Same. I still spend my time there. They made a progress server that has completely randomized loot tables and everything is tradeable even raid gear. Its been a blast.
I played World of Warcraft for much longer than I played EQ, but I played EQ during high school from 1999-2003. I never had the sense of wonder and amazement in WoW that I did with EQ. Nowhere close. My family didn't have a lot of money so it was a huge deal when we finally got dial-up in '99. Also the game had a subscription fee which was a bonkers concept at the time and I don't remember there being a free trial, but I was doing extra chores to earn that sub fee. Chores were not an option in our house, and you did not get paid to do them. Coming up with shit to do that was worth $25 to my parents was insanely hard, because anything that should done was delegated to one of us already. I got them to agree to let me vacuum and clean their cars. The quality of my EQ experience playing on a dial-up connection was utter dogshit lol, but it didn't matter because I was blown away by the basic premise of the game. Seeing a character dart across the screen (freeze, then dart some more, then freeze lol, gg 56K) and knowing that was another human somewhere on the planet...WOW. I still get goosebumps just transporting myself to that moment when I experienced it for the very first time. Obviously it's completely trivial in today's atmosphere, but I was also one of those kids who hit the ground running in AOL, sending chain letters asking people to respond back with their location lol. My amazement with EQ was in unison with my amazement over the internet. I only put up with dial-up because I was so in love with the experience and at the time I didn't think anything better existed. Seeing all the zones like in the OP is mind-blowing because I could never pan my camera that high without freezing up my computer. I made particle effects practically invisible bcause it seemed like two flashing balls of light would fry my graphics card. Zoning into another area meant hitting the load screen, going upstairs, using the bathroom, making some food, playing with the dogs, then coming back downstairs and MAYBE finish loading in after another minute. It seriously took forever. Also, the rage that would be induced when I zoned over and the asshole game left my character FACING the loading area. Some areas it was nearly impossible to tell, so I move forward an inch and *BOOM* loading....
I was a young adult starting a career in IT in 1999. So a different viewpoint than you and not as much financial struggle. I was making the equiv of today's 100k between 1999 and 2003. I had a desktop, and a laptop. Both had dual 56k modems, double the speed and redundancy. I had three phone lines. 1 for calls. 2 for dial up so that I would not get disconnects from phone calls OR from network failure. Both modems had to go down before I DC'ed. 2 ISP accounts (at the company I worked for, they were free) one for each phone line. It was still dogshit disconnected from the server side. Long loads times but I made sure I had the best EQ I could have. I had two accounts, one for my druid and one for my necro/monk mains. I felt the same wonder and desire that you did I just a little more means. I still do think no game has been designed to capture that same Social experience and I still play EQ. I am on the TLP's every year they release. Im playing Quarm atm. Google it.
Just found this video, so many emotions. People who played the original EQ circa 1999/2000 know exactly where I'm at right now. It was a truly magical time, never to be duplicated. As pathetic as it might sound, I'd give anything to time-warp back to those days and experience it one more time.
The Quarm server just came out, very dedicated, and is sitting around 2000 players peak time, i recommend checking it out. its a blast from the past :)
I could listen to this music all day! I will always be thankful that I was around to play EverQuest at its peak. Despite the fact that it's been 18 years since I "retired," I still have more fond memories of my time in Norrath than from all other video games combined. Percevall Pureheart Paladin of Marr Povar '99 - '04
I played on Povar too! I think I chose Povar because the name reminded me of a polar bear possibly, but now I'm not sure. I played a Shadow Knight to lvl 52 - an Agnostic Ogre named Darkmour. Great times!
Re installed because I was feeling 'Nostalgic' and within 4 days I put 9.7hrs into it again LOL I have a few characters but not all are maxed out; and even then my last log in was 7yrs ago which was Level 85. I'm still in a guild; so nice to see *some* people still came on within the last 7yrs.
I listen to this while playing through the game on P99. It's really nice because so many zones have no music going. Sometimes the music randomly fits with the theme of the area I'm in too haha
My favorite memories was sitting at the gates of Qeynos and watching random folks, some in cloth armor and some in fine steel, running off into the distance and wondering what adventures they were on their way to. No better feeling than seeing some of those same folks months later more powerful than ever boasting about their epic groups, what they achieved, and what they heard whispers/rumors about juuuuuust over that next mountain or river.
I was so hyped to see the videos this channel was producing. And then crushed to see that the last upload was over a year ago. Hope your well, and thank you for the memories.
Kunark and Velious, as good as they were, suffered from not having more of Jay's music - as did the game afterwards in general (even tho PoP OST was good)
Such splendidly beautiful music, classic EQ was so magical. It has never been duplicated to this day. Thanks for taking the time to upload, God's work :)
Game has not died out. I played the p99 green launch. There were HUNDREDS of people in Qeynos hills. So many players that people were camping individual spawn points in order to get xp. They had to open a 2nd server, teal, in order to ease the overpopulation of green.
