my busted computer barely ran Runescape when I was growing up, I played The Realm Online instead since it ran on basically anything at the time.

I'd save Christmas and birthday cash to pay for my subscription annually.

Then World of Warcraft came around...looking back, that was the end of the Realm.

It's still around, believe it or not. The player count is usually ~20 people. Sometimes I get nostalgic and install it just to hear the music when it launches.

Ahh, memories. Damn shame the game is owned by a private family now instead of actual developers, the game would be a massive hit on mobile with a f2p model.