DWANGO

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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

1. ^ ^{a b} "DWANGO Zone To Be Featured on Microsoft's Internet Gaming Zone". Retrieved on June 23, 2006.
2. ^ DWANGO 2.0 readme. Retrieved on June 23, 2006.
3. ^ ^{a b} "DWANGO Does Asia". Retrieved on June 23, 2006.