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The Way we Were: A History of RuneScape


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Hello and welcome, to the history of RuneScape!

 

 

 

Have you ever wondered how Falador originally looked? If buckets look the same now as they did when RuneScape2 was first released?

 

 

 

Well hopefully this is the place for you! Although threads like this have been made before I hope by doing this to create the most organized and usable version around.

 

 

 

But I need your help! Do you have old print screens lurking in the depths of your computer, or somewhere on the forums or the way we where? Do you have a video walking around an area which is now totally different? If yes I would like to hear from you.

 

 

 

I am interested in videos/ print screens/ and other images of:

 

 

 

Areas

 

NPCÃÆââââ¬Å¡Ã¬Ã¢ââ¬Å¾Ã¢s

 

Items

 

Interfaces

 

Past holiday events

 

And bits of the old web site

 

 

 

Before submitting images please make sure that they are your images to give, and that your subject matter has not already been given (there are only so many pictures of buckets I can cope with :P)

 

 

 

Note: although i am posting allot of images here there are many in the thread that are not posted due to copyright reasons, or because we already had similar, it is very worth looking through the thread :)

 

Please make sure the images are yours, if they are not I won't post them on the main thread post, it's not our property and we don't have the right to use them. If you find interesting pictures feel free to post them, but make clear that it is not yours in the image so i don't use them. If you find one of the images I have used is taken from somebody else, let me know and I will look into getting it removed/switched

 

 

 

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[hide=maps]Got a picture of the original Lumbridge? Or maybe you have an even rarer picture of one off the less used areas? Then pleaseÃÆââââ¬Å¡Ã¬Ãâæ share your memories.

 

 

 

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[/img]A very early map is anybody knows the date of this..... please do tell.

 

 

 

Although a RSC world map this really shows some history... taken on the 28th of feb 2002:

 

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November 2004

 

 

 

The world map just before Slayer was released in 2005! look at slayer tower.

 

 

 

feb 2005[/hide]

 

 

 

[hide=Varrock]eyehawk78's got a wonderful thread on Varrock, I recommend you all to visit it as it has more detail that this thread will probably ever go into.

 

 

 

The Evolution of Varrock!

 

 

 

[hide=Varrock videos]Invasion of the Spartans (in the old varrock)

 

 

 

Skatedog had brilliantly recorded the entire of the old Varrock! it's very long but worth it for the memories

 

 

^Part 1

 

 

^Part 2

 

 

^Part 3[/hide][/hide]

 

 

 

[hide=Yanille]nopoh.jpgBefore player owned houses[/hide]

 

 

 

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The book says this is the old Falador square!

 

 

 

banklu8.jpg The old Falador bank

 

 

 

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Falador east bank.

 

 

 

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The old castle court yard[/hide]

 

 

 

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[hide=Barbarian village]miningwz7.jpg The old mining site to the east[/hide]

 

 

 

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probably the most used Members bank

 

 

 

party01cg3.jpgthe Party room was originally found in Seers village

 

 

 

party02iq5.jpg And upstairs....[/hide]

 

 

 

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[hide=NPCs]Remember the old cows?...... WaitÃÆââââ¬Å¡Ã¬Ãâæ. I mean dragons! I await your images

 

 

 

entsu6.jpg The old ents, where they looked the same for every tree.... you can also see old maple trees here!

 

 

 

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oldelvarg01un3.jpg Behold a green cow dragon! Can't say I miss that graphic :P

 

 

 

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Sheep! and a penguin sheep!

 

 

 

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1zqejyp.png not an npc.... but seemed like best category :P[/hide]

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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[hide=items]Dig out the old gems, platebodys, and even yes.... buckets!

 

 

 

bucketfc3.jpg see.... bucket! I belive this graphic was changed with the Burge De rott update.

 

 

 

logspt0.jpg Changed with farming (I actually prefer these...)

 

 

 

monkfishzz9.jpg The old Monkfish! (changed due to graphics bug)

 

 

 

sharkmf0.jpg The old sharks where also lost to a graphics bug

 

 

 

herbswv7.jpg Herbs pre the anti scam update

 

 

 

glassym2.jpg Glass used to be a bit blobby.

 

 

 

gemsfa1.jpg Even gems got an update!

 

 

 

pinnaplebj7.jpg Your probaly had to eat more than 5 a day when they where this small :P

 

 

 

pltebodiesxr6.jpg Although all plates originally had these long sleeves trimmed ones lost them last, so there are more pictures of them

 

 

 

oldmasterwand.jpg the old masters wand

 

 

 

woolao5.jpg Balls of wool

 

 

 

draghidebodyxz5.jpg dragon hide bodies were fixed for allowing "future animations"[/hide]

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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[hide=interfaces]Remember the Pre-German language interfaces? or even got the old friend and ignore list icons that only lasted a week? you know we want to seem them again.

 

 

 

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2mwcqia.png We have so many more prayers now!

 

 

 

compasck2.jpg The original RS2 compass

 

 

 

noslayerkt1.jpgThe skills interface before even slayer was released!

 

 

 

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Ye olde magic book!

 

 

 

nofarmingcf4.jpg Farming..... just not here yet!

 

 

 

farmingde7.jpg Farming came with it's own log in screen.

 

 

 

oldstatpicee3.png Before Construction was released

 

 

 

nohunteraj6.jpg The skills interface post the construction skill.

 

 

 

orangetextvt7.jpg When the main interfaces where first updated there was a one week period where the text was changed to orange.

 

 

 

maininterfacetg2.jpg These are the old icons that where seen around the main interface console

 

 

 

chatboxss4.jpg The old chat box scroll and the tool bar that went under it.

