OldSchool RuneScape Report

Oldschool Runescape Report

Oldschool Runescape can be played in either a browser (not google chrome since google chrome doesn’t support java) or a downloadable .jar client. Oldschool Runescape can be ran on Windows or MAC OS but since it needs java I would says it's more platform dependent than most games currently, one reason Oldschool Runescape has an excuse to be not very platform dependant is because it's source code was taken from 2007 (which is what the game is based off) and runescape is over ten years old.

       The Operating System Windows or Mac OS is needed to run the game and It can only be played on a PC OS. The reason for this is because a PC with java installed is required to play OldSchool Runescape, alwell as this the Runescape Client and launcher cannot be crossed over to a console either.

        To play Oldschool Runescape Java runtime environment is required to run the java application, the java application is actually the oldschool runescape client. Theses are the only drivers actually required to run oldschool runescape, the graphics are rather low so not much hardware requirements are needed either.

         For Oldschool Runescape, the java programming language is used, it is an object orientated programming language. Java was used to create the RS2 on a framework because at the time in 1999 when Runescape was first developed this was the best programming language to base MMORPG's off in the creator's opinion. RS3 is now coded in HTML5 and Java and OSRS (Oldschool Runescape) is still developed in java to this day.

         The Java SE 7 graphics API is required to run Oldschool Runescape. In order to run the game itself one essentially needs to install java to their PC/Device. The graphics of Oldschool Runescape are definitely not the best and are even considered some of the worse in MMORPG's compared to most modern day RPG's. As mentioned before the reason for the "bad" graphics is due to the game being developed between 1999-2007 and only the source code has been edited so far.

         Only the core audio API for Windows/Mac is required to run oldschool Runescape. The sounds in OSRS are done through MIDI files that are encrypted within the client. This means no plugins besides the client are required so the requirements are little to none upon getting a windows/mac PC.