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Does Backgammon Need more Backgammon Servers?

Posted By: Michael Petch
Date: Wednesday, 2 February 2011, at 2:53 a.m.

In Response To: Does Backgammon Need more Backgammon Servers? (Steve Mellen)

Yep, there was a predecessor to the Zone. The "Village" as it was named was run by a couple guys out of Cali (Electric Gravity was their company). Their site came online in the latter part of '94 and I played there in Mid '95. MS IGZ was born in mid '96.

Anyone who played on the Village will likely remember the gates that slowly opened as you got connected, and then you entered into a valley surrounded with mountains, a stream, and some houses. Each house had a different game (Checkers/Spades/Chess/Backgammon). The original game code that existed on the village for the aforementioned four games pretty much survived until 2006. Improvements were made of course, but the games really didn't change much.

Messages In This Thread

• Does Backgammon Need more Backgammon Servers?
  Michael Petch -- Tuesday, 1 February 2011, at 9:05 a.m.
  • Does Backgammon Need more Backgammon Servers?
    Stanley E. Richards -- Tuesday, 1 February 2011, at 8:30 p.m.
    • Does Backgammon Need more Backgammon Servers?
      Michael Petch -- Tuesday, 1 February 2011, at 10:12 p.m.
      • Does Backgammon Need more Backgammon Servers?
        W Womack -- Tuesday, 1 February 2011, at 11:28 p.m.
      • Does Backgammon Need more Backgammon Servers?
        Steve Mellen -- Wednesday, 2 February 2011, at 12:28 a.m.
        • Does Backgammon Need more Backgammon Servers?
          Michael Petch -- Wednesday, 2 February 2011, at 2:53 a.m.
          • MIcrosoft original annoucement for the zone...
            Michael Petch -- Wednesday, 2 February 2011, at 3:24 a.m.