cybertown.com

Advantages: 3D homes and chat, avatars, lots of people
Disadvantages: quirky, can be slow, not for slow computers

UPDATE: I am now on a new block called Witchcraft and my daughter BigRigChick is the senior block deputy at Native Lore. Join either of us if this is an interest of yours. Otherwise there are a huge number of blocks for every sort of interest. So, if you are a music lover, a film buff or a new ager, there will be a place here for you. Remember, I am here to help you, irrespective of whether you want to move to my neighbourhood or not. Just e-mail ...
...~~~~~~~~~~ Right, so you do like 3D chat and you want a little more. Well Cybertown – www.cybertown.com has a lot more to offer you, though it is not without some quirks. Cybertown is a virtual community online. Here you can build and furnish your own home, talk to other residents, visit their homes, have them visit your home, get a job or simply bum around talking to everyone you meet. The avatars can move and talk. You simply type up what you ... Read review

Advantages: great place to chat in 3D
Disadvantages: none

Cybertown is the 4th dimension. An online virtual world complete with shops, cafés, bars, clubs, swimming pools, theme parks and cinemas. If you want to get away from reality or just like chatting online in 3D, Cybertown is for you. Creating your username is easy, just like logging in. Once you have logged in using your username and secure password, you are transported to the Central Plaza where hundreds of people gather to talk. If you wish, you ...
...has their own avatar or 3D person. Unfortunately, to go into 3D you need Blaxxun Contact, a 4mb download available in Cybertown and a 266mhz computer with a respectable graphics card. Unlike what you would think of an online world, the graphics once in 3D are good, and support OpenGL and Direct3D. My ancient Voodoo 3500AGP card runs fine. Lag is virtually non existent, especially when you go to chat in your own or someone else’s home. The ... Read review

Advantages: Unique, addictive, that little bit different, safe for kids
Disadvantages: Having to pay

To call Cybertown a chat site barely scratches the surface. Its so much more than that. Cybertown is a virtual world, where you can have a home, a job, an avatar and a lot of fun. When you join youre given a gift of 1000cc (city cash) with which to buy your home. Before you can buy it though you have to decide where to settle. There are 10 colonies to chose from among them, Inner Realms (my personal favourite), Entertainment, HiTek, SciFi, Games. ...
...eg within Inner Realms there are Enchanted (again a personal fave lol), Angels, Legends & Lore, Astrology, Meditation. When you select a neighbourhood, youre almost there, you just need a block again for example in Enchanted you have Medeival Realms, Wood Elves, Enchanted Forest to name but a few. Its worth checking out several colonies before you settle you can guarantee there will be something to suit you somewhere. So now youve decided where ... Read review

Advantages: Get away from real life and relax in a chair at a computer
Disadvantages: Can forget about real people

It was April 2001 and whilst looking through a computer magazine I came across this www.cybertown.com – virtual civilisation. A Small caption along with the screen shot of the main page. I stepped to my computer and typed in the Url. As I sat waiting for the page to load my imagination started to visualise what it would be like. As I entered the site into the main plaza everything was very new and exciting. After having a good look at the site ...
...part of this virtual world. I filled out all the details that was required and awaited my special number being sent to me via e-mail, seemed like ages, being the sad person that I am, to get to me. At last I was in I was a virtual citizen and there it began. I made my way using the ‘Jumpgate’ to go to the employment office to find a job. All of a sudden people were greeting me from all over the world asking if I required any help and ... Read review

Advantages: Free
Disadvantages: none

Cybertown.com is a 3d virtual world, which is to say that it can, at the most basic, be described as a chat program, but it is so much more than that. It is a virtual community, with many sub-communities within it. There are several colonies within which one can have a 3d home (and there are many '3d objects' available to furnish one's home). Within each colony there are neighborhoods, which are sub-divided into blocks. Cybertown is run on a voluntary ...
...does, the more 'cyber cash' one can earn, which can then be spent on items for the home. One has a 3d avatar to represent oneself, and these are many and varied, and the software is available to build one's own. This is the only thing, however, that can cost real money. The real advantage with Cybertown over similar 3d chat environments is that it is completely free of charge. I can fully recommend visiting this site. I have made many friends from ... Read review