication from MARI to the player community dried up. Later that year, MARI announced they would be shifting their focus from Archmage to another game they owned, Archspace - a turn based space simulation - again alienating the Archmage community.
 In mid-2002, MARI announced that they were in talks with Microsoft, with plans to port Archmage to the then newly released Xbox console. If these talks actually took place, they were in vain. The last MARI-sponsored resets ended in December 2002, with the servers never to be activated again. The game's forum, known as the UBB, lasted until September 2004 before disappearing. By this point in time, MARI's corporate website was also gone.

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 == Gameplay ==
-''Archmage'' was a rich turn-based fantasy game with a focus on player versus player interaction and resource management. The player could build up his kingdom by exploring to find land, creating buildings, gaining resources, researching new spells to cast, increasing your population, acquiring magical items, and building a military force. Players could build up armies by summoning them with magic spells or items, or by hiring them as mercenaries. These forces could then be used as defense or sent out to conquer land and resources from other players. As the player's kingdom grew in size peaceful exploration of land grew less effective and taking territory from other players became more necessary.
+''Archmage'' was a rich turn-based fantasy game with a focus on player versus player interaction and resource management. The player could build up his kingdom by exploring to find land, creating buildings, gaining resources, researching new spells to cast, increasing your population, acquiring magical items, and building a military force. Players could build up armies by summoning them with magic spells or items, or by hiring them as mercenaries. These forces could then be used as defense or sent out to conquer land and resources from other players. As the player's kingdom grew in size, peaceful exploration of land grew less effective and taking territory from other players became more necessary.
 One of ''Archmage''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s unique aspects was the ability of players to reset the game themselves. The most powerful spell in the game was Armageddon, and required seven players to cast it in succession. Each time the spell was cast another "seal" was broken, and all players were informed of their impending possible doom. Unless one of the casting mages was stopped by other players in time every character's progress would be erased and the game restarted. The players that cast Armageddon, along with the top ten ranked mages at the end of the game, would have their names enshrined for all to see in the Hall of Immortality. These goals were essentially how one "won" the game. Instead of pursuing the Hall, some players waged war with other players, "winning" by defeating their enemies.

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−	'''''Archmage''''' was a successful browser-based multiplayer turn-based strategy game, where the player plays a wizard resurrected from the depths of Hell and commands vast armies with magical and mundane elements. The game was created by a Korean telecommunicarions company MARI, but has since gone bankrupt and ceased supporting and hosting it. Fans have since created games encapsulating the essence of Archmage. Such games include e.g. The Reincarnation.	+	'''''Archmage''''' was a successful browser-based multiplayer turn-based strategy game, where the player plays a wizard resurrected from the depths of Hell and commands vast armies with magical and mundane elements. The game was created by a Korean telecommunicarions company MARI, but has since gone bankrupt and ceased supporting and hosting it. Fans have since created games encapsulating the essence of Archmage. Such games include e.g. [[The Reincarnation]].

	== Gameplay ==		== Gameplay ==