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Lost Habitat character creation tool restored

Lucasfilm's Habitat

Lost Habitat character creation tool restored

There has been a flurry of activity around NeoHabitat recently thanks to the efforts of Steve Salevan, who did a huge amount of work on the initial restoration effort to get Lucasfilm's Habitat back online. In order for our Commodore 64 client to work, we needed something to

Lost Habitat and Club Caribe development documents found!

Lucasfilm's Habitat

Lost Habitat and Club Caribe development documents found!

Back in 2020, I'd been following up leads of names of former Habitat members and Quantum Link staffers to see if they had any memories of the place, or kept any development materials. One name in particular kept popping up who had also been mentioned in some of

Habitat and Caribe footage re-uploaded

Habitat and Caribe footage re-uploaded

If you've ever looked for footage of Habitat or Club Caribe on YouTube, you've almost certainly ran into the following videos recorded by Keith Elkin back in May 1988 for Habitat and Summer 1989 for the Club Caribe beta. For the first time though, I'

Club Caribe server source code found

Club Caribe server source code found

When Lucasfilm's Habitat was first made open source, an event was held in September 2014 at The Museum of Art and Digital Entertainment in Oakland, CA. This was a hackathon primarily held to resurrect Habitat from the dead. At the time, we only had access to the original

Lucasfilm's Habitat Beta Blast Footage Released

Lucasfilm's Habitat

Lucasfilm's Habitat Beta Blast Footage Released

The release of the re-transferred in much better quality footage from the end of the Lucasfilm's Habitat beta is finally here! You can find the original files of the transfer, as well as MP4's derived from them over at the Internet Archive by heading to https:

Lost Habitat alpha artwork rediscovered

Lucasfilm's Habitat

Lost Habitat alpha artwork rediscovered

After seeing the amazing work SpindleyQ had done with the Habitat Inspector tool, it reinspired me to work on recreating Club Caribe again as I mentioned back in February during the 30th anniversary of the services closure. Part of recreating Club Caribe would involve recreating all of the documents that

Help restore the first Metaverse: Quantum Link’s Club Caribe!

Help restore the first Metaverse: Quantum Link’s Club Caribe!

As we mentioned in our last post, it's been 30 years since Quantum Link's Club Caribe virtual world service closed its doors for the final time. It seems like the perfect time to revive our previous restoration efforts and revive as much of the world as

30 Year Anniversary of Club Caribe closing

30 Year Anniversary of Club Caribe closing

February 20th, 1994 was the day since Club Caribe was closed down for good on the Quantum Link service and it's the 30th anniversary as I write this. If you don’t know what Club Caribe was, it is the final release version of Lucasfilm’s Habitat. How