Neverwinter Nights

Neverwinter Nights was the first massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG) to display graphics, and ran from 1991 to 1997 on AOL. Neverwinter Nights was followed by a series of progressively more successful graphical MMORPGs, including Ultima Online (1997–present), Everquest (1999–present) and World of Warcraft (2004–present). By 2000 the category was well-established and multiple titles began to appear in North America and in Asia.... more

Neverwinter Nights was the first massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG) to display graphics, and ran from 1991 to 1997 on AOL. Neverwinter Nights was followed by a series of progressively more successful graphical MMORPGs, including Ultima Online (1997–present), Everquest (1999–present) and World of Warcraft (2004–present). By 2000 the category was well-established and multiple titles began to appear in North America and in Asia. In 2008 Neverwinter Nights was honored (along with Everquest and World of Warcraft) at the 59th Annual Technology & Engineering Emmy Awards for advancing the art form of MMORPG games. Don Daglow accepted the award for project partners Stormfront Studios, AOL and Wizards of the Coast. Neverwinter Nights was a co-development of AOL, Stormfront Studios, SSI, and TSR (which was acquired by Wizards of the Coast in 1997). Don Daglow and the Stormfront game design team began working with AOL on original online games in 1987, in both text-based and... less