Odyssey Classic History







1997




March


  • Odyssey Pre-Alpha created by Bugaboo



    October


  • Odyssey Online Classic Edition (Original Classic) created by Bugaboo



    1998


  • Dunadan tricked Epimethius into giving him the private server.exe, and then Dunadan eventually handed it to Steverino

    February


    Someone makes OdyRouter, a static registry. Everyone used dynip.com, which gave a free trial. At the time the main registry was closed, so for a month there was a ton of private servers. Then, everyone's dynip expired and every server went down except that one run by Prizm



    1999




    March


  • Bugaboo's Original Classic ends





    2000






    2001






    2002


  • Bugaboo gives source code to Ketsu
  • Confrontations created by WDK
  • Steverino's Registry created

    June


  • Smithy's Odyssey created by Smithy





    2003


  • Confrontations ends
  • Ketsu gives source code to Valiant (King Phillip). Source Code leaked by Valiant on a website called "Give me the Plump".

    March


  • Smithy's Odyssey ends

    June


  • Odyssey Final created

    August


  • Odyssey Final offline



    2004




    June


  • BattleBob (Remote) obtains a copy of the source code, and releases Remote's Classic



    2005


  • PK & Adventure created by Optima on the Dead Kitty Registry



    2006


  • South Park Server created by QBcrusher on the Dead Kitty Registry



    2007


  • Dead Kitty Registry Registry ends
  • Midvale PK created by Senatious
  • Seyerdin created by Senatious, Samm and Smithy



    2008


  • The Odyssey: Modus programmed by Jay Manley (Carrera/Xtreme)
  • Eventide Sun (beta) releases



    2009


  • Sern created by Zach Ross (Captain Cookie/Tha One)
  • Midvale PK ends



    2010






    2011


  • Modus released
  • Eventide Sun releases

    September


  • Hope created by Edward Brent

    December


  • Revelations created by Sonny Marrs



    2012


  • Eventide Servers go offline
  • Modus Reborn created by Tha 4on

    January


  • Remote's Main Server rolls back to Remote's Classic (referred to as Classic Beta at the time)

    August


  • Remote shuts down all Odyssey Classic servers

    October


  • Remote's Classic goes open source
  • Jay's Registry Created
  • Master Server List created by Optima
  • Java Registry created by Unknown
  • Ethia created by QBcrusher
  • Crendale created by The Zeus
  • Ancient PK created by Guerriero
  • Kaw created by FuNK
  • Jay's Registry goes offline
  • Carnage created by Fankadore
  • Diadem created by Unknown
  • God Sandbox created by Unknown
  • Aztar Kingdom created by Zach Ross
  • Optima's Registry created



    2013


  • Optima's Registry and Master Server list end
  • Diadem ends
  • Crendale ends
  • Project A and B created by The Zeus
  • Confrontations re-created by Unknown
  • Stonebreach created
  • Greta created
  • Odyssey Classic History Book created by QBcrusher
  • OdysseyClassic.com Site redesigned by Remote
  • The Crusades created by Lamaboy
  • The Crusades ends
  • Remote's Classic - Sandbox released by Remote
  • Seyerdin ends
  • Odyssey Reborn created by Slasher/Rza
  • Odyssey Serenity created by Zef
  • Hysteria created by The 4on



    2014


  • Odyssey Reloaded created Lamaboy
  • Odyssey Serenity goes down
  • Realm of Sierra online
  • Kill-Zone PK online
  • Eternal Origins under construction



    2015


  • Odyssey Reborn becomes the first Odyssey server to be listed on Steam!
  • Eternal Origins nears completion on scrolling maps
  • Map2File tool created created by Jay Manley
  • OdysseyRPG Registry/Website online



    2016




    April


  • Odyssey Reborn goes open source!

    June


  • Odyssey Realms Registry created by QBcrusher
  • Odyssey Realms God Server created by QBcrusher
  • Condemned created Apathy
  • Odyssey Classic History Book Facebook group created by QBcrusher

    September


  • Eventide Sun announced for beta release in Winter by Marco



    2017




    January


  • Odyssey Realms - Classic released by QBcrusher
  • Original Classic server.dat released by Steverino
  • The Odyssey Realms Registry setup a quad-core dedicated server bought by in-store purchases! 01/28/2017 is a historic day for Odyssey, it was the day that it finally got a stable, neutral host that will aid the existing developers to push Odyssey into a new era!

    March


  • Pengwy releases Dead Kitty Registry source codes
  • Odyssey Realms client/server posted on Github
  • Eventide Sun beta announced

    April


  • Odyssey Reborn shuts down
  • Eventide Sun Beta Starts

    May


  • Eventide Sun Beta Ends
  • Remote creates a Github page with source codes for minimapper, odyssey.dll and updater

    June


  • Remote releases final server.dat for Original Classic, Remote's Classic and Revelations on Github



    2018




    January


  • Odyssey is thriving once again on Odyssey Realms - Classic. Server moves to a dedicated VPS with 24/7 uptime.



    2020




    March


  • Seyerdin goes open source and back online!







    Timeline Contributers: Bugaboo, Chuck, Slasher, Jay, Optima, Steverino, Pengwy, Fishies, Constantine