MCO to be release in China in 2009

[JediMasterZon]

Can someone validate this? Found it on google news today.

http://www.jlmpacificepoch.com/newsstories?id=139836_0_5_0_M

JediMasterZon

[KJMach]

yeahhh this is a pretty good question.... wonder if thats legit lol

[Allegedman]

hmmmmmm if this is true, anyone interested should try and hack it and find and language translator.

[JediMasterZon]

This news site might have poorly translated the conversation. I got this from what I believe is the source. Here is a link that runs it through Google's translator.

http://74.125.45.101/translate_c?hl=en&sl=zh-CN&u=http://news.17173.com/content/2009-01-19/20090119142746799,1.shtml&prev=/search%3Fq%3D17173.com%26num%3D100%26hl%3Den%26sa% 3DG&usg=ALkJrhgLpv7i9tCMPlxpvuYr762AGwDVuA

[JediMasterZon]

Here is another news site that references MCO.

http://www.gamestooge.com/2009/01/19/motor-city-online-is-back-in-china/

[Jake Ryan]

Is EA trying to piss us off even more? I cant tell if its just a rumor or not. I also, am not very concerned either. Waited this long, can wait some more.

[DevilMan]

If its the same ole game, ebay here I come! I don't care if I can't understand what the people are saying,... steering wheels still control the car, and the pedals make it go and stop. The only thing that would take some time, is figuring out the auctions and finding the right parts combo's.

It may also might be a test to see if the game could work again. Sometimes the music industry they release stuff over seas to see how it does, then they bring it to the U.S.

[Allegedman]

This doesn't make any sense at all!

why would they do this?

i bet it is the survey we took online to vote for the best NFS game or it could be the bailout.

[Rollout]

I emailed EA about it, waiting on an answer now.

I'll post their reply here once I get it.

[KRB]

Still got my game in the box with the Prima Guide

[mcomobboss]

CD in the drive bay. ENGAGE !!!! lol They should give it also to the USA as well. thats messed up i do think its also from the poll how many people voted for MCO !! I can see them goin uh oh HMM hey fred. look at this. !!!lol. I think we messed up!!!! lol

[gcountach]

I hope it's not a lie and I hope it does real well in China. May make EA rethink the NFS franchise and from what I've seen lately that wouldn't be a bad idea...

Though I've heard they've stopped the NFS series all together... I'm doubtful EA will stop milking a franchise.

[KJMach]

omg omg. this actually looks like its legit (dusts off the old steering wheel) haha im ready!!!! im going to take chinese!!!!!!

[gcountach]

omg omg. this actually looks like its legit (dusts off the old steering wheel) haha im ready!!!! im going to take chinese!!!!!!

and you call yourself a fan! A real MCO player knows by heart where every button and item is! :P

[Javelin]

Ok, maybe take a step back a minute. Remember, this is EA, I dont trust them at all. I wouldnt be surprised if this is MCO in name only bearing no resemblance to the original at all. Doubt they would bring back the old programing in this modern age nor do I think they have been secretly rewriting it unlike what the MWO team is doing. This will likely be far more NFS than MCO.

With EA, I'll believe it when I see it and then I wont trust them even if it does make it to the USA, my moneys with MWO

[JediMasterZon]

If EA does release the original game, I wonder if my Core 2 Duo computer with 4 gigs of ram and Nvidia 8500 graphics card will be fast enough. HEHEHE. Anyway, MCO would hold me over until MWO comes out. EA would probably have to patch MCO for Vista. Think about this, broadband is wildly used now and server technology has grown maybe they could step it up to 8 car races. There was so much that I did not get to do the first time around.

[KJMach]

and you call yourself a fan! A real MCO player knows by heart where every button and item is! :P
haha well gee man its been 6 years!

[criss cross]

yea i have a buddy thats goes to china a lot have called him to pick up a copy.when he is over there.and have seen its going to be in asse land two.

[JediMasterZon]

For any of you thinking about installing MCO, I installed it this morning, and I could not get pass the patch server. It was fun to install though. :smile:

[criss cross]

it is just like ea to not give the game to the people who want it. they suck.

[JediMasterZon]

The subscription page still works, and it was able to give me my old user name and password. When I try to login, it keeps taking me back to the login page without an error. EA still has some of those jsp files. Does anyone know what EA's latest patch server url is? I am going to play around with registry settings while I have MCO installed.

Bonus question:
Does anyone know how to get MCO to bypass the patch server?

Thank You

[criss cross]

good luck man when ea shut down mco i hade two many beers and broke my cd in half.then sent them a nasty email.

[Sub]

good luck man when ea shut down mco i hade two many beers and broke my cd in half.then sent them a nasty email.

Hahahaha - best post-MCO story ever.

As for bypassing the patch server, someone built a patch to do that a few years back, but were never able to build the 3 other servers it takes to make a single instance of MCO.

