Editing AdventureQuest (section)

{{short description|2002 video game}}
{{Other uses|Adventure Quest (disambiguation)}}
{{Infobox video game
| title = AdventureQuest
| collapsible = 
| state = 
| image = AdventureQuest logo.png
| caption = 
| developer = [[Artix Entertainment]]
| publisher = Artix Entertainment
| series = 
| engine = [[Adobe Flash]]
| platforms = [[Microsoft Windows]],
[[ChromeOS]]
| released = {{Video game release|WW|October 2002}}
| genre = [[Role-playing video game|Role-playing]]
| modes = [[Single-player video game|Single-player]]
}}
'''''AdventureQuest''''' (also referred to by its website name '''BattleOn''' or abbreviated to '''''AQ''''') is an online [[Adobe Flash|Flash]]-based [[single-player video game|single-player]] [[role-playing video game]] started in 2002<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.battleon.com/ |title=AdventureQuest - Coming soon |publisher=Battleon.com |access-date=2002-08-02 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20020802000307/http://www.battleon.com/ |archive-date=August 2, 2002}}</ref> and currently developed by [[Artix Entertainment]]. 

A one-time "guardianship" fee was introduced in 2003, allowing the player to access extended in-game content. Ownership of the game transferred to the newly formed Artix Entertainment in 2004, and a server population cap was added for non-Guardian players in May of that year. In 2005, a [[microtransaction]] system was put into place. In response to criticism that server restrictions made logging on for non-paying players difficult, in October 2006 Artix Entertainment introduced a server in which a player could log on at any time, but with a tight level limit. In July 2010, the server cap was removed permanently.