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50 Disney Pulled the Plug on This Game in 2013. A Group of Teens Kept It Alive

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J. Clara Chan @ Wired 1 place · 12/24/2024 07:00 EDT

Disney Pulled the Plug on This Game in 2013. A Group of Teens Kept It Alive

Thanks to a bunch of game-makers who were still teens when Toontown Online disappeared, the beloved online world lives on as Toontown Rewritten.

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