Happy Birthday EQEMU

[devn00b]

Im probably one of the few that still remembers this, certanly none of the current staff is old nuff round these parts to remember.

However EQEMu Was officially formed 12 Years ago, Image, Hogie, Pygar, Quagmire, Pyrotechnic, Wes, Sean319, Barron Sprite, and Myself, oh and AGX who did most of the EQEMu 0.0.1 Framework (at the time was known as AGXemu) where some of the original players. If any of you are out there, Thanks for all the hard work you put in to make EQEMu what it is today.


While this isn't the earliest website we have had, earliest one I could find on the wayback machine
http://www.eqpvp.com/eqemuold.png


Anyway Happy Birthday EQEMu.

[Township EQ]

Nice screenshot.

EQEmu is a great community. I've been around off and on since late 2005. I found this website shortly after quitting Live and have been playing on a bunch of servers since then.

I've just started my own server on here and everyone is polite and helpful to any questions or issues I have.

Thanks for all the work you and all those people you listed have put in as the groundwork for what we are today!

[Dunge0nMastr]

yay happy b-day EQEMu!

[image]

Happy birthday former AGXEmu/FreeQuest :D

[devn00b]

Another year another Happy birthday eqemu. (yes a day early I know)
http://7428.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/Happy-Birthday-Night-Sky-Vector.jpg

[Akkadius]

Happy birthday us!

A genuine thanks to everyone who has ever laid hands on the project for the better. :D

[trevius]

I thought EQEmu was based on the work from EthernalQuest (hackersquest.org), which was the first EQ Emulator project that I am aware of.

http://web.archive.org/web/20010630181047/http://www.hackersquest.gomp.ch/

Their main dev was ashran, but other members include draigon, megaton, Kilamon, QuadLynx, Slicer, and Zordon (though I think they mostly worked on other EQ related projects on the hackersquest site).

I remember following their work back in 2001, but the first successful EQ Emulator was running in 2000 or maybe earlier.

Even if EQEmu was rewritten from the ground up, it would make sense that the team at the time at least used the work from EthernalQuest to base it off of.

I believe this has been brought up in the past, but I don't remember the details offhand. It may be that they are completely unrelated, but worth mentioning here.

Happy Birthday EQEmu, either way. Everyone that has helped to make this project possible is awesome (even devn00b) :)

[steve]

The HackersQuest emulator was the first from what I remember, too. But I think it was more of a dumb client that just let you spawn stuff and run around. A glorified zone explorer, if you will.

I also remember someone at Verant leaked the EverQuest GM client (d3deverquest.exe) and you could use that to connect to the HackersQuest emulator and browse around the GM menus and functions. Nothing worked, but it was interesting to see, nonetheless.

[devn00b]

I thought EQEmu was based on the work from EthernalQuest (hackersquest.org), which was the first EQ Emulator project that I am aware of.

http://web.archive.org/web/20010630181047/http://www.hackersquest.gomp.ch/

Their main dev was ashran, but other members include draigon, megaton, Kilamon, QuadLynx, Slicer, and Zordon (though I think they mostly worked on other EQ related projects on the hackersquest site).

I remember following their work back in 2001, but the first successful EQ Emulator was running in 2000 or maybe earlier.

Even if EQEmu was rewritten from the ground up, it would make sense that the team at the time at least used the work from EthernalQuest to base it off of.

I believe this has been brought up in the past, but I don't remember the details offhand. It may be that they are completely unrelated, but worth mentioning here.

Happy Birthday EQEmu, either way. Everyone that has helped to make this project possible is awesome (even devn00b) :)

Ethernalquest was done in ruby (at least the 2nd version) and had NOTHING to do with eqemu, other than sometimes some shared structs/opcode info.

He (ashram<aka assram>) didn't much care for us because he really wanted to be the only emulator on the block, and once we started to gather steam he became less and less willing to share information. until he just disappeared off the face of the planet. Come to think of it, it was probably when they moved the login out of the .dll and added encryption for the 1st time 'round that he poofed.

Eqemu started with AGX and his old tripod site, he got only so far then released his code and left the scene. It was then taken, and updated, upgraded and re-coded countless times till you have what you see today, but that was all based the work of AGX and written in C++.

[Tyen05]

then released his code and left the scene. It was then taken, and updated, upgraded and re-coded countless times till you have what you see today

I like this story

[devn00b]

Another year another birthday for EQEMu. I'll be blowing out some candles for you tonight.

https://pmcvariety.files.wordpress.com/2013/10/happy-birthday-copyright.jpg

[vithmiris]

Many happy returns!

