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Monopoly: Star Wars (1997) on GameRanger

... Now that's a game I've not heard in a long time. A long time ... Monopoly: Star Wars was released by Hasbro on October 31, 1997 and was originally played on MSN Gaming Zone. In 2001, long before Zone itself shutdown in 2006, Monopoly: Star Wars vanished and was never seen again on any other gaming service.. UNTIL NOW. You can read a little about the game on Wikipedia, and thanks to the Wayback Machine, you can also see the original web pages on MSN Gaming Zone. the old game lobbies

the old news and tips

the Zone announcement of Hasbro games being removed

New Mac version of GameRanger

A huge amount of work has gone into it, but the Mac version now works fine with Mac OS X 10.9 (Mavericks), 10.10 (Yosemite), and 10.9 (El Capitan). The minimum version of Mac OS X required is now 10.4 (Tiger) instead of 10.3.9 (Panther). Unfortunately the same can not be said of many of the Mac games themselves that no longer work on the newer versions of Mac OS X. That's outside of GameRanger's control.

GameRanger Hits 6 Million Members!

Another amazing milestone: GameRanger now has 6 million registered members. Impressive considering these are all real users, not piggybacking off Facebook or an App Store.

Battlefield 2, 2142, Medal of Honor, and more on GameRanger.

Battlefield 1942: Secret Weapons of WWII Demo

Battlefield 2

Battlefield 2: Special Forces

Battlefield 2 Demo

Battlefield 2142

Battlefield Vietnam

Blitzkrieg

Blitzkrieg: Rolling Thunder

Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter 2

Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter 2 Demo

Medal of Honor: Allied Assault

Medal of Honor: Allied Assault Demo

Medal of Honor: Spearhead

Medal of Honor: Spearhead Demo

Medal of Honor: Breakthrough

Medal of Honor: Breakthrough Demo

Serious Sam Demo

Serious Sam: The Second Encounter Demo

Serious Sam 2 Demo

Vietcong 2 This update also includes support for games on the Origin store. A big thanks to EA and Origin for their help transitioning these games over to GameRanger before the GameSpy shutdowns are completed. Thanks also to Ubisoft for their help with Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter 2. These ex-GameSpy games are now on GameRanger:This update also includes support for games on the Origin store. A big thanks to EA and Origin for their help transitioning these games over to GameRanger before the GameSpy shutdowns are completed. Thanks also to Ubisoft for their help with Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter 2.

Serious Sam / Stronghold games on GameRanger.

Serious Sam

Serious Sam: The Second Encounter

Serious Sam 2

Stronghold 2

Stronghold Legends The dedicated server apps for the Serious Sam games are supported as well. The GameSpy server shutdowns have started to happen, but these ex-GameSpy games are now supported (more still coming):The dedicated server apps for the Serious Sam games are supported as well. This update also adds support the dedicated server apps for Star Wars Battlefront II (swbf2sm.exe) and Halo (haloded.exe and haloceded.exe). Star Wars Battlefront II also now uses the Internet-mode instead of the LAN-mode, which means much faster launching.

Men of War: Condemned Heroes, Men of War: Vietnam on GameRanger.

Men of War: Condemned Heroes

Men of War: Vietnam A big thanks to 1C Publishing for their help getting these titles on board. These two Men of War games are now supported by GameRanger (their GameSpy servers were due to shut down May 31):A big thanks to 1C Publishing for their help getting these titles on board. This update also stops Star Wars Battlefront II from crashing if you don't have an audio input device (eg. a microphone) plugged in. The bug is unrelated to GameRanger and happens in single player as well, but playing through GameRanger will now fix it.

Halo 1 now on GameRanger.

Halo: Combat Evolved

Halo: Combat Evolved Demo

Halo: Custom Edition Download GameRanger The Halo 1 series for PC can now be played on GameRanger and won't suffer the fate of the server shutdowns next month:

Press Release) GameRanger Hits 5 Million Members!

While other gaming services drop like flies, GameRanger has now has over 5 million members! 2014 is going to be an exciting year.

