GameRanger is a software for

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and

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created by Australian developer Scott Kevill, which allows

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to be played online and provides social features such as

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s and

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. It was first released for Macintosh in July 1999 and was given the "Best Internet Gaming Achievement" by Macworld Magazine. Windows support was added in 2008 and it currently supports over 700 titles.

Overview

The software is maintained and managed by Scott Kevill. In addition to hosting and playing games the service also acts as a chat room platform.

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and

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ran a competitor platform known as

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, which later became

OpenPlay OpenPlay is the name of an open-source cross-platform networking library created by Apple Inc. OpenPlay compiles and runs on the Classic Mac OS, macOS, Windows and Linux operating systems. OpenPlay is a high-level networking solution for game appl ...

. After GameSpy went offline, GameRanger announced that it would support games previously supported by GameSpy.

List of supported games

References

{{Reflist 1999 software Multiplayer video game services Proprietary cross-platform software

Overview

List of supported games

See also

References