I think you mean 2001.

july 2001

it was browser based before there were graphics . 98, jagex existed. with flee circus and shit. lol
and a browser based version of rs.

April 1st 2001.
Same day another game I played was over updated and screwed up.

The classic version of Beta was released in January 2001.

/e And Jagex was established in December of 2001.

This post was edited by Panic_Fails_at_Diablo on Aug 13 2011 08:55am

DeviousMUD (the original name of Runescape), the precursor to RuneScape Classic, and the forefather of RuneTek, was created and developed by Andrew Gower some time in 1998. He created the platform solely based upon Java-dependent computing and 2D graphics.


It was a different name bud.

So you weren't playing Runescape in 1998.

nice wikia copy +paste.
DeviousMUD wasn't called Runescape so therefor isn't runescape?

i didnt play that long ago
i played around 03 maybe
i remember when halloween masks dropped and i couldnt get online for it

wiki works wonders, and it was the same game, they changed the name, at the time ALL that changed was the name.

but done arguing, my character, was created on deviousMUD. and i play him on rs. same game.