<s>
Kali	B-Protocol
is	O
an	O
IPX	B-Protocol
network	O
emulator	O
for	O
DOS	B-Device
and	O
Windows	B-Application
,	O
enabling	O
legacy	O
multiplayer	O
games	O
to	O
work	O
over	O
a	O
modern	O
TCP/IP	B-Protocol
network	I-Protocol
such	O
as	O
the	O
Internet	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Later	O
versions	O
of	O
the	O
software	O
also	O
functioned	O
as	O
a	O
server	O
browser	O
for	O
games	O
that	O
natively	O
supported	O
TCP/IP	B-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
Today	O
,	O
Kali	B-Protocol
's	O
network	O
is	O
still	O
operational	O
but	O
development	O
has	O
largely	O
ceased	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Kali	B-Protocol
also	O
features	O
an	O
Internet	O
Game	O
Browser	O
for	O
TCP/IP	B-Protocol
native	O
games	O
,	O
a	O
buddy	O
system	O
,	O
a	O
chat	O
system	O
,	O
and	O
supports	O
400+	O
games	O
including	O
Doom	B-Application
3	I-Application
,	O
many	O
of	O
the	O
Command	B-Application
&	I-Application
Conquer	I-Application
games	O
,	O
the	O
Mechwarrior	B-Application
2	I-Application
series	O
,	O
Unreal	B-Application
Tournament	I-Application
2004	I-Application
,	O
Battlefield	B-Application
Vietnam	I-Application
,	O
Counter-Strike	B-Application
:	I-Application
Condition	I-Application
Zero	I-Application
,	O
and	O
Master	B-Application
of	I-Application
Orion	I-Application
II	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Kali	B-Protocol
software	O
is	O
free	O
to	O
download	O
,	O
and	O
once	O
had	O
a	O
time-based	O
cap	O
for	O
unregistered	O
versions	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
as	O
of	O
January	O
2023	O
,	O
Kali.net	O
offers	O
the	O
download	O
and	O
a	O
registration	O
code	O
generator	O
on	O
the	O
website	O
,	O
so	O
registration	O
is	O
currently	O
free	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
original	O
MS-DOS	O
version	O
of	O
Kali	B-Protocol
was	O
created	O
by	O
Scott	O
Coleman	O
,	O
Alex	O
Markovich	O
and	O
Jay	O
Cotton	O
in	O
the	O
spring	O
of	O
1995	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
the	O
successor	O
to	O
a	O
program	O
called	O
iDOOM	O
(	O
later	O
Frag	O
)	O
that	O
Cotton	O
wrote	O
so	O
he	O
could	O
play	O
id	O
Software	O
's	O
DOS	B-Device
game	O
DOOM	B-Application
over	O
the	O
Internet	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
After	O
the	O
release	O
of	O
Descent	B-Application
,	O
Coleman	O
,	O
Markovich	O
and	O
Cotton	O
wrote	O
a	O
new	O
program	O
to	O
allow	O
Descent	B-Application
,	O
or	O
any	O
other	O
game	O
which	O
supported	O
LAN	O
play	O
using	O
the	O
IPX	B-Protocol
protocol	O
,	O
to	O
be	O
played	O
over	O
the	O
Internet	O
;	O
this	O
new	O
program	O
was	O
named	O
Kali	B-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
the	O
summer	O
of	O
1995	O
,	O
Coleman	O
went	O
off	O
to	O
work	O
for	O
Interplay	O
Productions	O
,	O
Markovich	O
left	O
the	O
project	O
and	O
Cotton	O
formed	O
a	O
new	O
company	O
,	O
Kali	B-Protocol
Inc.	O
,	O
to	O
develop	O
and	O
market	O
Kali	B-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
Cotton	O
and	O
his	O
team	O
developed	O
the	O
first	O
Windows	B-Application
version	O
(	O
Kali95	O
)	O
and	O
all	O
subsequent	O
versions	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Initially	O
Kali	B-Protocol
appealed	O
only	O
to	O
hardcore	O
computer	O
tinkerers	O
,	O
due	O
to	O
the	O
difficulty	O
of	O
getting	O
TCP/IP	B-Protocol
running	O
on	O
MS-DOS	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Kali95	O
took	O
advantage	O
of	O
the	O
greater	O
network	O
support	O
of	O
Windows	B-Application
95	O
,	O
allowing	O
Kali	B-Protocol
to	O
achieve	O
mainstream	O
popularity	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
the	O
mid-1990s	O
,	O
it	O
was	O
an	O
extremely	O
popular	O
way	O
to	O
play	O
Command	B-Application
&	I-Application
Conquer	I-Application
,	O
Descent	B-Application
,	O
Warcraft	B-Application
II	I-Application
:	I-Application
Tides	I-Application
of	I-Application
Darkness	I-Application
,	O
Duke	B-Application
Nukem	I-Application
3D	I-Application
,	O
and	O
other	O
games	O
over	O
the	O
Internet	O
,	O
with	O
more	O
than	O
50,000	O
users	O
worldwide	O
by	O
the	O
end	O
of	O
1996	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
was	O
largely	O
possible	O
due	O
to	O
Kali	B-Protocol
's	O
scaled-down	O
services	O
;	O
it	O
did	O
not	O
provide	O
the	O
contests	O
and	O
high-tech	O
chat	O
features	O
offered	O
by	O
other	O
leading	O
online	O
gaming	O
services	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Since	O
it	O
was	O
the	O
only	O
way	O
for	O
Windows	B-Application
and	O
DOS	B-Device
users	O
to	O
play	O
Warcraft	B-Application
