Myst Online: Uru Live Is Online Again

[Wootson]

Cyan Worlds just reopened a brand new server for Myst Online. The game went offline somewhere in 2008, but just recently it was raised from the dead by the official developers. They are now planning to create an open source variant of the game and in the meanwhile they will host at least one server for everyone to play on for free (without any hidden costs). Their website currently displays the following message:

Welcome back, again,

Everything takes longer than expected these days. Cyan Worlds’ plans are to move MO:UL to open source, and we finally have some good news. We’ve taken a first step and started a MO:UL server, so the Ages of Uru are available again. We’ve opened all the Ages, and added most of the goodies in MO:UL. We’re referring to it as MO:ULagain—feel free to explore and enjoy.

And the cost is pretty good. Free!

To begin playing, click on the Play link to create an account.

If you’re so inclined, we’ve provided a way for you to donate via PayPal to help offset our costs, and show your support. Five or ten bucks would go a long way toward helping pay the server and people bills. (No promises, but we’re trying to figure out a way to show our appreciation to supporters by giving you a little something extra in MO:ULagain.) But don’t feel obligated—we’re just glad to have the cavern open once again.

Thanks for helping keep Uru alive!

If you would like to donate to the MO:ULagain project, click on the PayPal button below. During the checkout process, please click on MO:UL Account and Player ID and enter both your Account (email address you used to sign up for MO:UL) and your Player name. We’ll need both—spelled correctly. Thanks!

Note: Thanks everyone for showing such strong support. Our servers are under extreme load and we have solutions coming. Most likely, we won't be able to have our solutions ready until tomorrow.

http://mystonline.com/en/

Because the game will eventually will be released as an open source variant, it also has the potential to become available on the Pandora. Personally I think it's possible regarding the technology that is used for the game, and the capabilities of the Pandora.

Could this be the first (major) MMO title that will be released for the Pandora?

 

[God Ginrai]

Cyan Worlds just reopened a brand new server for Myst Online. The game went offline somewhere in 2008, but just recently it was raised from the dead by the official developers. They are now planning to create an open source variant of the game and in the meanwhile they will host at least one server for everyone to play on for free (without any hidden costs). Their website currently displays the following message:

Welcome back, again,

Everything takes longer than expected these days. Cyan Worlds’ plans are to move MO:UL to open source, and we finally have some good news. We’ve taken a first step and started a MO:UL server, so the Ages of Uru are available again. We’ve opened all the Ages, and added most of the goodies in MO:UL. We’re referring to it as MO:ULagain—feel free to explore and enjoy.

And the cost is pretty good. Free!

To begin playing, click on the Play link to create an account.

If you’re so inclined, we’ve provided a way for you to donate via PayPal to help offset our costs, and show your support. Five or ten bucks would go a long way toward helping pay the server and people bills. (No promises, but we’re trying to figure out a way to show our appreciation to supporters by giving you a little something extra in MO:ULagain.) But don’t feel obligated—we’re just glad to have the cavern open once again.

Thanks for helping keep Uru alive!

If you would like to donate to the MO:ULagain project, click on the PayPal button below. During the checkout process, please click on MO:UL Account and Player ID and enter both your Account (email address you used to sign up for MO:UL) and your Player name. We’ll need both—spelled correctly. Thanks!

Note: Thanks everyone for showing such strong support. Our servers are under extreme load and we have solutions coming. Most likely, we won't be able to have our solutions ready until tomorrow.

http://mystonline.com/en/

Because the game will eventually will be released as an open source variant, it also has the potential to become available on the Pandora. Personally I think it's possible regarding the technology that is used for the game, and the capabilities of the Pandora.

Could this be the first (major) MMO title that will be released for the Pandora?

I would look forward to both this and Eniko's MMO. I'm a big fan of the Myst Series, so I would love to have Myst Online in a portable solution. ^_^

-God Ginrai

 

[kingoddball]

Do you need the original game files or is this all online similar to QuakeLive??

If it uses flash you might be in trouble. Pandora has no issues with Java does it?

 

[second exodous]

I remember this got really bad reviews so I hope when they make it open source someone adds some stuff to make it better.

 

[kloplop321]

looks really awesome!(love Myst btw)
though, this perturbs me in terms of the pandora:
"DirectX 9.0c" is a requirement

 

[Lafazar]

Cyan worlds have written their own 3D engine for URU. It supported really insane texture resolutions for the time it was released. I'd assume porting this to OpenGL ES 2.0 will be possible, but quite a lot of work.