 

 

 

oldtradewindowis7.jpgAn old trade window before the box saying who you are trading with, and without the coloured numbers for stacking items

 

 

 

friendslistqp7.jpg The old friends list with it's larger type face.

 

 

 

playercontrolsyt7.jpg The "player controls" toolbox.... now released with emotes! this was the original home of the run, and auto retaliate features

 

 

 

equipinterfasejr7.jpg The old equipped item interface prior to the popup box, and items kept on death.[/hide]

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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[hide=holidays]Here be Santa.... werewolves, and pixies!..... well as soon as you share them with us!

 

 

 

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Catching imps for their shapes!

 

 

 

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[hide=Halloween 2006]haloween2006bz0.jpg halloween 2006!

 

 

 

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Under the tree!

 

 

 

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At work in the workshop

 

 

 

Some pictures of the log-in screen, Halloween '06.

 

 

 

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01kq3.jpg[/hide]

 

 

 

[hide=Easter 07]01zc5.jpg

 

 

 

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All the eggs excluding the magic one, I'm evil! I exclude eggs!

 

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Unfourtantly, you can't even bank the eggs this year.

 

 

 

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Holybunny.gif

 

 

 

The reward

 

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I tried getting the entire conversation but I deleted by accident!

 

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There is a portal in the area south of falador! it's so dark!

 

 

 

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It's Mr Grim Reaper!

 

 

 

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Woof! bit skinny though?

 

 

 

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He has a great garden! I wonder what woodcutting level those trees need?

 

 

 

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Gotta love the Reapers dinning room!

 

 

 

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Love the slide!

 

 

 

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Bouncy!

 

 

 

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Swimming in goo? nice![/hide]

 

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[hide=Website]Got some old links to the original manual before the KB, or have some pics of the old versions of the website? I'm sure we would like to seem them.

 

 

 

dyol1w.gif the original RuneScape logo

 

 

 

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24watko.jpg How very old!

 

 

 

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The main page version previous to the one we use currently (you should have seen the rants form when it changed!)

 

 

 

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The old world select page.... Back how it was in my day

 

 

 

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The old highscores

 

 

 

daggersup1.jpg This was about the depth the entire manual used to go into prior to the KB!

 

 

 

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The winter theme for Christmas 2005! oh what memories

 

 

 

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Construction login screen

 

 

 

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The login theme for the release of the hunter skill in 2006[/hide]

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Oldlogin.jpg

 

 

 

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Important notice: As I don't know every website I will not be clicking links that are not to the official RuneScape site, or to YouTube videos. Please remember that all images videos etc remain property of Jagex.

 

 

 

[hide=Big thanks to]Jagex, all of this could not happen without them

 

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Thanks I will crop them down and stick them up.

 

 

 

I may replace them further down the line though as they are missing the bottom section of the interfaces :(

 

 

 

Ooo the orange text though! if only that was full! It would have the one week only friends and ignore list icons.

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Thanks I will crop them down and stick them up.

 

 

 

I may replace them further down the line though as they are missing the bottom section of the interfaces :(

 

 

 

Ooo the orange text though! if only that was full! It would have the one week only friends and ignore list icons.

 

 

 

Sorry :XD: , I cut those bits out when I take my screenies for the blog.

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I can see if I got old pics on my old computer. I do still have an existing RSC file, So just pm a list of pics if you'd like, And I can try and get them :)

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Here's a copy of last year's Easter Event (chicken suit) from my blog

 

 

 

[hide=EASTER 07] Here a few (14) screenshots I took during the event. Its basically just me goofing off. I'll add a few comments and try to go in chronological order.

 

 

 

I deleted my pic for the first task by accident, so I'll start from number 2

 

 

 

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I know, the joke is not that funny.

 

 

 

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ArollingEgg.gif

 

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EggHitting.gif

 

Eggsarecoming.gif

 

MacroatEggs.gif

 

Lol, a macro at the eggs. Wonder what he's doing there?

 

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All the eggs excluding the magic one, I'm evil! I exclude eggs!

 

RollingEggs-22.gif

 

RollingEggs-22-1.gif

 

Unfourtantly, you can't even bank the eggs this year.

 

 

 

Part 3

 

 

 

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Holybunny.gif

 

I tried to make one with the evil bunny too, but it didn't work out so good.

 

 

 

The reward

 

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I tried getting the entire conversation but I deleted by accident!

 

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And this is something I made from the easter event reward, I don't like it, but I thought this was pretty funny.

 

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I didn't take screenies of the older ones. :(

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Hopefully my old topic will help :D

 

 

 

The Evolution of Varrock!

 

 

 

Wow thanks for that one :P I will post a nice link to your thread as it is far more detail than I could sensibly ever go into! thanks alot!

 

 

 

 

 

Dear everybody else:

 

 

 

Thread is growing quicker than i though :P I am doing my best to catch up with posts, some I am ignoring as I fear they are from private servers, I am an idiot, or we already have the pics :P

 

 

 

 

 

Thanks alot and I am going as fast as I can :P

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Some RSC Pics :)

 

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Oldlogin.jpg

 

 

 

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128+ Combat \\ 1900+ Total Level \\ 85M+ EXP

5,999th To 99 Woodcutting Achieved June 27, 2007

66,931st To 99 Strength Achieved January 23rd, 2009

Draconic Visage: 1+ \\ DK Drops: 169+ \\ GWD Drops: 74+

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Some RSC Pics :)

 

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wow.... never seen the Fatigue one before! (I started a few weeks after RS2) I am very welcome for everybody to post there RSC pics although I won't include them in the main post (which is more interested in RS2) I do love seeing the history!

 

 

 

If public demands it I may make a RSC section.

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