Runescape 2007 Old School - Retro MMO With Gary Gannon (Video)

Written by: (@QuintLyn) | February 25, 2013 4:45 pm

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With the release of RuneScape 2007 Old School, Gary Gannon takes the opportunity to try it out in the first episode of Retro MMO.

RuneScape 2007 fans rejoice! Recently the team at RuneScape decided to see if their fans would truly be interested in playing an Old School version of the game.  So in the interest of science, they set up a poll to see which version fans would be most interested in playing.  Overwhelmingly, fans voted for RuneScape 2007 as their old school choice.  So much so, in fact, that the team decided to go ahead and make it available before the poll has even ended.

The team has left the poll, up, but now it’s purpose is to determine how many players will be diving into RuneScape 2007 Old School and base things such as on-going development, cost of service level of maintenance and more.  A friendly chart showing how many votes are required to achieve certain levels of service can be found here.

In addition, players have been charged with the task of building a community that will foster the kind of activity and memories that players of old school RuneScape 2007 remember.  The team asks that players enjoy the game, help friends, be considerate to your fellow players, and give feedback.

Gary joins the fray…

For the first ever episode of Retro MMO, our own Gary Gannon downloads RuneScape 2007 Old School and braves the unknown.  Unfortunately… He really has no idea what he’s doing.  As a result it doesn’t take him long to get himself lost.

But, he soldiers on and decides to try his hand ad shearing sheep.  As he put it, he shears the shit out of some sheep.  And, of course, he makes wool.

It may take Gary a while to get the hang of this.  But, there’s only one way to find out for certain. Sit back, relax and enjoy Gary’s adventures in RuneScape 2007 in the first ever episode of Retro MMO.

 

Runescape 2007 Old School - Retro MMO With Gary Gannon (Video)

  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=754168227 Len Hobbel

    That was totally awesome…it has been so many years….

  • scottsummer

    Awesomeeeee.

  • Krzysztof Kotarba

    it seems music is a bit loud
    This might be very good new series. Shame some games you will not play because they don’t exist enymore or don’t have old servers.

  • RBHgamer

    I love to hear your thought process, Gary.  Great fun.

  • http://www.facebook.com/didrik.puschel Didrik Püschel

    Love how Gary kept trying to shear the “sheep” that was actually 2 penguins in disguise and he didn’t even notice ;)

  • http://twitter.com/Ricksterness Rick

    There is player housing. You can even create a dungeon in your house and fill it with monsters along with a treasure chest at the end which you can fill with coins after they defeat the boss. But it’s bugged at the moment and they are working to fix it. 

  • http://www.facebook.com/chris.young.9083 Chris Young

    i still play this from time to time, ill definitely check out the 2007 server eventually, but right now nah,also you should try right clicking the ball of wool icon next time u are crafting it should give you a make all option in fact do that for all crafting skills :)

  • http://www.facebook.com/michael.fountain.79 Michael Fountain

    wow gary you noob haha that was fun to watch. im a vet from classic rs. contact me if you need info.

  • http://twitter.com/JAPeters7 Alex Peters

    I couldn’t get past how much trouble the guy had walking in a straight line :P
    Looking forward to future episodes; can never have enough gameplay

  • http://www.facebook.com/JIndeed Jon Hutch

    Love the new show gary! One of the episodes must be DAoC!

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Ian-Smith/100000531128393 Ian Smith

    I have enjoyed the look at the past.  I would look forward to more.  I also agree that finding others to play with might heighten the experience.  Perhaps a group play discussing the features and mechanics of the games that you play.  A more analytical look at the game play. However, even if was just you playing, Gary, I definitely find it worth watching as you are an entertaining host and commentator.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Jason-Quinn/504633100 Jason Quinn

    Ah I remember When I played this.

  • http://www.facebook.com/benoit.chalifoux Benoit Chalifoux

    Runescape Classic was way better !

  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=540859594 Adam Bennett

     Runescape 2007 was one of my first MMO’s…good times.

  • http://twitter.com/Oledurty Oledurty

    I liked it GG.
    I also have a suggestion for an old skool mmo that is a sidescroller. It has some good turnbased combat and dungeons ppl stand in line for like SWTOR Illum now lol. The game is The Realm.

    Tiba is another good one. I think i heard Schaff mention playing it before :)

    Love the show tho keep it up Gannon!

  • http://www.facebook.com/oneniisama Bear Powell

    I hated Runescape in 2001 when I was testing it and I still do. It has some solid content and skill stylings, but really needs tons of work even in the newest versions.

    • http://twitter.com/thavleifrim nathan law

      if you didn’t like it in 2001 why are you still playing it, and if you aren’t how do you know it needs work?

  • http://twitter.com/justQQing Brian Day

    its bad really bad sounds are bad its all bad .. it looks 20 years old

  • Ravenstorm

    Lol love the music, take me back decades. Nice show GG.

  • Dekin

    and a goat?……AND A GOAT!

    How could Gary read I have two kids and a Goat to look after……and not scream….A GOAT!?

    Also someone should dubstep that epic soundtrack.

  • http://twitter.com/dularr Dularr

    Good show. Provides a nice history of MMOs. While I playing with others would be cool, it might lose some of the initial MMO feel.

    I wouldn’t mind seeing some crafting let’s play from various MMOs.

  • http://profile.yahoo.com/SNXCFDUJWZFZBNQ4EFUE7NWK5A Dylan

    Helbreath USA!!

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Hermes-Vasconcellos-Netto/100000628002625 Hermes Vasconcellos Netto

    You really should do more of this Gary, but maybe get some games that are a bit more interesting. It’s a good to see how much the industry have evolved.

  • 1fire4

    Yes, I want to see more. I want weekly progress reports of your journey from n00b to 1337. =P

  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1679446689 Verner Saaristo

    Hah, I was wondering if Gamebreaker was going to pick up RS. Playing the 07 myself, nostalgia trips all the way. The game’s leveling system is a bit too grindy to make any other interesting videos about it without investing a whole lot of time, though. Good stuff.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Kyle-Eggers/100000868131517 Kyle Eggers

    I like the show Gary but I think having the Mikes play with you would add some good humor to it.  I would like to see ya hit up EQ, DoC, and GW on this show. 

  • http://www.facebook.com/kirzansix Mike Coulombe

    Oh god! If you do EQ, make sure you don’t start from scratch like this here. Please… Do not want to watch Gary Gannon kill Large rats and a Snake for an hour… Well, maybe just a little bit. ;)

  • http://www.facebook.com/AndrewSoueid Andrew Soueid

    Man… 2007… I was so hooked to Runescape back then

  • dizili

    Seems that Gary should have stayed on Tutorial Island for awhile….  Ok just a couple of things, there is PVP but only in the Wilderness. The level 2 men are attack-able npc’s, and there is a Map its the link labled map on the top of the game =)

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Bill-Williams/1781575779 Bill Williams

    I would like to see Asheron’s Call on Retro MMO

  • http://twitter.com/zerconi Samuli Rauatmaa

    I tried Runescape like… 10 years ago. Couple of my friends played it back then.

  • http://twitter.com/dohcheezits Doh Cheezus

    Try World of Warcraft

  • Jon Daniel Skjærstad

    If y are going to do more of these it could be cool to play with a veteran in that game. Should make the video much more interesting.

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