Mac OS X 10.9 (Mavericks) Incompatibility

Unfortunately, Mac OS X 10.9 (Mavericks) removed a core networking library which prevents GameRanger from working at all. If you're able to, avoid upgrading for now if you want to keep playing. A GameRanger update is being worked on, but this has required rewriting a significant percentage of the code. This is far more work and far more complicated than originally anticipated, so will take some time to complete. This was previously announced within the GameRanger app's news broadcast system.

Neverwinter Nights 1 on GameRanger

Neverwinter Nights

Neverwinter Nights: Shadows of Undrentide

Neverwinter Nights: Hordes of the Underdark

Neverwinter Nights: Kingmaker Neverwinter Nights 1 was another victim of the server shutdowns, but is back online with GameRanger:

Sniper Elite rescued!

Sniper Elite very recently had its servers shut down without warning. You can now play it online again thanks to GameRanger!

Delta Force and Joint Operations games on GameRanger

Delta Force

Delta Force 2

Delta Force: Land Warrior

Delta Force: Task Force Dagger

Delta Force: Black Hawk Down

Delta Force: Black Hawk Down: Team Sabre

Joint Operations: Typhoon Rising

Joint Operations: Escalation These games are now playable on GameRanger:

Battlefield 1942 series now on GameRanger

Battlefield 1942

Battlefield 1942 Demo

Battlefield 1942: The Road to Rome

Battlefield 1942: Secret Weapons of WWII

Battlefield 1942: Desert Combat Desert Combat was a very popular free add-on mod for Battlefield 1942 set in Iraq during the first Gulf War. These games are now playable on GameRanger:Desert Combat was a very popular free add-on mod for Battlefield 1942 set in Iraq during the first Gulf War.

Torchlight II now on GameRanger

The co-op fun continues this week with Torchlight II multiplayer now supported on GameRanger.

Borderlands 2 now playable on GameRanger

Borderlands 2 is now on GameRanger for a much quicker and easier way to play with your friends in this incredibly fun co-op game. If you've already started playing previously by other more clumsy methods, you can continue your existing saved games in GameRanger instead as well.

FlatOut 2 (and others) on GameRanger

Seems like the official servers for a number of games have just been shut down without warning. SWAT 4, Empire Earth II, and FlatOut 2 were among those affected. SWAT 4 and Empire Earth II were already supported in GameRanger, and now FlatOut 2 is also supported so that those players will have a new home. If you know anyone that plays any of these affected games, or if you know any of the communities and clans for these games, let them know that they can come to GameRanger. These are all great games, and there's no reason to let them die off now.

Press Release) GameRanger Hits 3 Million Members!

GameRanger has now reached a massive 3 million registered users! Congratulations everyone on being part of this!

GameRanger update

SWAT 4

SWAT 4: The Stetchkov Syndicate

Additional support has been added for the Steam versions of these existing games: Age of Empires III

Age of Empires III: The Warchiefs

Age of Empires III: The Asian Dynasties

American Conquest

American ConquestL Fight Back

Call of Juarez

Call of Juarez: Bound in Blood

Cossacks: European Wars

Cossacks: Back to War

Cossacks: The Art of War

Cossacks II: Battle for Europe

Cossacks II: Napoleonic Wars

Demigod

GRID

Jane's Fleet Command

Rome: Total War

Rome: Total War: Alexander

Rome: Total War: Barbarian Invasion

Supreme Commander

Supreme Commander: Forged Alliance

Supreme Ruler: Cold War

Victoria

Victoria: Revolutions Late-joining has been enabled for:Additional support has been added for the Steam versions of these existing games:

Supreme Ruler: Cold War

Supreme Ruler: Cold War has just been released, and uses GameRanger for multiplayer.

Terraria on GameRanger

Thanks to the Re-Logic guys, the super-addictive, 2D side-scrolling, exploration, action/adventure Terraria is now officially supported on GameRanger! Important: This requires Terraria 1.0.5 or later.

Press Release) GameRanger Rescues Orphaned Race Driver: GRID Multiplayer

The official servers for Race Driver: GRID were recently shut down leaving nowhere to play online. GameRanger has now provided a new home for everyone to continue racing.

May the 4th be with you!

