[robdamanii]

This revolutionary video game, which was one of the first to offer reliable and thrilling online play, was one of the first games to cause visually induced motion sickness in a number of susceptible players.

What is the game and year of release, for 2 points.

 

[binary visions]

Online = internet or online = dial up to the other computer?

FYI, just about every single FPS on the market causes motion sickness to susceptible people.

Doom was released by id software in 1993 and allowed network play.

Quake was released in 1996 and was revolutionary in that it was the first polygon based game, and Quake offered TCP/IP based gaming.

 

[macko]

I'm gonna have to say ... Quake II. That's just a wild-ass guess.

 

[robdamanii]

Online = internet or online = dial up to the other computer?

FYI, just about every single FPS on the market causes motion sickness to susceptible people.

Doom was released by id software in 1993 and allowed network play.

Quake was released in 1996 and was revolutionary in that it was the first polygon based game, and Quake offered TCP/IP based gaming.

Doom it was indeed.

Bonus point:
What were the names of the level files in Doom?

 

[binary visions]

WAD files.

BTW, I don't think Doom offered true online gaming (as in, outside of LAN gaming).

 

[jonKranked]

first true internet game was quake, 1995/6

 

[jonKranked]

neverwinter nights was one of the first successful online games, 1991 (although rpgs suck)

you think this is a game? this ain't no RPG! ahhhh mc chris

 

[robdamanii]

WAD files.

BTW, I don't think Doom offered true online gaming (as in, outside of LAN gaming).

Bingo.

It offered a sort of multi-player game, but that was only a clue to it, not really the answer.

 

[splat]

Actually The predicessor to Doom , Wolfenstien offered an Multiplayer game as well, and caused Motion sickness.

 

[jonKranked]

UT is still my fav multiplayer game, and mario kart DD is a very close second. although sometimes it has the edge because it can easily be converted into a drinking game.

 

[binary visions]

Actually The predicessor to Doom , Wolfenstien offered an Multiplayer game as well, and caused Motion sickness.

I considered that and did some poking around but I never played Wolfenstein multiplayer and could not find any evidence that it offered a multiplayer option.

Got a link?

 

[splat]

I considered that and did some poking around but I never played Wolfenstein multiplayer and could not find any evidence that it offered a multiplayer option.

Got a link?

I don't have a Link , but boy do I know it did!!

When it first came out we had 3 people who ( at work ) who decided to play Multiplayer! , and it took down the WHOLE network! the first incarnation of Multi/lan player was bad! I spent 3 Hours chasing it down till magially at 5:00 everything worked OK again.