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It also popularized the "mechanic" of online matchmaking through steam for pirated and abandoned games. Thank you Spacewar, very cool.
Edit: the Steam one is a test game for their steamworks system with source code from the original game. The more you know.
Wow this brought it full circle, the name looked familiar but then it clicked, back in my pirating days lol