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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