Mission Statement

OF Project (or "Online Forever Project") is a movement towards preserving the network functions for PC and Console games. From a Historical standpoint, preserving "the network experience" is crucial so users can continue to meet up, compete, and communicate over these interactive mediums well into the future. As technology continues to evolve, being able to still experience these games online helps to frame the evolution of networking in games over time.

Our mission involves repairing the network infrastructures for these systems when and where possible, but with the long term goal of taking a step back and enjoying the fruits of our labor, by playing games online and interacting at a community level.

A key goal of OF Project is not simply to restore network functionality, but also to prevent players from being placed in the same position they were in when a central authority originally controlled the servers. As such, we encourage everyone to release any newly acquired or self-coded software to players abroad, by making the executable binaries (source code optional, but encouraged) available to the public.

Players like you deserve the right to network these games without restriction. Whether it be on a LAN with a few friends or with your website's community, the means by which to run servers and network online capable games should be in the hands of "the user".

It is understandable that some may feel tempted to hoard software under the pretenses of pooling players to a central location. Often times, the primary motivation behind this involves a selfish need for social rewards (public attention or accolades). Please re-consider this thought process and instead release the executables to the public so players do not have to re-endure the indefinate termination of their favorite online games.

All software developed or acquired in relation to OF Project will be made available.

Thank you for your patience as OF Project evolves.