DragonRealms is a medieval fantasy game set in the world of Elanthia., it was developed from 1992-1995 and released in February 1996. It was originally intended for an online service planned by the Ziff-Davis company. When Ziff-Davis did not launch the service, DragonRealms was offered on GEnie and later AOL, Compuserve, and Prodigy. After AOL and other services went to flat fees instead of an hourly rate, DragonRealms was offered on the web on its own site and through the Microsoft Gaming Zone.