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==History==
Initially ARC was hosted on a server rented out by Hoopy at Ulink.net, an internet service provider in Sacramento, California. Clients ran it via HFront (Hoopy Front End), a program downloaded to serve as the game to support multiplayer mode. The original developers of ARC, John Vechey (jv) and Brian Fiete (bf), took ARC to [[Total Entertainment Network]] ('''TEN''') (now pogo.com) in 1998 for its 1.0 release.<ref name="popcap" /> In 1999, TEN went under and ARC appeared to go with it. But by December 1999, [[World Opponent Network]] ('''WON''') had acquired ''ARC'' and began to run another beta test. During this time, WON attempted to make ''ARC'' a source of income, by adding advertisements into the game interface. However, the idea never got off the ground, and WON suffered the same fate as TEN in 2001. The future of ''ARC'' was again uncertain, but [[Sierra Entertainment]] bought WON which included ARC. This kept ''ARC'' going under much the same operation as WON had. A few updates were added to ''ARC'' but these were only security fixes. In 2002, development was handed to a community member with the alias Err0r. Err0r resigned on April 21, 2005 <ref>[http://forums.arc-hq.net/viewtopic.php?t=21944 arc-hq.net] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070311120549/http://forums.arc-hq.net/viewtopic.php?t=21944 |date=March 11, 2007 }} - ''Err0r Resignation post. April 21, 2005.''</ref> handing the lead administrator role over to Goose and Sonique, who were Co-Lead Administrators until Sierra eventually terminated ''ARC''.<ref>[http://forums.arc-hq.net/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=22361 arc-hq.net] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110723015710/http://forums.arc-hq.net/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=22361 |date=July 23, 2011 }} - ''New ARC Lead Admin(s). May 9th, 2005.''</ref>

In recent years, a devoted community has made efforts to revive the game by rebuilding its engine. These updated versions of the original game have been released under the names "Spark" and, most recently, "Armor Critical" <ref>[https://armor-critical.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=118#p118 ArmorCritical Tutorial]  - ''How to play ARC in 2023. May 9th, 2005.''</ref>

===Termination===
On July 16, 2007, Sierra Entertainment posted a news release on their website<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sierra.com/en/home/news/product_news/071607_-_sierra_heritage.html |publisher=Sierra Entertainment |title=Sierra - Notice of Multiplayer Functionality Termination. |date=2007-07-16 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070903181456/http://www.sierra.com/en/home/news/product_news/071607_-_sierra_heritage.html |archivedate=2007-09-03 }}</ref> expressing intentions to terminate multiplayer support for several Sierra Heritage titles (including ''ARC'') as of August 16, 2007.