Eqemu

EQEmu

EQEmulator (or EQEmu) is a GNU GPL open source server emulator for the MMORPG EverQuest. Normally, the game is a service that players pay for so they can connect to Sony Online Entertainment's exclusive servers. EQEmulator is not associated with Sony or SOE, however, EQEmu players must still purchase a (legal) copy of EverQuest. With an emulator like EQEmu, anyone can download the source code and run a server, but an unpatched copy of the software is needed (see a list of Common clients below). EQEmu has apparently been in development since November 2001; the first SourceForge project was created on December 4, 2001. According to statistics on the EQEmu website, some emulated servers see hundreds of players online during peak times, quite below the thousands seen on SOE's official servers.