You know, in a recent interview with Jay Barbeau, Jay said that the Character select music was never meant to be listened with all tracks turned on. In the original game when you select a different race, it would turn instruments on and off in the midi track! :)
@@cosmickingdom625 Quarms better for all us old timers who can't play 10 hours a day just to get items. Also a lot of people like playing past velious. But I like p99 also
We often regret things we have done in the past, but I will never regret a single minute I spent in Everquest.
❤agree 💯
Same. I still spend my time there. They made a progress server that has completely randomized loot tables and everything is tradeable even raid gear. Its been a blast.
As someone who had two characters, both with 100 days /played, i regret nothing. Made some great friends & memories.
Amen to that... If you saw the Amazon series Upload, I wish they would create an EQ version of it as thats where I would retire too...
how could anyone regret something so fantastical, immersive, social, engrossing, exciting, and innocent as EQ!
I played World of Warcraft for much longer than I played EQ, but I played EQ during high school from 1999-2003. I never had the sense of wonder and amazement in WoW that I did with EQ. Nowhere close. My family didn't have a lot of money so it was a huge deal when we finally got dial-up in '99. Also the game had a subscription fee which was a bonkers concept at the time and I don't remember there being a free trial, but I was doing extra chores to earn that sub fee. Chores were not an option in our house, and you did not get paid to do them. Coming up with shit to do that was worth $25 to my parents was insanely hard, because anything that should done was delegated to one of us already. I got them to agree to let me vacuum and clean their cars.
The quality of my EQ experience playing on a dial-up connection was utter dogshit lol, but it didn't matter because I was blown away by the basic premise of the game. Seeing a character dart across the screen (freeze, then dart some more, then freeze lol, gg 56K) and knowing that was another human somewhere on the planet...WOW. I still get goosebumps just transporting myself to that moment when I experienced it for the very first time. Obviously it's completely trivial in today's atmosphere, but I was also one of those kids who hit the ground running in AOL, sending chain letters asking people to respond back with their location lol. My amazement with EQ was in unison with my amazement over the internet.
I only put up with dial-up because I was so in love with the experience and at the time I didn't think anything better existed. Seeing all the zones like in the OP is mind-blowing because I could never pan my camera that high without freezing up my computer. I made particle effects practically invisible bcause it seemed like two flashing balls of light would fry my graphics card. Zoning into another area meant hitting the load screen, going upstairs, using the bathroom, making some food, playing with the dogs, then coming back downstairs and MAYBE finish loading in after another minute. It seriously took forever. Also, the rage that would be induced when I zoned over and the asshole game left my character FACING the loading area. Some areas it was nearly impossible to tell, so I move forward an inch and *BOOM* loading....
I was a young adult starting a career in IT in 1999. So a different viewpoint than you and not as much financial struggle. I was making the equiv of today's 100k between 1999 and 2003. I had a desktop, and a laptop. Both had dual 56k modems, double the speed and redundancy. I had three phone lines. 1 for calls. 2 for dial up so that I would not get disconnects from phone calls OR from network failure. Both modems had to go down before I DC'ed. 2 ISP accounts (at the company I worked for, they were free) one for each phone line. It was still dogshit disconnected from the server side. Long loads times but I made sure I had the best EQ I could have. I had two accounts, one for my druid and one for my necro/monk mains. I felt the same wonder and desire that you did I just a little more means. I still do think no game has been designed to capture that same Social experience and I still play EQ. I am on the TLP's every year they release. Im playing Quarm atm. Google it.
Just found this video, so many emotions. People who played the original EQ circa 1999/2000 know exactly where I'm at right now. It was a truly magical time, never to be duplicated. As pathetic as it might sound, I'd give anything to time-warp back to those days and experience it one more time.
me too
The Quarm server just came out, very dedicated, and is sitting around 2000 players peak time, i recommend checking it out. its a blast from the past :)
@@MrMonkfour20 won't recapture the magic sadly. Maybe some eq in vr would be the next big thing
And rallos Zek is long gone
Your desire of time travel exists in my heart like a carbon copy...
This music repels crackheads, I often open the windows and play this behind my store where they congregate. Works like a charm.
I could listen to this music all day! I will always be thankful that I was around to play EverQuest at its peak. Despite the fact that it's been 18 years since I "retired," I still have more fond memories of my time in Norrath than from all other video games combined.
Percevall Pureheart
Paladin of Marr
Povar '99 - '04
I played on Povar too! I think I chose Povar because the name reminded me of a polar bear possibly, but now I'm not sure. I played a Shadow Knight to lvl 52 - an Agnostic Ogre named Darkmour. Great times!
