<s>
Neverwinter	B-Application
Nights	I-Application
was	O
the	O
first	O
multiplayer	O
online	O
role-playing	O
game	O
to	O
display	O
graphics	O
,	O
and	O
ran	O
from	O
1991	O
to	O
1997	O
on	O
AOL	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Neverwinter	B-Application
Nights	I-Application
was	O
developed	O
with	O
gameplay	O
similar	O
to	O
previous	O
games	O
in	O
the	O
Gold	O
Box	O
series	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Neverwinter	B-Application
Nights	I-Application
was	O
a	O
co-development	O
of	O
AOL	O
,	O
Beyond	O
Software	O
,	O
SSI	O
,	O
and	O
TSR	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
1989	O
the	O
Beyond	O
Software	O
team	O
started	O
working	O
with	O
SSI	O
on	O
Dungeons	O
&	O
Dragons	O
games	O
using	O
the	O
Gold	O
Box	O
engine	O
that	O
had	O
debuted	O
with	O
Pool	B-Application
of	I-Application
Radiance	I-Application
in	O
1988	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Within	O
months	O
they	O
realized	O
that	O
it	O
was	O
technically	O
feasible	O
to	O
combine	O
the	O
Dungeons	O
&	O
Dragons	O
Gold	O
Box	O
engine	O
with	O
the	O
community-focused	O
gameplay	O
of	O
online	O
titles	O
to	O
create	O
an	O
online	O
role-playing	O
video	O
game	O
with	O
graphics	O
although	O
the	O
multiplayer	O
graphical	O
flight	O
combat	O
game	O
Air	B-Application
Warrior	I-Application
(	O
also	O
from	O
Kesmai	O
)	O
had	O
been	O
online	O
since	O
1987	O
;	O
all	O
prior	O
online	O
RPGs	O
had	O
been	O
based	O
on	O
text	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Case	O
approved	O
funding	O
for	O
NWN	B-Application
and	O
work	O
began	O
with	O
the	O
game	O
going	O
live	O
18	O
months	O
later	O
in	O
March	O
1991	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Daglow	O
chose	O
Neverwinter	B-Protocol
as	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
location	O
because	O
of	O
its	O
magical	O
features	O
(	O
a	O
river	O
of	O
warm	O
water	O
that	O
flowed	O
from	O
a	O
snowy	O
forest	O
into	O
a	O
northern	O
sea	O
)	O
,	O
and	O
its	O
location	O
near	O
a	O
wide	O
variety	O
of	O
terrain	O
types	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Neverwinter	B-Application
Nights	I-Application
was	O
the	O
only	O
game	O
in	O
the	O
company	O
's	O
roster	O
which	O
did	O
not	O
make	O
the	O
transition	O
to	O
the	O
new	O
service	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2008	O
Neverwinter	B-Application
Nights	I-Application
was	O
honored	O
(	O
along	O
with	O
EverQuest	B-Protocol
and	O
World	B-Protocol
of	I-Protocol
Warcraft	I-Protocol
)	O
at	O
the	O
59th	O
Annual	O
Technology	O
&	O
Engineering	O
Emmy	O
Awards	O
for	O
advancing	O
the	O
art	O
form	O
of	O
MMORPG	B-Protocol
games	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
this	O
committed	O
fan	O
base	O
that	O
BioWare	O
sought	O
when	O
they	O
licensed	O
the	O
rights	O
to	O
Neverwinter	B-Application
Nights	I-Application
from	O
AOL	O
and	O
TSR	O
as	O
the	O
basis	O
for	O
the	O
later	O
Neverwinter	B-Application
Nights	I-Application
game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
NWN	B-Application
gained	O
incidental	O
media	O
attention	O
from	O
AOL	O
tech	O
and	O
marketing	O
staff	O
by	O
appearing	O
in	O
the	O
Do	B-License
n't	I-License
Copy	I-License
That	I-License
Floppy	I-License
campaign	O
by	O
the	O
Software	O
Publishers	O
Association	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
1998	O
,	O
development	O
work	O
began	O
on	O
a	O
fanmade	O
clone	O
of	O
Neverwinter	B-Application
Nights	I-Application
called	O
Forgotten	O
World	O
,	O
which	O
opened	O
for	O
play	O
in	O
2003	O
.	O
,	O
though	O
its	O
website	O
and	O
forums	O
remain	O
operational	O
,	O
the	O
game	O
server	O
itself	O
was	O
last	O
online	O
in	O
2015	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
After	O
the	O
release	O
of	O
BioWare	O
's	O
non-MMO	O
Neverwinter	B-Application
Nights	I-Application
game	O
in	O
2002	O
,	O
a	O
group	O
of	O
former	O
Neverwinter	B-Application
Nights	I-Application
players	O
used	O
the	O
Aurora	O
toolset	O
included	O
with	O
the	O
new	O
game	O
to	O
reconstruct	O
the	O
content	O
of	O
the	O
original	O
Neverwinter	B-Application
Nights	I-Application
and	O
host	O
it	O
online	O
as	O
a	O
multiplayer	O
game	O
,	O
albeit	O
with	O
limited	O
player	O
capacity	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Neverwinter	B-Application
Nights	I-Application
:	O
Resurrection	O
was	O
modestly	O
successful	O
early	O
on	O
in	O
drawing	O
former	O
Neverwinter	B-Application
Nights	I-Application
players	O
,	O
but	O
player	O
numbers	O
dwindled	O
over	O
the	O
years	O
as	O
online	O
gaming	O
options	O
expanded	O
and	O
the	O
underlying	O
game	O
technology	O
aged	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
post	O
on	O
IGN	O
from	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
host	O
revealed	O
that	O
Neverwinter	B-Application
Nights	I-Application
:	O
Resurrection	O
shut	O
down	O
its	O
servers	O
on	O
July	O
31	O
,	O
2012	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2012	O
a	O
single-player	O
conversion	O
of	O
Neverwinter	B-Application
Nights	I-Application
was	O
released	O
for	O
Unlimited	B-Application
Adventures	I-Application
after	O
two	O
years	O
of	O
development	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
number	O
of	O
games	O
set	O
in	O
and	O
around	O
the	O
city	O
of	O
Neverwinter	B-Protocol
were	O
later	O
released	O
:	O
Neverwinter	B-Application
Nights	I-Application
(	O
2002	O
)	O
,	O
Neverwinter	B-Application
Nights	I-Application
2	I-Application
(	O
2006	O
)	O
,	O
and	O
Neverwinter	B-Protocol
(	O
2013	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
