How 2004 RuneScape fit a multiplayer RPG into 56k dial-up · jkm.dev

RuneScape in 2004 was a multiplayer RPG that worked over dial-up—at fifty-six kilobit speeds, no less. As Lobsters highlights, a new deep-dive explores the technical optimization behind that achievement, a reminder of how creative constraint used to drive game design.

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