[eflowers]

I beta tested and played M59 when I was 14-15. Was astounding at the time, and I still remember it as great. Beta tested EverQuest after that as well. Much like people talk about UO being transformative, M59 was just something else, indescribable to be that age and experience something so immersive. It was so rough that your imagination filled in so much, it was far more real than a modern MMO.

[seanccox]

Hey, me too. I burned the entire summer of 1996 between M59 and getting my driver's permit. We had a dial-up internet connection on the same line as our phone, so after numerous lag-related deaths caused by my mother or sister picking up the phone, I started playing almost exclusively at night. It was always so eerie (and, in hindsight, it seems kinda sad), sitting alone in the basement trying not to be killed by giant ants or spiders. I was crap at the game, but I really found myself immersed.