FunkeyOne
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Fan Project Notice: This page refers to a project by a community member that is not part of base game and as such is not endorsed by Mattel, Radica, or Arkadium.
| FunkeyOne | |
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| Project status | Active |
| Project lead | ImaEternal |
| Platforms | Windows, Linux, and web browsers |
| Website | funkeyone.com |
| Browser version | Play online |
FunkeyOne is an active, fan-made restoration project that makes U.B. Funkeys playable again for modern audiences. The project revives the online Arkone world, preserves the original game experience, supports physical Funkeys and the MegaByte Hub, and provides several ways to play. FunkeyOne is free, community-run, and open to both returning players and newcomers.
Overview
FunkeyOne is a community revival of the original U.B. Funkeys computer game and its discontinued online services. Its goal is to preserve as much of the original experience as possible while making the game convenient to access on present-day computers.
Players can explore Terrapinia, use Funkeys to unlock characters and areas, play the original games, decorate and save their progress, and take part in restored online features. The project includes a downloadable edition for Windows, support for Linux, and a browser edition that can be played directly from the FunkeyOne website.
The project grew from many years of community preservation, modding, server research, hardware research, archived material, and earlier revival projects. FunkeyOne brings that work together as a maintained experience for the wider community.
Features
Original game experience
- Preserves the original U.B. Funkeys worlds, characters, games, items, music, and artwork.
- Restores access to the Arkone online world.
- Supports saved player profiles and continued progression.
- Includes tools for moving an existing OpenFK profile into FunkeyOne.
- Receives ongoing fixes, restored content, and quality-of-life improvements.
Online community
- Shared online areas where players can see and interact with one another.
- Player accounts and persistent profiles.
- Minigame multiplayer fully restored.
- Fullscreen mode for modern systems.
- Zone / Overworld multiplayer, see people in zones.
- Chatroom access restored for fun parties.
- Nightmode in Funkeystown with a custom aesthetic music.
- Full trading system in game and right click context menu.
- Friends, invitations, private messages, and other restored social features.
- Restored chat and selected multiplayer activities.
- Support for shared creations and other community-facing game features.
- A live world map and player dashboard on the FunkeyOne website.
Ways to play
- Windows installers for modern 64-bit computers and older 32-bit systems.
- A Debian/Ubuntu edition for Linux users, with additional community Linux options.
- A browser edition available through funkeyone.com/play.
- Automatic updates for the downloadable game, browser is auto applied.
Funkeys and the MegaByte Hub
FunkeyOne supports the original MegaByte Hub and physical U.B. Funkeys figures. A companion Hub installer is available for Windows, and Hub support is also available for the browser edition on compatible systems.
Players who do not have every physical figure can also use community Funkey-selection options where available. The project continues to preserve knowledge about the original toys and their interaction with the game.
Community resources
The wider FunkeyOne project also maintains community services and preservation resources, including:
- A Discord community with player information, activities, trivia, and server updates.
- A marketplace tracker intended to help collectors follow U.B. Funkeys listings and price history.
- Restoration and world-editing tools used to preserve and repair game content.
- Archived promotional material and U.B. Funkeys commercials presented through the project website.
History
FunkeyOne is the continuation of a long-running community effort rather than the work of a single period or program. Early fans created tools for reading the game's data, selecting Funkeys without the complete toy collection, modifying levels, preserving sprites, and documenting the original hardware. Later projects investigated the discontinued online services, developed replacement servers, improved the player client, and restored communication between the MegaByte Hub and the game.
The modern FunkeyOne project builds on OpenFK, A1Emu, the community U.B. Funkeys server work, FSGUI, and other preservation efforts. In 2026, the project was brought together under the FunkeyOne name with a maintained client, restored online service, website, browser edition, Windows and Linux distribution, Hub support, and additional community services.
Credits
FunkeyOne is built on years of work and knowledge shared throughout the U.B. Funkeys community.
Current FunkeyOne project
- ImaEternal — Lead development of the FunkeyOne client, restored Arkone service, website, game restoration work, Hub compatibility, and related project tools.
- Moritz — Ubuntu and Debian installer port, bringing the downloadable FunkeyOne experience and Hub support to Linux.
- Jlynx — Browser communication with the original MegaByte Hub.
- Community contributors — Legacy hardware logs, research, testing, archived assets, code contributions, preservation material, and ongoing feedback.
Early community preservation and modding
- Daleth — Created an early RDF tool that became an important foundation for later work.
- Traitor — Created the Funkeys Selection Mod.
- dualscar — Proposed the graphical Funkey-selection idea and preserved a collection of Funkey sprites that inspired later tools.
- popdoo323 — Early level modding and custom-world work, including memorable changes to Funkeystown.
OpenFK, server, and later restoration work
- Lako — Foundational OpenFK and A1Emu work and an important part of the project's core history.
- GittyMac — Credited by the original OpenFK repository license.
- Lauthai — Credited by the original community U.B. Funkeys server repository for beginning its server restoration work.
- Leahnaya — Credited by the current project for early U.B. Funkeys server work.
- Wynaut — Created an installation guide that made the game more accessible.
- KnowYourKnot — Developed the In-Between server and helped identify how the original Arkone service operated.
- NanderTGA — Major FSGUI improvements and OpenFK development.
- Arctic — Hub-to-game research and improvements that helped replace earlier workarounds.
- blu — Server documentation and OpenFK fixes.
- Bawoosette — Research into the original U.B. Hub and cross-platform support.
The original OpenFK acknowledgements also credit Lachee, James Newton-King, Lako, and We Need Coffee for work incorporated into or used by that project.
External links
Disclaimer
FunkeyOne is an unofficial fan restoration and preservation project. U.B. Funkeys, its characters, game code, artwork, music, toys, trademarks, and related material remain the property of Mattel, Radica Games, Arkadium, and their respective rights holders.