And if there's anyone still at EA who could figure out how to string the confusing mess of archaic server technology together into a functioning game, i'm sure we'd hear about it. It sounds like this whole thing is due to some bad translation and fans of the game are no closer now than we've ever been.

[JediMasterZon]

And if there's anyone still at EA who could figure out how to string the confusing mess of archaic server technology together into a functioning game, i'm sure we'd hear about it. It sounds like this whole thing is due to some bad translation and fans of the game are no closer now than we've ever been.

I bet this guy could figure it out. HEHEHE

http://74.125.113.132/search?q=cache:-ru1btyJaGYJ:gamegineer.com/ChuckWaltersResume.htm+Marimba+%22motor+city+onlin e%22&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=2&gl=us

[Sub]

Hahaha - he most definitely could. But would he if he hasn't already? And that's a lot of years to remember something as complex as the MCO server setup. We're talking Oracle 7 technology here.

I mean, don't get me wrong, i'd love to see it. I just have little faith that it'll ever happen given the amount of time that's gone by.

[criss cross]

do you guys think we could play on china servers or would lag kill yea.

[Sub]

do you guys think we could play on china servers or would lag kill yea.

Unless they bounced everything over to a SQL server and either cut out or completely revamped the security encryption of every little communication, the lag would be horrible.

I remember people playing from many far away countries back in the day, but they all complained about the lag.

[JediMasterZon]

It was lagging for me most of the time. I do not see a difference.

[Sub]

It was lagging for me most of the time. I do not see a difference.

Yea, i doubt any old fans would care. Just to get into the game would be awesome - you'd learn to deal with the lag.

[KRB]

Bit of a problem if it is released there that I see.

There is a game called Project Torque that is a free MMO racing game online, and it has a coutner part with a more advanced set of cars/tracks and such that is in China. The thing about it is, you cannot log onto the China servers if you do not live in China.

I fear this may be the same should this ever happen.

[DevilMan]

Hahahaha - best post-MCO story ever.

As for bypassing the patch server, someone built a patch to do that a few years back, but were never able to build the 3 other servers it takes to make a single instance of MCO.



If my memory serves, I read where an old programmer for MCO said there was one patch, that if someone still had that version it might be playable. There was like a 2 or 3 day window, and someone would have to have that version still on their computer. Maybe I just dreamed that up though.. who knows. to much ganja when I was younger.

[ZER]

Sorry Guys I should have come here and posted my findings...

But here is what I found out, and posted on the majicbus.
http://www.majicbus.org/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=16&t=30376

[JediMasterZon]

I checked the link out, but I could not make sense of what they said with the translator. Does anyone know Chinese here? Google translated "Need For Speed Online", which is pretty close "Need For Speed: Motor City Online". Are you sure that they did not mean Motor City Online? I am not familiar with Speeding Car Online.

[gcountach]

Sorry Guys I should have come here and posted my findings...

But here is what I found out, and posted on the majicbus.
http://www.majicbus.org/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=16&t=30376

Aww, that sucks. Well, I guess it actually makes no difference, as I wouldn't of gotten to play it anyway. Thanks for the research, ZER.

[JediMasterZon]

Oh I see page 6 now. My browser was messed up. Wow that sucks.

http://news.17173.com/viewpic.htm?url=http://images.17173.com/2009/news/2009/01/19/s0119zcnba07.jpg

[criss cross]

i read on gameplanet that its under dev going to be out early next year.a demo should be out soon it sead something about there new online something and when you click it it takes you to ea astralia. maybe we still have a shot

[Sub]

If my memory serves, I read where an old programmer for MCO said there was one patch, that if someone still had that version it might be playable. There was like a 2 or 3 day window, and someone would have to have that version still on their computer. Maybe I just dreamed that up though.. who knows. to much ganja when I was younger.

Yea - they patched the 'debug exe' of the game at some point but updated it within hours. I've actually talked to Yikes more about this and there's really no chance that anyone has it. More importantly, if someone did have it, they'd have no way of knowing unless they were aware of what commands to enter in the command line to trigger the debug functionality.

[Dauntless]

Yea - they patched the 'debug exe' of the game at some point but updated it within hours. I've actually talked to Yikes more about this and there's really no chance that anyone has it. More importantly, if someone did have it, they'd have no way of knowing unless they were aware of what commands to enter in the command line to trigger the debug functionality.

I'll double confirm that, the chances of anyone actually having a hard copy backup of that time are so rare that it's practically nonexistent, believe me....we looked.

[Yuyl]

probably not the same game... would be surprised if it was.

[Grbgemen]

this reminds me of when someone left there game in test drive while they shut down the servers. test drive stayed active and they were able to drive around. i think it was BigBen who did it. he finally pulled the plug after so many days.

anyone ever look into that? how did that work?

