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QuakeWorld by John Carmack edit / delete
Early discussion about QuakeWorld's network protocols.
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Synchronous RTS Engines 2: Sync Harder edit / delete
A bit more detail, including desync recovery.
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Synchronous RTS Engines and a Tale of Desyncs edit / delete
The problems of game state synchronisation; also has a nice bit about simulation vs. visualisation timescales. The unstated lesson here is that you want a more graceful way of recovering from desyncs than just completely stopping the game!
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Gamasutra - 1500 Archers on a 28.8: Network Programming in Age of Empires and Beyond edit / delete
"This paper explains the design architecture, implementation, and some of the lessons learned creating the multiplayer (networking) code for the Age of Empires 1 & 2 games; and discusses the current and future networking approaches used by Ensemble Studios in its game engines." Circa 2001.
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tasty by Adam Sampson.