[givemeethekeys]

Starseige Tribes was massive and ridiculously fun on a 56k connection.

[hammycheesy]

There is a whitepaper exploring similar netcode concepts that was written by the Tribes developers:

https://www.gamedevs.org/uploads/tribes-networking-model.pdf

[ItsBob]

Quite possibly my favourite game growing up (especially Tribes 2!)

In fact, I downloaded Tribes 2 a while back and was playing against bots just a few months ago.

The game is dated but it was still fun... in fact, I've often thought of trying to remake it in Unity or something!

Maybe one day.

[cannonpr]

I never liked tribes 2 being a tribes 1 addict. The jet sliding in 1 was a happy accident and the developers lost the original physics code that resulted in the sliding being a controllable skill. Tribes 2 had an utterly different movement sensation and a “press button to glide” mechanic that just killed the game for me.

[robertlagrant]

Tribes was brilliant. Skiing down procedural terrain (and watching other people ski up it), big maps, lots of players, in 1999.

[nickpeterson]

Tribes was an absolute riot. Teams keep trying to make new versions but none feel like they capture the pure magic of the original.

[hdjrldbrhrh]

The original is out there and free now. Though the community is gone :(