Re installed because I was feeling 'Nostalgic' and within 4 days I put 9.7hrs into it again LOL I have a few characters but not all are maxed out; and even then my last log in was 7yrs ago which was Level 85. I'm still in a guild; so nice to see *some* people still came on within the last 7yrs.
I know these songs more than I thought! They whisper rent free in the deepest corners of my memories like Dervish thugs.
SoW at orc lift. Donation not required but appreciated!
I used to drive home for lunch (a 5-minute drive) to get 45 minutes of EverCrack in.
[edit] Missing one of my favorite zones: Befallen.
51 minutes or so, Befallen is there.
Southern Plains of Karana - Aviak Town, my all-time favorite. Oooh man, such nostalgia. Almost tear worthy.
first day in 1999 or so a rat killed me
I listen to this while playing through the game on P99. It's really nice because so many zones have no music going. Sometimes the music randomly fits with the theme of the area I'm in too haha
How do you play 99? I’ve heard things and been wanting to try to log back in
Greatest game of all-time :-)
Been listening to this while I work during the past two weeks, thank you so much for posting this!
Same here. Gives me a good mood when I work. MIDI music rocks!
My favorite memories was sitting at the gates of Qeynos and watching random folks, some in cloth armor and some in fine steel, running off into the distance and wondering what adventures they were on their way to. No better feeling than seeing some of those same folks months later more powerful than ever boasting about their epic groups, what they achieved, and what they heard whispers/rumors about juuuuuust over that next mountain or river.
... or going to west away from freeport, and actually being afraid.
Gotta say the original character select screen was the best.
hell yes eq music forever
I was so hyped to see the videos this channel was producing. And then crushed to see that the last upload was over a year ago. Hope your well, and thank you for the memories.
Doing well! Just not quite sure what else to loop for 10 hours or perhaps what else I could do that is totally different. I'm open to suggestions :).
Kunark and Velious, as good as they were, suffered from not having more of Jay's music - as did the game afterwards in general (even tho PoP OST was good)
Can't wait to play this amazing game again with my kiddos
praise mithaniel marr for loading this ...thank you sir
My formative years in music form, brings me right back to those hot summer days spent camping in Lguk with some of the closest friends I’ve ever had
Orc Hill in Felwithe for me!
Yeah. Right farout! I enjoyed Commonlands Oasis, Mistmoore and Frontier Mountains in that order
... and they were trolls and ogres...
3rd gate - nostalgia overload !!
I got a lot of memories.... Thank you!!
Such splendidly beautiful music, classic EQ was so magical. It has never been duplicated to this day. Thanks for taking the time to upload, God's work :)
So much nostalgia. Makes me deeply saddened that this game died out. I need an EverQuest 3.
Project1999 is going pretty strong.
You can also play TLPs. Brings you right back!
Game has not died out. I played the p99 green launch. There were HUNDREDS of people in Qeynos hills. So many players that people were camping individual spawn points in order to get xp. They had to open a 2nd server, teal, in order to ease the overpopulation of green.
I’m playing on the TLP that just launched last week and it’s seriously more active now than it was at launch all those years ago
@@vannthybun2546 Well dang I might check it out thanks!
Love it! I can imagine how long it would take to label every song with every area they're from, with an image to boot!
Was great running into you in South Karana! /Coska
Sure was! I need to head back that way and get the cloak from Quillimane.
Legend composer's.
Very glad you made it. Thank you!! From a long time EQ fan Solcron Green Server
This is going on my playlist!!
Outstanding! Thank you for putting this together!
This is great.
Brings back memories! Good Job!
Wow! Glad I found this. Well done!
This compilation is so lovely. Thanks so much for memorializing it here.
You know, in a recent interview with Jay Barbeau, Jay said that the Character select music was never meant to be listened with all tracks turned on. In the original game when you select a different race, it would turn instruments on and off in the midi track! :)
at first glance the locations do not seem particularly significant, but all together this is a great tour of classic Everquest!
🤗🤪
1999-original Vallon Zek - loot n scoot pvp blew!
Eq is the best of the best
My young adulthood
So much nostalgia
I was a Druid Max level when I moved to EQ 2 sometime in 2004
Project 1999 is out there for anyone wanting to return
Project Quarm even better! up to 2000 players some evenings
@@dlear85 P99 is better than Quarm with a more rich history
@@cosmickingdom625 Quarms better for all us old timers who can't play 10 hours a day just to get items. Also a lot of people like playing past velious. But I like p99 also
01:02:30 This is not Kaladim. Heresy. 😉
Sea theme is my favourite but this version seems a bit glitched.
Agreed, not sure what's going on with this setup but clearly notes are being dropped. Gonna have to make my own nostalgic video. :)
Karana Server. 1999. Aegir.
7th Hammer.
Aviak Town = KFC