Exploring an Abandoned Club Penguin Version

Old Club Penguin (or oldcp.biz) is a fan-made custom version (private server) of Club Penguin that has been around in some form since around 2013. It was pretty big back in the “wild west” era of private servers, before the official game closed down in 2017.

It was based on files from the early 2005–2008 versions of the game, but whoever developed it was clearly very talented and implemented a ton of custom rooms and mechanics. There was a whole medieval roleplay storyline with its own lore built in, involving the game’s owner as a sort of king. It sounds kind of weird explaining it now, but from what I remember, it was one of the less toxic servers from that era.

There were regular in-game events and loads of things to explore. Various castles and palaces were scattered around the main island, and later on you could even sail to other islands.

The game is actually still online exactly as it was, just with no players. It feels a bit like an eerie time capsule. I take a look around in this video...

You can still play Old Club Penguin at oldcp.biz. The community also still exists, at drakehall.co.uk/forums