Jedi Knight II: Jedi Outcast

Jedi Academy

Star Wars Battlefront

Star Wars Battlefront II

Star Wars Republic Commando In celebration of Star Wars Day (May the Fourth), these additional Star Wars games can now be played on GameRanger:

Four Rainbow Six. Mission Complete.

Rainbow Six: Take-Down

Rainbow Six: Lockdown

Rainbow Six: Vegas

Rainbow Six: Vegas 2 That means the entire Rainbow Six series is now supported on GameRanger! Four more Rainbow Six games have been added:That means the entire Rainbow Six series is now supported on GameRanger!

Why Settle for less?

The Settlers II: 10th Anniversary

The Settlers II: 10th Anniversary: Vikings

The Settlers III

The Settlers III Demo

The Settlers III: Mission CD

The Settlers III: Quest of the Amazons

The Settlers III: Quest of the Amazons Demo

The Settlers IV

The Settlers IV: Mission CD

The Settlers IV: The Trojans and the Elixir of Power

The Settlers IV: The New World

The Settlers: Heritage of Kings

The Settlers: Heritage of Kings Demo

The Settlers: Heritage of Kings: Expansion

The Settlers: Heritage of Kings: Legends

The Settlers: Rise of an Empire

The Settlers: Rise of an Empire: The Eastern Realm Almost all of The Settlers series can now be played online with GameRanger:

Five more games added

Command & Conquer Generals: ShockWave

Darkest Hour

Die by the Sword

Die by the Sword: Limb from Limb

Men of War: Assault Squad These PC games can now be played online with GameRanger:

Do you feel the NEED?

Need for Speed III: Hot Pursuit

Need for Speed: High Stakes

Need for Speed: Porsche Unleashed

Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit 2

Need for Speed: Underground 2

Need for Speed: Most Wanted

Need for Speed: Shift These games from the Need for Speed series can now be played online with GameRanger:

Mac Borderlands now available

The Mac version of Borderlands is now playable on GameRanger, complete with full cross-platform play compatible with the PC version!

Press Release) 1 Million members and counting!

GameRanger just hit 1 million registered users on 10/10/10! Would have been even better if this happened at 10:10 am instead of 11:23 am, but that's okay :) Exciting times ahead as things get even bigger.

FIFA 11 kicks off

FIFA 11 has kicked off on GameRanger!

Four more games added

Close Combat: Wacht am Rhein

Close Combat: The Longest Day

Close Combat: Last Stand Arnhem

Jack Nicklaus 6: Golden Bear Challenge

Risk 1 These PC games can now be played online with GameRanger:

Press Release) Age of Empires II: The Conquerors' 10th Birthday!

Age of Empires II: The Conquerors turned 10 this week -- it was released August 24, 2000. Come celebrate this weekend with a day of online gaming. If you've played a long time ago, or even if you've never tried it, come and get involved! Time: Sunday August 29: 9am PDT / 12pm EDT/ 4pm GMT onwards If you don't have the game, or you can't find the disks, download the free demo versions (see below). You can still play 4-player online games with the demos. Now is the time to spread the word and convince friends to give it a try. Don't spam, but encourage people in any gaming forums you participate in, Facebook friends, Twitter, Steam groups, everyone. Let's make this a great day! Nervous about playing with others? Don't worry, it's a friendly place, and there's a wide range of skill levels so you'll find plenty of other beginners. You could also do some skirmish matches with the AI to warm you up. What do I need? GameRanger (Download), of course! And: PC:

Age of Empires II: Age of Kings Demo (47 MB)

Age of Empires II: The Conquerors Demo (38 MB) Age of Empires II: Age of Kings 2.0a Update (2.6 MB, for the full game)

Age of Empires II: The Conquerors 1.0c Update (4 MB, for the full game) Mac:

Age of Empires II: 1.06 Update (for the full game) If you have BootCamp installed or a VM such as Parallels Desktop, VMware Fusion, or VirtualBox, then you can also play the PC versions of Age of Empires II (including their free demos which have multiplayer) using the PC version of GameRanger on your Mac.

Press Release) GREED is Good

Headup Games has updated GREED: Black Border to add official support for multiplayer matchmaking via GameRanger.

