California bill would require patches or refunds when online games shut down

Re:California bill would require patches or refunds when onl... by pests on Friday May 15, 2026 @06:43PM (#48154903)

I play SubSpace (a MMO spaceship game released in the 90s) to this day. It was shut down soon after release.

The original server binaries were left on the original CDROM by a programmer.

Then PriitK, a creator of Kazaa and then Skype and Joost!, went on to re-create the client due to cheating/hacking, naming it Continuum.

Years later the server is reimplemented as A Small Subspace Server (ASSS), making it a complete fan remake of the original game (sans graphics). This is also when we finally got server side mods, everything before that was client only or a hack.

We even got on Stream Greenlight.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/352700/Subspace_Continuum...

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Re:California bill would require patches or refunds when onl... by skullone on Friday May 15, 2026 @08:04PM (#48155499)

Props for bringing up Subspace! What a fun game that deserves more players! (And a new client ui)

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Re:California bill would require patches or refunds when onl... by XorNot on Friday May 15, 2026 @11:14PM (#48156518)

Yeah damn that takes me back.

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Re:California bill would require patches or refunds when onl... by pests on Saturday May 16, 2026 @04:16PM (#48163418)

Thanks, it does. I've been playing since about 2000, came from Cosmic Rift / Infantry when they went non-free.

We're lucky we got Priit to release the encryption/security module so Continuum clients could connect to ASSS servers without the security warning. I doubt it'll ever be updated, someone will have to take up the mantle.

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