[baddog_1_2k]

Still have mine...just incase I don't know how EA could do this but it doesn't me they have been screwing us for years all madden fans know about the glitches every year. I know people have been searching for a way to get MCO back online I don't think it ever happened. Have to watch if it comes back the states we'll all have to buy a new copy I bet...I'd just wait for MWO I think EA burned us all last time...and would do it again

[DevilMan]

So I can't get the stupid translate thing to work,.. but I take it the game is just a version of latest need for speed title? Or something totally new, possibly a version of the old MCO we all knew and loved?

[racerrick]

Can someone validate this? Found it on google news today.

http://www.jlmpacificepoch.com/newsstories?id=139836_0_5_0_M

JediMasterZon
Its a little different game not at all like ea's old mco.

[[DC]Amerikranian]

http://www.n4g.com/pc/News-268726.aspx has a nice little write up on it with another link to more information.

When the shutdown notices came out, I remember people speculating that MCO had just been a guinea pig for EA to open up a new open world racing game. I've heard from some reputable sources, including legit game journalists that EA is naming the game "Need For Speed: Motor World Online". And just to add insult to injury, they take Ken and crew's title! What a bunch of jerks! haha

[[WC]streetrod]

Wow im shocked!

[xXBossHawgXx]

sounds and looks to me like it isnt gonna be MCO, looks like they are gonna have more than just muscle, that would be totally worthless to try and bring it back yet ruin it at the same time, if they want to do something like that they need to make it one game with a expansion pack you dont HAVE to buy if you dont wanna, so you can have all your muscle heads in one set and all your rice rockets in another

[cargasm]

im pretty sure they are calling it need for speed world online not motorworld online and its prolly like all the other nfs games with stages not actual parts

[Bassmasteraj]

hey guys we still have MWO

[Frank]

Amerikranian;5303'][URL="http://www.n4g.com/pc/News-268726.aspx"]I've heard from some reputable sources, including legit game journalists that EA is naming the game "Need For Speed: Motor World Online". And just to add insult to injury, they take Ken and crew's title! What a bunch of jerks! hahaI was under the impression the title Motor World Online is already officially copyrighted by Ken's own company.

Frank

[mcomobboss]

it says motor CITYonline not motor world online. but thats typical of Ea and how they cant give back what they took

[mcomobboss]

"Contrary to other reports, Motor City Online is not coming back in any form, in China or else where, and is not at all related to Need for Speed World Online. EA has not announced the territories, and even still, World Online will not be called NFS: Motor City Online in any of them. "

[MoparTM]

why is it chinas getting everything before us here at home in the US? lol

[Allegedman]

i read somewhere beta testing in china for NFS: WO will start next month (march)

[cobra96]

honestly i could care less about this news if it is real. EA cut us off from probably the best racing game ever made. and now they are just realizing it? they r beyond stupid and dont deserve my money after 6 years of wanting it. plus EA will NEVER listen to a word we say regarding the game. the MWO crew will always listen. we dont have to go through a bunch of bullshit just to try and talk to the DEVS here. plus id rather play a game that people built with a passion for the game and not just to make money. the NFS series died with MCO. this NFS:WO crap will be nothin but new cars and maybe 2 classic muscle cars. so nope im not buying.

[MoparTM]

there have been rumors of an old school need for speed game, personally id like a nfs mopar unleashed or nfs 1968-1971 just because they are the most commonly forgotten but coolest vehciles in the history of the automobile

[mcomobboss]

there have been rumors of an old school need for speed game, personally id like a nfs mopar unleashed or nfs 1968-1971 just because they are the most commonly forgotten but coolest vehciles in the history of the automobile

What are those rumors of what? and EA cares nothing about US, MWO does. They know they screwed up and they are i am sure reading all we are saying here. and they obviously DONT CARE . Thats why my devotion is to ken and the crew. SCREW EA !!!!:fight: THIS is EA's Mentality. right here >>>> :playingball:

[Nazz]

EA=Eats Ass Just in case they are reading....

[Ayce]

I only have one word for EA..........








































BAH!:p

[Kurrupt_Midtown]

Eh this new PoS NFS:WO is going to be nothing like anything MCO was I've looked it up on several sites and it has fricken Cop Chases in it with Co-Op Cop Chases lol.

MWO Dev Team will have my support 100%

And if anyone from Midtown Pacific remembers me(Kurrupt) droup me a line or something I miss the community just as much as I miss the game itself i remember just sitting at the comp gettin smoked out(it was a long time ago when this was happening) and talking to everyone not even racing lol i would do this for like 3 straight days then decide to go race some guy who came in sayin he ran some off the wall time at Bel Air lol and take my Perfectly Set-up Mach 1 with a 400 Cleveland and blow him out lol

Awwwww the times

HURRY MWO!!!!! loL

[BoDarville]

very cool to see so many people care about the game I loved:x

[Deano]

I wouldn't give EA a good old fashioned penny, actually even if they offered it to me free for playing before, I would ask them to shove it up their _____ (well you all know where I am going with that), and send another $100 bucks at Ken and see how this show goes.