This is what World of Warcraft looked like in 1999

Many people believe Classic WoW to be the oldest version of the game, however this game has been in development for over 20 years! So in this video we will look at the alpha version of World of Warcraft!

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[MindlessGamingNet]

No matter where you go or what you do, this game will always be engrained in the hearts of those it touched. It may never leave.

[Moleanimationchannel]

Even today, the world and everything in it still amazes me.

[hxy]

Playing Classic without having played any wow version before. Loving it for its depth of exploration, the freedom and the relatively slow pace. Wish more games were like this.

[bastienp]

2004 : Wow is a casual gamer experience
2019 : hardcore mmo players are waking-up from their 12 years sleep to play Wow classic this summer

[jedibasschoke]

I saw wow being played by my mate around 3 weeks after its original launch in the UK and couldn’t believe the things he showed me. I was blown away by the depth of it and decided to buy a PC immediately and I went everywhere for the game but it was sold out. I ended up getting one of the last copies available in the UK on eBay for nearly twice the retail price and began my hardcore addiction until the end of cataclysm.

[Memento__Mori]

No game will ever compare to the feeling wow gave us back in the good old days. It's magical like unreal which makes it so unique and unremakable

[sputnikalgrim]

This music is like crack. It awakens memories and triggers my addiction. I’d love to go back and start over.

[sickboy]

I remember getting 3-6 fps in molten core and 10-15 in the open world. Looking back, I'm amazed I was able to actually progress like that lol

[nightxblaze]

from vanilla (i started in 05) to end of wrath of the lich king, has been... one of the top experiences in my gaming history.

[wille]

2:12 “no dragon isle or emerald dream”

Only took 18 years to finally include them.

[Moonfacez]

16 years ago i was in the beta together with a lot of people. Those were the days of collecting knowledge and not paying gold for boosting compare to classic

[templar_tv]

You get 1 level everytime he says Would of Woucraft.

- watches one video, hits lvl 120.

[daniMo]

I started playing World of Warcraft in february 2005 (EU release) and I will never forget when I first saw Dun Morogh and then reaching Kharanos with my Gnome Warlock. It felt like completing the game, yet I was still in the same zone. Or the first contact with the opposing faction. My Gnome Warlock is still alive and kicking to this day in Dragonflight, some 18 years later!

Edit: Before World of Warcraft, I played Warcraft 2 and 3, so I've allways been a Warcraft-fan! I remember in 2003 when I saw the advertisement of World of Warcraft in a gaming magazine (yeah, those were popular back then) and being so excited for the game!

Thanks for this video! I did not know any details about the development of the game.

[Timmothy_plays]

I gotta admit everytime i see pre-release WoW i'm always enamored with the simplistic graphics and design.
Also the towns looked as if they had more buildings to make it look like an actual settlement.

Also also i still HATE how alot of armor and weapons that npc's use 'and pre-release characters seemed to also use' are impossible to use in retail.

[markoconnell]

I use to have to stare at the ground where my feet would be to make it through Lagshire, I mean Goldshire.

[ryangallegos]

The MMO boom from 1998-2005 was some really fun times in gaming. Ultima Online, Everquest, Asheron's Call, Dark Age of Camelot, Vangauard Saga of Heroes. And of course - World of Warcraft.

[gasser]

the first version of WoW was basically a close-up view of WC3. hero wars + closer camera = WoW.

[DrewPicklesTheDark]

Classic being casual-friendly holds up well. It's way more casual friendly than BFA was or Shadowlands is. It's like some kind of paradox.

[dimaisatree]

I’m now 23 but I started playing this game when I was 12 and played it until I was around 15 and then I stopped because my laptop broke.
To this day it was my favorite game to play. My favorite thing was to farm rare stuff and then go around and show it off lol

I tried getting back into the game recently but it’s so confusing now, idk where anything is and idk how to play my characters. I’d have to start new characters but the game kinda seems dead. I don’t see nearly as many people around as I used to and it takes way longer to find a team for dungeons/battle grounds.

Main problem is that I’m now an adult and don’t have as much time as I did a few years ago. I’m scared that if I get too deep into this game again, 5 years will pass by and I’ll be no where in life because I spent too much time playing a games.

[aphidbowler]

"more like an mmo that was single player" You mean an RPG?