More simulators added

Flight Simulator 98

Jane's Fleet Command

Jane's IAF: Israeli Air Force These PC games can now be played online with GameRanger:

Mac versions of Brothers in Arms games now available

The Mac versions of Brothers in Arms: Road to Hill 30, and Brothers in Arms: Earned in Blood are now available on GameRanger.

Tiger Woods PGA Tour 2008 and FIFA 07, 08, 09

FIFA 07

FIFA 08

FIFA 09

Tiger Woods PGA Tour 2008 These PC games can now be played online with GameRanger:

Anno 1404: Venice and 4 Other Games Added

Crusader Kings

Crusader Kings: Deus Vult

Victoria: An Empire Under the Sun

Victoria: Revolutions The recently released game Anno 1404: Venice can now be played on GameRanger. These games have also been added:

Press Release) GameRanger Plays Matchmaker for Lonely Hearts of Iron

Hearts of Iron

Hearts of Iron II

Hearts of Iron II: Doomsday

Hearts of Iron II: Doomsday: Armageddon

Hearts of Iron III Make war, not love, this Valentine's Day! GameRanger now offers online play for the Hearts of Iron series, including these titles:

Follow GameRanger on Facebook

GameRanger now has an official page on Facebook: http://facebook.com/GameRanger Join the Facebook page now and let your friends know you play on GameRanger, so they can join you as well.

Press Release) GameRanger Teams up with Paradox Interactive

GameRanger has teamed up with Paradox Interactive to support their newest strategy games, For the Glory, and Arsenal of Democracy.

Press Release) Borderlands is GameRanger's 600th game!

Borderlands has just been added to GameRanger. This should solve some of the online co-op problems people have been having with the built-in service. That also marks a total of 600 PC games supported by GameRanger now almost a year since the PC launch of GameRanger in November 2008. Plenty more games still to come!

Majesty 2 and Order of War on GameRanger

A bunch of new supported games have been added in the last month. The most recent additions are Majesty 2 and Order of War. Get playing!

GameRanger and the Past Decade

The Mac Observer has posted a feature article on GameRanger and the past decade.

Press Release) GameRanger Turns 10!

GameRanger turns 10 this Sunday, July 12. A decade has passed since it was originally launched on the Mac back in 1999 with a mere 11 games. Make sure you join in, bring your friends, and play online with some of your favourite games on Sunday!

Interviewed

Gamer Limit has posted a new interview with Scott Kevill covering GameRanger's competition, history, and other hot topics.

Press Release) What games do you want to see added to GameRanger?

Next time you log in, you will be prompted to fill in some quick survey questions to improve GameRanger. One of the questions is about the game you most want to see added. Please take a few moments to give your feedback.

Men of War now on GameRanger

Thanks to a little assistance from DMS and 1C, Men of War can now be played on GameRanger!

Demigod added to GameRanger, solves online problems

If like most people, you've been having huge issues playing Demigod online, you can breathe a sigh of relief now because you can now play it on GameRanger without all the network connection problems.

Follow GameRanger on twitter!

GameRanger now has an official twitter account. Follow GameRanger and get the latest updates and insights the moment they happen. http://twitter.com/GameRanger

Press Release) New improvements for finding players

GameRanger will now automatically notify you when anyone wants to play a game of yours. This will make a huge difference for less popular games where it can be harder to find players. If you leave GameRanger running all the time (even minimised to the system tray), you can be doing other things on your PC and still not miss any game opportunities. This increases the pool of available players for all games at all times.

More PC Games added to GameRanger

Dune 2000

Flight Simulator 2004

FutureCop: L.A.P.D.

ParaWorld

ParaWorld Demo

The Guild 2

The Guild 2: Pirates of the European Seas These PC games can now be played online with GameRanger:

Interviewed

Gamers Daily News has posted an interview with Scott Kevill about GameRanger and how the support for PC gaming has been received.

Press Release) GameRanger averts Global Crisis

GameRanger has stepped up to provide much-needed multiplayer matchmaking for the add-on expansion Supreme Ruler 2020: Global Crisis.

Press Release) GameRanger released for PC