Is it Possible To Get GameSpy Back?

[Gizmo j]

GameSpy - Wikipedia

en.m.wikipedia.org

Lots of my favorite classic video games used GameSpy for their online play.

But it was shut down in 2013, meaning all the games that used GameSpy are no longer playable online.

Could it be brought back?

 

[BoomerD]

 

[brianmanahan]

gamespy was the best of all review sites

somehow i never ended up using it for multiplayer though

 

[Red Squirrel]

I remember playing halo and it used Gamespy. I don't recall if it still went through it for self hosted servers though... might still be possible to connect directly to a server depending on the game? Overall not a fan of any game that does not allow self hosted servers though, because you're at the mercy of them keeping their servers going. Same reason why I am against subscription software.

 

[Mai72]

Ah, brings back memories.

GameSpy. There was another one called HEAT which was put out by SEGA. They gave weekly prizes, and I was able to play games like Kingpin, UT and AOE.

I thought at the time that it was incredible. Being able to play online with other people.

 

[BurnItDwn]

Quake spy was frickin amazing for finding quake servers and quake2 servers. I believe that got renamed to gamespy when they added more games to it.

I miss KALI for playing IPX games over the internet even though had 28.8kbit back then and duke nukem 3d was a lagfest with it. Was so much better at Lan Parties!

 

[Shmee]

Depending on the game, many unofficial community "master" servers, or replacement master servers exist to allow for multiplayer. Steam for example has their own servers for many older games that used to rely on gamespy.

 

[Gizmo j]

What if you were a billionaire?

Would it be possible then?

 

[Gizmo j]

How much would you pay a month if they brought back GameSpy and they charged you?

I would pay $100 a month, no joke.

 

[WelshBloke]

How much would you pay a month if they brought back GameSpy and they charged you?

I would pay $100 a month, no joke.

But... But then you'd be limited to playing old games with other people who were also willing to pay $100 a month. Which, I'm going to guess, is a very limited amount of people so you'd lose the purpose of a game lobby.

 

[Gizmo j]

But... But then you'd be limited to playing old games with other people who were also willing to pay $100 a month. Which, I'm going to guess, is a very limited amount of people so you'd lose the purpose of a game lobby.

Ah, I see what you mean.

 

[nOOky]

Host it yourself, and while you're at it bring back the proving grounds.

 

[BoomerD]

Fuck no. Game Spy sucked back in the day.

 

[sdifox]

How are you going to host anything when you cannot afford your hydro bill?

 

[lxskllr]

How are you going to host anything when you cannot afford your hydro bill?

P2P distributed network by people born in 1994.

 

[Gizmo j]

I think the reason GameSpy shut down because it was free.

I think if they charged a monthly free it would be operational.

 

[JM Aggie08]

I'd love to see xfire come back. I had so many online friends that I only knew through xfire -- it's a shame to think I'll never be able to contact them ever again.

 

[Gizmo j]

I think just $5 a month would be enough to get GameSpy operable.