II	I-Application
:	I-Application
Tides	I-Application
of	I-Application
Darkness	I-Application
against	O
people	O
outside	O
of	O
a	O
LAN	O
or	O
dial-up	O
connection	O
,	O
Blizzard	O
actually	O
included	O
a	O
copy	O
of	O
the	O
program	O
on	O
the	O
CD	O
,	O
going	O
so	O
far	O
as	O
to	O
also	O
provide	O
a	O
customized	O
executable	O
(	O
WAR2KALI.EXE	O
)	O
which	O
optimized	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
network	O
code	O
to	O
account	O
for	O
Internet	O
latency	O
and	O
also	O
allowed	O
users	O
to	O
specify	O
their	O
own	O
settings	O
for	O
packet	O
transmission	O
and	O
handling	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
During	O
the	O
height	O
of	O
IPX	B-Protocol
emulation	O
's	O
popularity	O
,	O
a	O
competing	O
product	O
called	O
"	O
Kahn	O
"	O
was	O
being	O
sold	O
by	O
the	O
now-defunct	O
developer	O
Stargate	O
Networks	O
for	O
$15	O
( $5	O
cheaper	O
than	O
Kali	B-Protocol
at	O
that	O
time	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
Kali	B-Protocol
was	O
already	O
well-established	O
by	O
this	O
point	O
;	O
existing	O
users	O
saw	O
no	O
reason	O
to	O
buy	O
another	O
piece	O
of	O
software	O
,	O
and	O
new	O
users	O
were	O
still	O
attracted	O
to	O
Kali	B-Protocol
's	O
larger	O
user	O
base	O
,	O
since	O
the	O
whole	O
point	O
of	O
the	O
software	O
was	O
to	O
be	O
able	O
to	O
play	O
with	O
other	O
people	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
minor	O
cost	O
savings	O
proved	O
largely	O
ineffective	O
against	O
Kali	B-Protocol
,	O
and	O
Kahn	O
never	O
achieved	O
much	O
market	O
share	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
market	O
for	O
Kali	B-Protocol
eventually	O
dried	O
up	O
as	O
games	O
began	O
to	O
host	O
their	O
own	O
online	O
services	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
battle.net,	O
MSN	B-Application
Gaming	I-Application
Zone	I-Application
,	O
and	O
also	O
through	O
direct	O
TCP/IP	B-Protocol
connections	O
,	O
made	O
easier	O
by	O
Microsoft	O
's	O
DirectPlay	B-Protocol
package	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
IPX	B-Protocol
itself	O
was	O
phased	O
out	O
,	O
Kali	B-Protocol
's	O
unique	O
emulation	O
technology	O
fell	O
by	O
the	O
wayside	O
and	O
the	O
software	O
shifted	O
its	O
emphasis	O
to	O
becoming	O
a	O
game	O
browser	O
,	O
a	O
market	O
where	O
strong	O
competitors	O
such	O
as	O
GameSpy	O
were	O
already	O
established	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
the	O
early	O
2000s	O
,	O
Cotton	O
decided	O
to	O
sell	O
Kali	B-Protocol
to	O
a	O
company	O
that	O
would	O
have	O
the	O
capital	O
to	O
expand	O
the	O
program	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
this	O
move	O
proved	O
to	O
be	O
disastrous	O
for	O
Kali	B-Protocol
as	O
the	O
new	O
company	O
folded	O
shortly	O
after	O
the	O
purchase	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
year	O
later	O
Cotton	O
reacquired	O
the	O
rights	O
to	O
the	O
Kali	B-Protocol
software	O
and	O
system	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Since	O
then	O
he	O
has	O
resumed	O
development	O
and	O
support	O
of	O
Kali	B-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
,	O
the	O
latest	O
version	O
of	O
Kali	B-Protocol
is	O
2.613	O
,	O
which	O
was	O
released	O
in	O
February	O
2004	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
At	O
present	O
Kali	B-Protocol
works	O
with	O
over	O
400	O
games	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Support	O
has	O
faded	O
over	O
the	O
last	O
years	O
making	O
usage	O
of	O
Kali	B-Protocol
harder	O
and	O
less	O
effective	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Kali	B-Protocol
has	O
gained	O
new	O
life	O
,	O
because	O
the	O
IPX	B-Protocol
protocol	O
has	O
been	O
removed	O
in	O
all	O
version	O
of	O
Windows	B-Application
after	O
XP	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
there	O
is	O
still	O
a	O
small	O
,	O
loyal	O
following	O
(	O
largely	O
residing	O
in	O
the	O
Descent	B-Application
Channel	O
)	O
that	O
uses	O
the	O
software	O
as	O
a	O
chat	O
room	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Games	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
Descent	B-Application
,	O
are	O
still	O
played	O
among	O
this	O
group	O
of	O
gamers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Currently	O
(	O
January	O
2023	O
)	O
,	O
the	O
software	O
and	O
registration	O
is	O
offered	O
on	O
Kali.net	O
at	O
no	O
cost	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Kali	B-Protocol
won	O
Computer	O
Gaming	O
Worlds	O
1996	O
"	O
Special	O
Award	O
for	O
Online-Enabling	O
Technology	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
