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Before Club Penguin was launched on October 24, 2005, there were several earlier versions, on which the game was based, and tested some of the features.

On July 30, 2000, RocketSnail Games launched the game Experimental Penguins. This game only included 4 rooms, and the players could waddle around, to switch rooms and to chat. The game was removed withing a year, due to the server's maintenance cost.

The procceeding version, Penguin Chat, was launched in 2002. It was very similarr to Experimental Penguins, however, penguins could sit, throw snowballs, use emoticons, and more.

Penguin Football Chat (also known as Penguin Chat 2) was a unique and special version of the game: it has 4 rooms, and each one contained a soccer pitch, where the players could kick the ball by walking toards it, similar to the Soccer Pitch.

The latest version, Penguin Chat 3, was launched on March 31, 2005, and began to form the look of nowadays' Club Penguin. On this game, a community igloo, on which the Penguin Band first appered, playing the song I've Been Delayed of Tas1000. This was the first time penguins could choose colors, and had music It was removed on October 28, 2005.