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. With an emulator like EQEmu, anyone can run a server. EQEmu has apparently been in development since around 2001 or 2002. According to statistics on the EQEmu website, emulated servers see dozens of players online, quite below the tens of thousands seen on SOE's official servers.
Another EverQuest emulator is EthernalQuest, which is believed to have been in development since late 1999 or early 2000.
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