The Runescape Gold developers rewrote the game engine.
As the game gained more users, Jagged began planning major changes. The Runescape Gold developers rewrote the game engine, producing a new version of the game with entirely three-dimensional graphics called Run escape 2. A beta version of Run escape 2 was released to paying members for a testing period beginning on 1 December 2003, and ending on 29 March 2004. Upon its official release, Run escape 2 was renamed simply Run escape Gold, while the older version of the game was kept online under the name Run escape Classic. On 12 January 2006, Jagged banned more than 5000 Classic accounts for cheating. To prevent further cheating, Run escape Classic was closed to new accounts, and access was restricted to accounts that had played Classic at least once between 3 August 2005 and 12 January 2006.
