2011-11-16, 09:25 PM
(This post was last modified: 2011-11-17, 09:13 AM by Combattente.)
No, I'm not talking of GMS Beta, but of the very first versions of MapleStory itself. But first, I'll tell you my story.
One day, I was watching a video of the BGM "WhereTheBalrogFrom". I've always wondered about its origins and what was it used for, and, all of a sudden, I read a comment of a guy saying it was used in MapleStory's first beta versions for the excavation site's castles.
I decide to contact this person to know his sources and make sure he's reliable. It would've also been interesting to talk with him if he knew stuff about the old MapleStory. He told me that he knows a korean person speaking fluent english who has played MapleStory as it was back in 2003. We're talking of the very first beta versions of it (obviously in korean). We engaged in an interesting discussion and eventually it turns out that, thanks to this person (who also has a vivid memory of how the game was back then), he's very well-informed of how Maple was back then (he also told me that the BGM "Elfwood", which has been unused in most versions, was used in the first Maple Island - JMS apparently kept that one), and he's making a server which reproduces Maple's environment of the very first releases.
Less talk! I'll show you a very interesting video.
[video=youtube;Kdd98pYCkF4]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kdd98pYCkF4[/video]
Feelings overflow. So much nostalgia. I... just... am sad about how Maple has become in all these years. I mean. I'm not saying everything got worse. Lots of things have improved and all. But really, before it was just.. so much better. Less corrupted. A simple, fun, nice game. Now - at least this is how I see it - it's become a corrupted game which revolves around customers' money. Before, even if you didn't spend a cent, it was still fun. Now, not so much, in many ways.
But yeah, you got the point. I won't bore you more with my complaining and nostalgia. I'm just saying that I've found that video just awesome. I don't know about you people, but I did NOT know that was how Maple looked in the very first releases. It's just so.. nice.
For those interested in knowing more, the login UI in the video isn't EXACTLY how the original one looked, but it uses all (or almost) of the original sprites. The in-game UI, on the other side, IS actually the original one. It was very simple and totally different from what we're used to see. HP/MP didn't even have numbers shown, lol. It almost looks like a totally different game.
These people were very skilled as they were able to reproduce the UI perfectly. Even with WZ-editing, it's not that easy. You'll see many english windows because they've translated them. They obviously were in korean originally.
Finally, the BGM you'll hear at the login screen is just the one used for GMS' third job teaser page. It's very nice and really gives the feeling the game gave back then, but there was another login BGM (which is not the one we hear now) in the first BETA versions. They weren't able to find it, though, as nobody probably saved / uploaded it. Too bad.
For those really interested in how Maple looked like when it was first released, here are some screenshots, this time directly from the real game.
Maybe many of you have already seen them, but I felt like I'd leave them here, for those who haven't.
There are many more which you can see. Just copy-paste this link in your browser, changing the last number from 1 to 29.
http://ftp.gameshot.net/gameshot/Screens...tory/1.jpg
Now wondering if there are any original gameplay videos of those versions. I doubt, or, if there are, they must be in korean video streaming sites. If anyone got their hands on one and shared it, it'd be very appreciated.
tl;dr: Nostalgia thread
One day, I was watching a video of the BGM "WhereTheBalrogFrom". I've always wondered about its origins and what was it used for, and, all of a sudden, I read a comment of a guy saying it was used in MapleStory's first beta versions for the excavation site's castles.
I decide to contact this person to know his sources and make sure he's reliable. It would've also been interesting to talk with him if he knew stuff about the old MapleStory. He told me that he knows a korean person speaking fluent english who has played MapleStory as it was back in 2003. We're talking of the very first beta versions of it (obviously in korean). We engaged in an interesting discussion and eventually it turns out that, thanks to this person (who also has a vivid memory of how the game was back then), he's very well-informed of how Maple was back then (he also told me that the BGM "Elfwood", which has been unused in most versions, was used in the first Maple Island - JMS apparently kept that one), and he's making a server which reproduces Maple's environment of the very first releases.
Less talk! I'll show you a very interesting video.
[video=youtube;Kdd98pYCkF4]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kdd98pYCkF4[/video]
Feelings overflow. So much nostalgia. I... just... am sad about how Maple has become in all these years. I mean. I'm not saying everything got worse. Lots of things have improved and all. But really, before it was just.. so much better. Less corrupted. A simple, fun, nice game. Now - at least this is how I see it - it's become a corrupted game which revolves around customers' money. Before, even if you didn't spend a cent, it was still fun. Now, not so much, in many ways.
But yeah, you got the point. I won't bore you more with my complaining and nostalgia. I'm just saying that I've found that video just awesome. I don't know about you people, but I did NOT know that was how Maple looked in the very first releases. It's just so.. nice.
For those interested in knowing more, the login UI in the video isn't EXACTLY how the original one looked, but it uses all (or almost) of the original sprites. The in-game UI, on the other side, IS actually the original one. It was very simple and totally different from what we're used to see. HP/MP didn't even have numbers shown, lol. It almost looks like a totally different game.
These people were very skilled as they were able to reproduce the UI perfectly. Even with WZ-editing, it's not that easy. You'll see many english windows because they've translated them. They obviously were in korean originally.
Finally, the BGM you'll hear at the login screen is just the one used for GMS' third job teaser page. It's very nice and really gives the feeling the game gave back then, but there was another login BGM (which is not the one we hear now) in the first BETA versions. They weren't able to find it, though, as nobody probably saved / uploaded it. Too bad.
For those really interested in how Maple looked like when it was first released, here are some screenshots, this time directly from the real game.
Spoiler
![[Image: 5.jpg]](http://ftp.gameshot.net/gameshot/Screenshot/review/2003_09/maple_story/5.jpg)
![[Image: 6.jpg]](http://ftp.gameshot.net/gameshot/Screenshot/review/2003_09/maple_story/6.jpg)
![[Image: 18.jpg]](http://ftp.gameshot.net/gameshot/Screenshot/review/2003_09/maple_story/18.jpg)
![[Image: ol104200300105p012.jpg]](http://www.gamemeca.com/game_data/preview/823/ol104200300105p012.jpg)
![[Image: ol104200300105p013.jpg]](http://www.gamemeca.com/game_data/preview/823/ol104200300105p013.jpg)
Maybe many of you have already seen them, but I felt like I'd leave them here, for those who haven't.
There are many more which you can see. Just copy-paste this link in your browser, changing the last number from 1 to 29.
http://ftp.gameshot.net/gameshot/Screens...tory/1.jpg
Now wondering if there are any original gameplay videos of those versions. I doubt, or, if there are, they must be in korean video streaming sites. If anyone got their hands on one and shared it, it'd be very appreciated.
tl;dr: Nostalgia thread