Dark Sun Online: Crimson Sands
| Dark Sun Online: Crimson Sands | |
|---|---|
Cover art by Gerald Brom | |
| Developer(s) | Strategic Simulations, Inc. |
| Publisher(s) | Strategic Simulations, Inc. Total Entertainment Network |
| Platform(s) | Windows 95 |
| Release | October 2, 1996 |
| Genre(s) | Massively multiplayer online role-playing game |
| Mode(s) | Multiplayer |
Dark Sun Online: Crimson Sands was an early massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG) that was developed and published by Strategic Simulations, Inc. in 1996 for Windows 95. Dark Sun Online was based on the licensed Dark Sun campaign setting for the Advanced Dungeons & Dragons tabletop role-playing game. It was one of the first fully graphical MMORPGs.
Dark Sun Online was one of the first fully graphical MMORPGs to feature a number of features popularized by later games like Ultima Online, such as nearly unrestricted player versus player combat. Due to the game's peer-to-peer structure, the game was susceptible to hacking by its players. Dark Sun Online closed in 1999.