[chrsschb]

Yay. Been around since about 2006. Been a fun ride :D

[provocating]

I remember the old days of this project back from the beginnings. I was mainly a lurker back then. Happy belated birthday though.

[Shin Noir]

Fun to hear the history. I've had that "EtherealQuest" note on my sig for countless time now.. So long I don't even remember the history that well.

[Burningsoul]

While we're on the nostalgia train, whatever happened to Melwin, the guy who had a pig for an avatar and (confirming my old brain is correct) went on a power trip banning people from the forums? I think that was the dark before the dawn for EqEmu, sometime around Winter's Roar shutdown. Place was crazy back then.

[devn00b]

Another year, another birthday.

http://happybirthday99.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/Happy-Birthday-Song-Minions.jpg
Happy bday EQEMu!!!

And for some nostalgia, Image helped me dig up some ANCIENT HISTORY:

The old Front Page:
http://www.eqpvp.com/devpics/eqemu/agxemu_frontpage.PNG

The Devteam (I Joined shortly after the move to the site after this one)
http://www.eqpvp.com/devpics/eqemu/agxemu_devteam.PNG

Some OOOOLD Changelog info:
http://www.eqpvp.com/devpics/eqemu/agxemu_changelog.PNG

The aftermath of Tux Racer/EQEMu Breakup:
http://www.eqpvp.com/devpics/eqemu/agxemu_movingon.PNG


To all the developers that have come and gone over the years (Yes, even you hogie!) Thank you for making this project great, without you, there would be no EQEMu, and I would not have had the YEARS of fun I've had with it.

Now im off to celebrate My bday and EQEMu's bday with one of the original developers. Go Gulls!

[image]

Happy birthday to devn00b and eqemu! Here's some archive links for those interested

https://web.archive.org/web/20011210030545/http://emulator.hackersrealm.net:81/?page=news


End of month and becoming unofficial:
https://web.archive.org/web/20020201164749/http://emulator.hackersrealm.net:443/


Team list: https://web.archive.org/web/20020105221108/http://emulator.hackersrealm.net:443/?page=developers

[Maze_EQ]

Oh hey. You're all now old af.

[devn00b]

Another year another birthday for myself and EQEMU

http://www.brcvpa.com/uploads/2/9/5/6/29568609/happy-birthday_12_orig.jpg

Hope the next year is great for everyone.

[missmaggie]

Happiest birthday! Have a blast!

[The_Beast]

Happy B-Day EQEmu.
I was looking at that screen shot - "Some OOOOLD Changelog info" It shows "NPC's no longer attack from across zone".
Was that seriously an issue ? LOL

[Maze_EQ]

Happy B-Day EQEmu.
I was looking at that screen shot - "Some OOOOLD Changelog info" It shows "NPC's no longer attack from across zone".
Was that seriously an issue ? LOL


Yes, this was an actual issue.

[devn00b]

Happy Birthday, Ole Friend.


https://media.giphy.com/media/l4hLWmntLJDeZJKTe/giphy.gif


Have a great holiday's everyone. Hope to see you all in another year.

[devn00b]

Well, here we are again, another birthday for us my old friend.

https://i.gyazo.com/4d3ae7c3d3f1b753385662c40bd6cb11.gif

And with that, this may probably be my last post here. Once my next server is done I'll be walking away from EQEMu after nearly 20 years. It's been a good run, I made a few friends, and many enemies along the way. Wouldn't take any of it back.

[Huppy]

And with that, this may probably be my last post here. Once my next server is done I'll be walking away from EQEMu after nearly 20 years. It's been a good run, I made a few friends, and many enemies along the way. Wouldn't take any of it back.

Happy B-Day Emu and Thanks for everything you've done devn00b. :)

[Splose]

Well, here we are again, another birthday for us my old friend.

https://i.gyazo.com/4d3ae7c3d3f1b753385662c40bd6cb11.gif

And with that, this may probably be my last post here. Once my next server is done I'll be walking away from EQEMu after nearly 20 years. It's been a good run, I made a few friends, and many enemies along the way. Wouldn't take any of it back.

I will miss these every year.

[Huppy]

Just some humourous trivia from an archive : http://smithysanvil.infymus.com/topic_eqemu.html

https://i.ibb.co/gFPww3Z/emu-trivia.png

[Huppy]

This project has grown so much over the years, even just the source code:

EQEmu 2001 (emu.hackersrealm.net back then)

https://i.ibb.co/ygXjKZG/EQEmu-Source-2001.png

EQEmu 2010 (when I started hanging out)

https://i.ibb.co/1bcwW86/EQEmu-Source-2010.png

EQEmu 2019

https://i.ibb.co/pW2JdDy/EQEmu-Source-2019.png