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Tables of Contents for The Online Gaming Starter Kit
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
Introduction
xix
Chapter 1 An Introduction to MPOG
1
14
How to Use This Book
5
1
Gaming Genres Defined
6
9
Action & Arcade Games
6
2
Adventure & Role-playing Games
8
2
Puzzle, Casino, Card & Board Games
10
1
Simulations
10
2
Sports Games
12
1
Strategy Games
12
1
War Games
13
2
Chapter 2 Mplayer
15
8
Background
15
2
What You Can Play
17
6
Special Features
17
3
Signing Up-& Signing On
20
3
Chapter 3 ENGAGE
23
8
Background
23
1
What You Can Play
24
7
Special Features
25
1
Signing Up & Signing On
26
5
Chapter 4 TEN
31
8
Background
31
2
What You Can Play
33
6
Special Features
33
3
Signing Up & Signing On
36
3
Chapter 5 Other MPOG Services
39
38
ARIES Online Games
39
3
Blip
42
2
DWANGO
44
3
EarthLink: The Arena
47
2
GACHA
49
2
Games-Online
51
1
GameStorm
52
6
ICE Online
58
2
Igames
60
1
Infogrames Online
61
2
Kahn
63
2
Kali
65
2
MPG-NET
67
2
On-line Entertainment
69
3
SpringerSpan Games
72
1
The ImagiNation Network
73
4
Chapter 6 Action & Arcade Games
77
30
BattleTech Solaris
77
5
Blood
82
2
Captain Claw
84
2
Descent & Descent II
86
2
DOOM, DOOM II, Ultimate DOOM & Final DOOM
88
2
Duke Nukem 3D
90
1
Heretic & Hexen
91
2
MechWarrior 2 (NetMech and MercNet)
93
1
Minion Hunter
94
2
Redneck Rampage
96
2
Subspace
98
2
Quake
100
3
X-Wing vs. TIE Fighter
103
4
Chapter 7 Adventure & Role-playing Games
107
30
AD&D Dark Sun: Crimson Sands Online
107
4
Diablo
111
4
Empiriana & Lords of Empyria
115
4
ENGAGE: Darkness Falls
119
3
ENGAGE--Rolemaster: The Bladelands
120
1
ENGAGE--Rolemaster: Magestorm
121
1
Kingdom of Drakkar
122
3
Meridian 59
125
3
The Realm
128
4
Ultima Online
132
5
Chapter 8 Puzzle, Casino, Card & Board Games
137
28
Backgammon
138
2
BattleChess 4000
140
1
Battleship
141
4
CatchWord
145
1
Caesar's Casino
146
2
Checkers or Draughts
148
1
Chess
149
1
Classic Cards (Bridge, Gin, Spades & Hearts)
150
1
Cribbage
151
1
Dragon Dice
152
3
The Incredible Machine
155
1
Monopoly
156
1
Online Casino
157
2
Risk
159
1
Scrabble
160
2
Trivia
162
3
Chapter 9 Simulations
165
26
A-10 Cuba!
165
2
Air Warrior
167
3
Air Warrior II
170
2
Advanced Tactical Fighter
172
2
Advanced Tactical Fighter Gold
174
1
Comanche 3
175
3
EF 2000
178
2
F-22 Lightning II
180
2
Iron Wolves
182
2
SU-27 Flanker
184
2
WarBirds
186
5
Chapter 10 Sports
191
26
Big Red Racing
192
2
Crush! Deluxe
194
3
Front Page Sports Baseball 96
197
2
Front Page Sports Football 97
199
2
Front Page Sports Golf
201
2
Jack Nicklaus Online Tour
203
2
Monster Truck Madness
205
2
NASCAR Racing 2 Online
207
3
Ten Pin Alley
210
1
Trophy Bass 2
211
2
Virtual Pool
213
4
Chapter 11 Strategy Games
217
42
Baldies
218
2
Command & Conquer Series
220
8
Command & Conquer
222
1
Command & Conquer: Red Alert
223
1
Command & Conquer: The Covert Operations
223
1
Command & Conquer Games
224
1
Red Alert
225
3
Castles II: Siege & Conquest
228
2
Deadlock
230
2
Empire Builder
232
3
Fragile Allegiance
235
2
Imperium
237
1
Junta
238
2
Master of Orion II: Battle at Antares
240
4
Net Storm
244
2
Stellar Emperor
246
1
Warcraft Series
247
7
Warcraft: Orcs & Humans
249
1
Warcraft II: Tides of Darkness
250
4
War Wind
254
5
Chapter 12 War Games
259
38
Achtung, Spitfire
260
1
The TalonSoft Battleground Series
261
13
Battleground 1: Ardennes and Bulge
262
2
Battleground Civil War Games
264
1
Battleground 2: Gettysburg
265
1
Battleground 4: Shiloh
266
1
Battleground 5: Antietam
267
1
Battleground 7: Bull Run
268
2
Battleground Napoleonic War Games
270
1
Battleground 3: Waterloo
271
1
Battleground 6: Napoleon In Russia
272
1
Battleground 8: Prelude to Waterloo
273
1
Close Combat
274
3
Basic American Tactics
275
1
Basic German Tactics
276
1
Close Combat II
277
3
East Front
280
1
Great Battles of Alexander
281
2
Harpoon Online
283
2
Operation Market-Garden
285
2
Over the Reich
287
1
Panzer General Online
288
3
Panzer General II
291
6
Chapter 13 MUDs, MUSHes & Virtual Worlds
297
10
What Is a MUD?
297
4
AberMud Family
298
1
Dikumud Family
298
1
JavaMud
299
1
LPMud Family
300
1
Talkers
300
1
TinyMud Family
301
1
What Is a MUSH?
301
1
Where to Find MUDs & MUSHes
301
1
What Is a Virtual World
302
1
Why Virtual Worlds Are Important
303
1
Where Can I Find Virtual Worlds?
304
1
Graphic & Virtual Reality Chat Rooms
304
3
Chapter 14 Clans, Leagues & Ladders
307
8
Online Gaming Personality Types
308
4
Clans
309
1
Guilds
310
1
Other Online Communities
311
1
King of the Hill
312
3
Tournaments
313
1
Leagues
313
1
Ranking Ladders
313
2
Chapter 15 The Shape of Things to Come
315
14
On the MPOG Front Lines at E3
315
4
Gaming Goes Global
319
2
Connectivity on the Go
321
1
Videoconferencing & Multiplayer Gaming
322
3
What Is Bandwidth?
323
1
Solving the Bandwidth Issue
323
2
Virtual Universes & Alternate Realities
325
4
Appendix a
329