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ARC 95-2026:
Hoopy Entertainment (95 – 98)
Total Entertainment Network (98 – 99)
World Opponent Network (2000 – 2001)
Sierra Entertainment (2001 – 2007)
Spark (2008 – 2012)
ArmorCritical Rel 1 (2013 – 2026)
ArmorCritical Rel 2 (2026 – Present)
armorcritical.com/
We have hit 3,000 ranked games played this year on the new BETA client. #ARC #ArmorCritical #AttackRetrieveCapture beta.armorcritical.com/
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More weapon visuals work, missile trail design, all trail coloring, missile hit explosion, missile shrapnel! #GameDev
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ARC proved you don’t need a AAA budget to build a community that stands the test of time.
Created in 1995 by John Vechey and Brian Fiete, running from a rented server at an ISP in Sacramento.
Four teams. Four weapons. One objective.
Attack. Retrieve. Capture.
Played for 30 years because the community kept the battle alive.
Now a new chapter begins.
Browser-based.
Built on Shibarium.
Powered by ethereum:0x95ad61b0a150d79219dcf64e1e6cc01f0b64c4ce.
Fight as your Shiboshis.
SHIBARC 🐕⚔️
A community legend, reborn.
AC_cyrogen retweeted
New ArmorCritical (Attack Retrieve Capture) Beta is up. beta.armorcritical.com/
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@johnvechey @ArmorCritical I'm still surprised there aren't a lot more popular non-FPS multiplayer synchronous games, it's a market hole
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A true classic:
Attack Retrieve Capture (ARC) is a classic free 2D top-down multiplayer PC game from the late 1990s, often described as a fast-paced, team-based shooter with capture-the-flag (CTF) action.
It was created by John Vechey and Brian Fiete (who later co-founded PopCap Games) as a college project, initially released in public beta around 1997 under Hoopy Entertainment. It later moved through publishers like Total Entertainment Network (TEN), World Opponent Network (WON), and Sierra Entertainment before official servers shut down in 2007.
A dedicated community kept it alive through revivals like Spark, ARC++, and the current browser-based successor Armor Critical.
Attack Retrieve Capture / ARC / Spark / ArmorCritical clients over the years. #ARC #ArmorCritical
beta.armorcritical.com/
Hoopy (95-98)
TEN (98-99)
WON (00-01)
Sierra (01-07)
Spark (08-12)
ArmorCritical (13-Present)
AC_cyrogen retweeted
Anyone remember ARC Attack Retrieve Capture? I was addicted to this early game and miss it so.
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Has to be Attack Retrieve Capture. There is a modern version of the game out now @Armor_Critical. beta.armorcritical.com/
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#BuzzCity #CTF #gaming #gaming_news #ArmorCritical
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We’ve been actively working on a Unity port of A.C.
Huge shoutout to CrazyMOFO and Remag!
