''NEStalgia'' was a
massively multiplayer online role-playing game for
Microsoft Windows
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created by American indie developer Silk Games.
''NEStalgia'' was launched on February 23, 2011,
then released for Steam on April 15, 2014.
The core gameplay follows the classic
Japanese role-playing game format (particularly ''
Dragon Quest
previously published as ''Dragon Warrior'' in North America until 2005, is a franchise of Japanese role-playing video games created by Armor Project (Yuji Horii), Bird Studio (Akira Toriyama) and Sugiyama Kobo (Koichi Sugiyama) to its publi ...
'')
with turn-based battles, random encounters, and explorable towns and dungeons.
Gameplay
There are eight character classes in total. The focus of ''NEStalgia'' is a cooperative party system in which players join up to battle monsters and complete quests together.
In addition to the classic elements, the game has world chat, a guild system,
Player versus player combat, rare items and gear to find, a quest log, and a player auction house for item trading.
Development
The game was designed by Ben Mallahan, who has been creating online games using the BYOND
game creation system since 2001.
''NEStalgia'' was in development for two years, which included an 11-month public beta period. The game was launched on February 23, 2011.
Since release, ''NEStalgia'' has undergone many changes. Notable changes include improved framerate, graphical and interface upgrades, and a "companion" system that allows solo players to recruit and fight alongside most monsters in the game.
Although ''NEStalgia'' was developed and powered using BYOND, it became downloadable as a standalone game in June 2012.
''NEStalgia'' was submitted to
Steam Greenlight
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in August 2012.
It was Greenlit on August 28, 2013, then launched on Steam on April 15, 2014.
The last update for the MMO was in September 2016. All official game servers have been offline since October 2018. The official forum has been offline since December 2019.
References
External links
*{{Official website, http://www.silkgames.com/nestalgia/
2011 video games
Free-to-play video games
Indie games
Role-playing video games
Video games developed in the United States
Windows games
Windows-only games