MapleStory

Free at the door, revenue from cosmetics and convenience — the arcade with an unlimited coin slot.

Released 2003 Developer Wizet Publisher Nexon Platform PC Genre MMORPG Era Broadband & the console shooter Website maplestory.nexon.net ↗

Mechanics this game introduced

These are recorded as first appearing here. Each links to a full history of where the idea went next.

Economy & Business Model · 2003

Free-to-Play Service Model

Free-to-play removes the purchase price entirely and earns revenue after entry, through item sales, convenience upgrad…

Origin: MapleStory

Mechanics it built on

Ideas MapleStory inherited rather than invented — each traceable back through the ontology to a root.

Continuous Scrolling Playfield ~~1980~~Experience Points and Levels ~~1980~~Persistent Shared World ~~1997~~Player Guilds and Clans ~~1997~~

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