Camp Hyrule - History

History

  • Camp Hyrule was first held from August 15 to August 19, 1995 on AOL.
  • In 1997, Camp Hyrule was moved from AOL to www.nintendo.com
  • In 1999, Camp Hyrule moved to the more familiar "www.camphyrule.com".
  • Beginning with the 2000 camp, campgrounds were designed around a theme based on an upcoming console or game release. The first theme used was Majora's Mask.
  • In 2000, Camp Hyrule began the tradition of ending each year's camp with a disaster.
  • In 2002, registration quotas were finally removed due to popular request. Prior to 2002, Camp Hyrule was limited to the 500-2000 registrants, thus causing intense competition and often overloading the servers.
  • In 2002, a majority of the camp's themes were renamed to make the camp more Nintendo related.
  • In 2005, each member of the winning cabin received a free Stumpy t-shirt.
  • In 2006, due to glitches the closing ceremonies were delayed for two hours.
  • In 2006, all campers were entered into a sweepstakes to win a Wii.
  • In 2007, the site's administrators announced they will remove Camp Hyrule's community elements. Also, all participants in the United States were able to enter a sweepstakes to win a life-size Link statue.
  • The 2008 event is nonexistent.
  • In 2009, the Camp Hyrule page originally directed to the Nintendo.com home page, though it eventually relaunched in the archived 2007 format.

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