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| Original author(s) | Resounding Technology |
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| Developer(s) | GameSpy |
| Initial release | May 3, 1999 |
| Final release | 1.4.1.6
/ July 8, 2003 |
| Operating system | |
| Platform | x86 |
| Size | 790.7 KB (installer) |
| Available in | English |
| Type | Voice over IP |
| Website | rogerwilco.gamespy.com (archived) |
Roger Wilco was one of the first voice-over-IP client programs designed primarily for use with online multiplayer video games.[1] Roger Wilco enables gamers to talk through a headset or other handsfree device instead of typing messages to each other.
Roger and Wilco are procedure words which, in radiophone communication, mean "I understood your message and I will comply".
Development and release
Roger Wilco was developed by a US startup company called Resounding Technology. Three of the company's four founders were roommates when they were undergraduate students at Princeton University: Adam Frankl, Tony Lovell, and Henri de Marcellus.[2]: 14
The company began publishing pre-release versions of the software in the autumn of 1998;[2]: 16 the first general availability release, Roger Wilco Mark I, followed in May 1999.[3] The company distributed both the client and server as freeware. The server software, Roger Wilco Base Station, was developed for Linux, FreeBSD, Windows 9x, and Windows NT.[3] Development of a client for Mac OS never progressed beyond the alpha phase.[4]
Mpath Interactive, a startup company in Silicon Valley, acquired Resounding Technology later that year, and renamed it to HearMe, Inc.[5]
In December 2000, GameSpy bought the Roger Wilco intellectual property.[citation needed] In early 2001, they integrated an updated version of the client software into their game server browser, GameSpy Arcade.[citation needed] Players could use the Roger Wilco software if they bought a subscription to GameSpy's Game Tools suite.[6]
GameSpy published the final version of the Roger Wilco client for Windows on July 8, 2003.[6] That year, a vice president of consumer products at GameSpy Industries told The Boston Globe that Roger Wilco had about 5 million users.[1]
See also
References
- ^ a b Bray, Hiawatha (October 29, 2003). "Players Add Verbal Jabs to Their Arsenal". BostonGlobe.com. Boston Globe Media Partners. Retrieved July 27, 2009.
- ^ a b Tooke, Wes (February 24, 1999). "Three Game Guys: Former Roommates Give Cyberplayers a Voice". Princeton Alumni Weekly. Princeton University. Retrieved May 28, 2017 – via Google Books.
- ^ a b "Roger Wilco". RogerWilco.com. Resounding Technology. Archived from the original on May 8, 1999.
- ^ "Frequently Asked Questions". rogerwilco.gamespy.com. GameSpy. Archived from the original on April 22, 2009. Retrieved May 28, 2017.
{{cite web}}: Unknown parameter|deadurl=ignored (|url-status=suggested) (help) - ^ "Mpath Acquires Resounding Technology, Changes Name to HearMe" (Press release). Mpath Interactive. Business Wire. September 28, 1999. Retrieved May 28, 2017 – via FindArticles.
- ^ a b "Roger Wilco". rogerwilco.gamespy.com. GameSpy. Archived from the original on April 21, 2010. Retrieved May 28, 2017.
Further reading
- Wilfong, Blake Linton (October 17, 1999). "Talk While You Play: Roger Wilco". The Wondersmith. Blake Linton Wilfong.
External links
- Official website (archived)