<s>
EverQuest	B-Protocol
Online	O
Adventures	O
(	O
EQOA	O
)	O
was	O
a	O
2003	O
3D	O
fantasy	B-Application
massively	B-Protocol
multiplayer	I-Protocol
online	I-Protocol
role-playing	I-Protocol
game	I-Protocol
(	O
MMORPG	B-Protocol
)	O
for	O
the	O
PlayStation	B-Device
2	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
was	O
part	O
of	O
the	O
EverQuest	B-Protocol
franchise	O
before	O
being	O
shut	O
down	O
on	O
March	O
29	O
,	O
2012	O
,	O
after	O
nine	O
years	O
of	O
operation	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
An	O
expansion	O
pack	O
was	O
launched	O
on	O
November	O
17	O
,	O
2003	O
,	O
titled	O
EverQuest	B-Device
Online	I-Device
Adventures	I-Device
:	I-Device
Frontiers	I-Device
;	O
it	O
added	O
a	O
playable	O
race	O
—	O
the	O
Ogre	O
—	O
and	O
character	O
class	O
—	O
Alchemist	O
—	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
many	O
quests	O
and	O
items	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
EverQuest	B-Protocol
Online	O
Adventures	O
was	O
set	O
in	O
the	O
fictional	O
world	O
of	O
Norrath	B-Protocol
500	O
years	O
prior	O
to	O
the	O
original	O
EverQuest	B-Protocol
,	O
in	O
the	O
"	O
Age	O
of	O
Adventure	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
world	O
featured	O
many	O
places	O
familiar	O
to	O
fans	O
of	O
the	O
original	O
and	O
most	O
of	O
the	O
differences	O
were	O
explained	O
in	O
the	O
lore	O
of	O
EverQuest	B-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
EverQuest	B-Protocol
Online	O
Adventures	O
was	O
developed	O
and	O
published	O
by	O
Sony	O
Online	O
Entertainment	O
(	O
SOE	O
)	O
,	O
and	O
first	O
released	O
on	O
February	O
11	O
,	O
2003	O
,	O
in	O
North	O
America	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
was	O
developed	O
so	O
that	O
it	O
did	O
not	O
require	O
a	O
hard	O
disk	O
drive	O
(	O
HDD	O
)	O
like	O
Final	B-Protocol
Fantasy	I-Protocol
XI	I-Protocol
did	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Since	O
no	O
HDD	O
for	O
the	O
system	O
was	O
ever	O
released	O
in	O
PAL	O
territories	O
,	O
EQOA	O
remained	O
the	O
only	O
MMORPG	B-Protocol
there	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
EverQuest	B-Device
Online	I-Device
Adventures	I-Device
:	I-Device
Frontiers	I-Device
was	O
launched	O
on	O
November	O
17	O
,	O
2003	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
end	O
of	O
EverQuest	B-Protocol
Online	O
Adventures	O
was	O
announced	O
on	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
site	O
on	O
February	O
29	O
,	O
2012	O
.	O
</s>
