For many gaming fans, the best era of multiplayer games was the second half of the 90s and the early 2000s. It was the time when technology was new, creativity was skyrocketing and fans, in addition to playing online at home, went out and They socialized in those mythical LAN Partiesa phenomenon that became very successful in Spain. The Campus Party which was celebrated every year in Valencia brought together thousands of people for a weekin tow with their desktop computers.
This dose of nostalgia comes at the expense of an easy, quick and procrastinating option to relive those times: the browser versions, made by fans, of titles that were everything then and still retain their charm. It is not a new phenomenon, but it has returned to the specialized media due to the success it is having. Chrono Divide.
That name doesn’t say much, but it is a fan-created version that recreates the original ‘Red Alert 2’, from the real-time strategy series ‘Command & Conquer’, using web technologies. The project was introduced in an embryonic state in 2020, but has remained active and has continued to receive updates. As of today, it is practically complete in terms of multiplayer mode (single player campaign not available yet).
‘The project began as an experiment designed to demonstrate that it was possible to have a fully functional, cross-platform RTS running in a web browser. Now, with a playable version available, the ultimate goal is achieve feature parity with the original ‘Red Alert 2’ engine in its standard version.
Works on a client-server model (‘say goodbye to port forwarding and firewall exceptions’), supports mods, offers modern and classic mouse control schemes, and works on any device and operating system directly from the browser, including mobiles and tablets‘, is explained in the project notes.
Besides, Features leaderboards, a Discord server, and modern gaming-style ‘seasons’ (without monetization of course), with special rules and map rotation. So there’s a pretty active community playing ‘Red Alert 2’ regularly in 2025, which is pretty amazing.
Doom, Quake 2 and 3, Unreal Tournament, Half-Life: Deatmacth, Warcraft II and Tropico
Besides, Chrono Divide is not a isolated initiative and there are other projects that recreate classic titles from 25 and 30 years ago in an absolutely faithful way and, in some cases, with improvements usually related to control. Also made by fans and running in the browser without the hassle of having to run a game designed for MS-DOS or Windows 95 or 98 on a modern operating system.
On the web DOS Zone With just one click you can join online games that are the best the genre has ever given. First Person Shooter. There you can play multiplayer Doom, Quake 2 and Quake 3, Unreal Tournament and Half-Life: Deathmatchalso with a Discord server to foster community. And, outside of first-person shooting, you also have strategy classics like Warcraft II and Tropicthis under the name of TTD.
So, if you want to spend some time reliving all these classics and online multiplayer games TCP/IP and LAN party at the turn of the century, you already have a way.