DWANGO
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This article is about the defunct online gaming service. For the Japanese company, see Dwango.
The Dial-up Wide-Area Network Game Operation, better known by the acronym DWANGO was an early online gaming service based in the United States. [1] The service ceased operation after 1998.
[edit] Overview
DWANGO was originally called the "Doom Wide-Area Network Game Organization" for its support of the popular computer game Doom. The service was based in Houston, Texas and originally users had to use their modems to dial a phone number in Houston's 713 area code to access the service. [2] However, the American service would later expand to cover parts of Asia. [3] Later, the company would enter into a partnership with Microsoft and its Internet Gaming Zone. [1].
[edit] Games supported
Games supported included the following: [3]
- Big Red Racing
- Blood
- Descent II
- Doom
- Doom II
- Duke Nukem 3D
- Final Doom
- Heretic
- HeXen
- MechWarrior 2: 31st Century Combat
- Shadow Warrior
- Terminal Velocity
- The Ultimate DOOM
- Warcraft 2
- Quake II
[edit] References
- ^ a b "DWANGO Zone To Be Featured on Microsoft's Internet Gaming Zone". Retrieved on June 23, 2006.
- ^ DWANGO 2.0 readme. Retrieved on June 23, 2006.
- ^ a b "DWANGO Does Asia". Retrieved on June 23, 2006.
