RuneScape Classic was then replaced by RuneScape 2 on the 29th of March 2004. On the 27th of February 2002, the members expansion was released. Later that year, Andrew Gower, Paul Gower and Constant Tedder formed the company, Jagex. After great success, on the 4th of January 2001, RuneScape (known as RuneScape Classic today) was opened to everyone. Although never officially released, Andrew Gower re-wrote it and opened a beta the beta was open for one week before removing. DeviousMud was created using Java and 2D graphics. On, Jagex announced that RuneScape Classic would be permanently closing on 6 August 2018 due to numerous unfixable problems with the game.ĭeviousMUD (the first original name of RuneScape) was the forerunner of RuneScape Classic, created by Andrew Gower (one of the founders of Jagex) in 1998. It was later replaced on 29 March 2004, with what was then known as RuneScape 2. RuneScape Classic was publicly released on 4 January 2001. RuneScape Classic (also known as RSC, RS1 or RS Classic) was the first official release of RuneScape ( DeviousMUD being the precursor). Any platform with a web browser and support for JRE 1.1 applets.
The RuneScape Wiki also has an article on: rsw:RuneScape Classic The RuneScape Classic Wiki also has an article on: classicrsw:RuneScape Classic RuneScape Classic