Clan Lord
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| Developer(s) | Delta Tao |
| Publisher(s) | Delta Tao |
| Platform(s) | Mac OS, Mac OS X and Microsoft Windows |
| Release date | 31 December 1998 |
| Genre(s) | Fantasy MMORPG |
| Mode(s) | Multiplayer |
| Input methods | Keyboard, mouse |
Clan Lord is the Macintosh's first massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG), made by Delta Tao Software. It was started in the late 1990s and is still going, with a regular update every 3 weeks. By the end of 2007, player participation dropped below 100 concurrently online. The game world and characters' options in it grow with each update. The game encourages cooperation and community and has only minimal opportunities for player-vs.-player (PvP) activity.
Game characters have been exiled by the mad Emperor Mobius to the Lok'Groton Islands for "crimes" against the Empire. Characters are of seven races: Human, Dwarf, Sylvan, Halfling, Thoom, Ghorak Zo, and the People. Exiles may choose to pursue one of three professions: fighter, healer, or mystic. In addition to the dangers of the natural island wildlife, exiles must deal with other sentient beings, including the warlike Orgas, the Darshak pirates, the Undine (i.e., undead), and a group of ancient and powerful sorcerers.
As of 2006, there are Windows and Java ports maintained by the Arindal development team. The Windows client is also running under Linux using Wine.
[edit] External links
- Delta Tao's Clan Lord section
- Clan Lord FAQ by Healery
- Clump
- ThoomCare Media Network Clan Lord news site
- Puddleopedia a wiki encyclopedia of Clan Lord
- The Sentinel Clan Lord discussion forum
- Arindal Homepage of the Windows- and Java-Client developers, and European game using the ClanLord engine
- Usenet comp.sys.mac.games.adventure archives Early Clan Lord discussion forum starting in 1998, no longer active (now hosted by Google)
