Trivia / EverQuest

• Approval of God: Project 1999 has been recognized by Daybreak Games and given their approval. It, of course, helps that the mod is perfectly legal provided you own the old disc version of Everquest^note the mod is not compatible with the Steam or GOG versions.
• Cash-Cow Franchise: The game spawned numerous spin-offs. In addition to EverQuest and EverQuest II, there is the online card game Legends of Norrath, Champions of Norrath (PS2 game), Champions: Return to Arms (PS2 game), EverQuest Online Adventures (PS2 game), EverQuest Hero's Call (Pocket PC), EverQuest Hero's Call 2 (Pocket PC), Lords of EverQuest (PC real-time strategy game), EverQuest Role-Playing Game (a role-playing game produced in collaboration with White Wolf which uses the d20 system). Also a line of novels have been published in the world of EverQuest and there has been talk of a feature film for years. A third game, EverQuest Next, was in development but ended up cancelled.
• Feelies: The retail versions of the game's expansion packs all came with a cloth or paper map of the world of Norrath, focusing on the new area of that expansion. Planes of Power went one step further and included a figurine of Firiona Vie.
• Recycled Script: The plot for the Planes Of Power expansion is very similar to Clash Of The Titans, with Quarm taking the place of The Kraken
• Vaporware: There are quite a few areas labeled on the map◊ that were never turned into in-game zones. Some, such as Jaggedpine Forest and The Barren Coast, were eventually released. A few, such as the Unkempt Woods, Ranthok's Ridge and the Grand Plateau, have yet to be made into zones. The Barren Coast deserves special mention, as in the old (pre-Luclin) days, players wanted SOE to turn it into a zone so evil players could access Odus without paying a wizard for a port.
• What Could Have Been: EverQuest Next was going to be a Wide-Open Sandbox MMO by Daybreak Game Company, on the ForgeLight engine, with Oculus Rift support, and was cancelled in March 2016. A concurrent project, EverQuest Next Landmark, was a creation tool focused on player made buildings and structures, which could be imported into EverQuest Next. EverQuest Next Landmark was retitled as Landmark and continued development as a separate project, until being shut down on February, 2017.

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