It's 1998. You've been playing sidescrolling platform games since what seems like the incarnation of computer gaming. Sure you've played Evil this, Earthquake that, but most games up until this point have lovingly involved a 2d plane. Then, games like Metal Gear Solid and Half Life come out. The face of gaming changes forever. You are happy.

It's 2008. You've been playing FPS games since what seems like the incarnation of PC gaming. Your three hundred dollar graphics card renders in multiple shades of brown. Your monitor can display 32 million colors of retina-burning blooming brown. You've been to underground temples, sewers and caves (brown), ww2 trenches and ruined cities (brown) and post apocalyptic wastelands (brown). It's time for a change.

A sidescrolling, platforming multiplayer deathmatch - A randomly dispersed armory of more than twenty classic and original weapons from across the history of fragging and levels that capture the true essence of a sidescroller: Insane and without logic.

Utilizing the latest Valve Source engine, Ragnarok Arena Remastered aims to bring you the latest and greatest in sidescrolling deathmatch gameplay. Featuring larger maps, vibrant graphics and crowd pleasing technologies that have been around since 2004, RAR aims to bring Ragnarok Arena kicking and screaming into the twenty first century. And best of all, if you own any Source game that supports the Source SDK Base; well, you can play RAR. No Orange Box required! And no longer is it a simple remastering, this is the sequel to sidescrolling insanity.

Forget your third dimension - Welcome to the Ragnarok Arena. Part II.

Arena Harder.

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15 comments by Ackart on Apr 10th, 2009 digg this super bookmark


I Tell you what, I'm a bit of an impatient nerd. If things had gone my way, you all would have the latest version of Ragnarok Arena Remastered. Unfortunately, the version I uploaded had a small bug (Every time you shot someone, the server crashed) that would have probably been overlooked by the general public, but the team just demanded that I fix it.

But, what exactly is Ragnarok Arena?

A sidescrolling, platforming multiplayer deathmatch - A randomly dispersed armory of more than twenty classic and original weapons from across the history of fragging and levels that capture the true essence of a sidescroller: Insane and without logic.

Download Ragnarok Arena Remastered Beta 2 from ModDB Now!

This has all happened before and will happen again, and again.


Fortunately, I listened to the voice of reason and the new beta is being released in the time frame of now. What'd we add? Well, I can summarize the list with a few simple words: A few things.

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Changelist wrote:

  • Moved to the latest Orange Box SDK, thus implementing proper third person animations
  • Proper teamplay added with identifiable teams
  • Weapon Added: Sawed Off Shotgun
  • Older weapons balanced and tweaked
  • Six new player models for the new teams
  • Five new maps, three old maps tweaked
  • Numerical health value re-added, image based health bar nixed
  • Loadout menu added, most weapon pickups removed from maps
  • Plus a handful and a half of bug fixes

Now, I know what you're saying to yourself RIGHT NOW. "Damn it, the original release was okay, but it had no servers." Fortunately, we have that covered with at least three dedicated, stable servers running right now with a new dedicated server archive released alongside the mod.

Now, a special treat for those of you who enjoy social contact while playing your game. I'll be holding a Skype conference with the team and anyone who wishes to drop by while playing the mod throughout all afternoon on Friday, April 10th. Look for us around 4PM Central Standard Time and extending off late into the night.

To get in on such prestigious wastes of bandwith, simply send the Skype username "RagnarokArenaSuperFriendsClub" a friend invite. Don't have Skype? You can find it here. It's free to use and all sorts of fun stuff. And remember, if you're not there.... you're probably someone who has something better to do with a Friday evening.

Need more information for your endless easrch of knowledge? Hit up RagnarokArena.com for more of that awesome info.

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Ragnarok Arena Remastered Beta 2 Full Version

Ragnarok Arena Remastered Beta 2 Full Version

Apr 10, 2009 Full Version 5 comments

The full version of the Ragnarok Arena Remastered Beta 2 mod. For more information, check out the ModDB profile or visit the official website.

Ragnarok Arena Remastered Beta 2 Dedicated Server

Ragnarok Arena Remastered Beta 2 Dedicated Server

Apr 10, 2009 Server 0 comments

The Windows Dedicated Server version of Ragnarok Arena Remastered Beta 2 - For those of you who want to set up your own dedicated servers.

Ragnarok Arena Remastered - Beta 1

Ragnarok Arena Remastered - Beta 1

Dec 20, 2008 Full Version 8 comments

The full installer for Ragnarok Arena Remastered Beta 1. A readme can be found in the mod folder after installation.

Ragnarok Arena Remastered Trailer - Hessell

Ragnarok Arena Remastered Trailer - Hessell

Dec 15, 2008 Trailers 0 comments

The first trailer for the sidescrolling deathmatch mod, Ragnarok Arena Remastered.

Comments  (10 - 20 of 70)
ULTIMATE
ULTIMATE Apr 18 2009, 6:37am says:

You should make it possible to run backwards and shoot. It's really annoying having to rely so much on the keyboard instead of the mouse. other then that I love this mod.

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shaun10656
shaun10656 Apr 15 2009, 10:36am says:

i really dont care about how i spell get over it

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shaun10656
shaun10656 Apr 13 2009, 12:55pm says:

the speacial armor should be 100

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KILLER89(FIN)
KILLER89(FIN) Apr 15 2009, 3:18am replied:

*special

Conratulations for failing in your native language!
Seriously, stop playing wow / runescape.

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arkhangelsk87
arkhangelsk87 Apr 17 2009, 4:19pm replied:

*congratulations
you also fail...

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CallandorTenebrae
CallandorTenebrae Apr 18 2009, 12:47am replied:

lol

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shaun10656
shaun10656 Apr 12 2009, 11:25am says:

need more models plus one of the models dosent work

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Christian++
Christian++ Apr 11 2009, 10:39am says:

Mmmm, I like Doughnuts. This mod makes me think of Doughnuts!

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FERlanga
FERlanga Apr 10 2009, 10:41am says:

do you guys ever considered the idea of pixelated bullets or something? to add the oldschool feeling (like bullets from Contra)

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Ackart
Ackart Apr 10 2009, 1:58pm replied:

We have. Right now it'd just rely on an implementation that wouldn't be really laggy. (Since each bullet would be it's own object.)

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