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A multi-user dungeon ( MUD, / mʌd / ), also known as a multi-user dimension or multi-user domain, [ 1][ 2] is a multiplayer real-time virtual world, usually text-based or storyboarded. MUDs combine elements of role-playing games, hack and slash, player versus player, interactive fiction, and online chat. Players can read or view descriptions ...
MUD was created in 1978 by Roy Trubshaw and Richard Bartle at the University of Essex on a DEC PDP-10. [ 1][ 2] Trubshaw named the game Multi-User Dungeon, in tribute to the Dungeon variant of Zork, which Trubshaw had greatly enjoyed playing. [ 3][ 4] Zork in turn was inspired by an older text-adventure game known as Colossal Cave Adventure or ...
Mud. A pair of muddy boots. Gamo mud volcano in Tokamachi, Japan. Mud is loam, silt or clay mixed with water. It is usually formed after rainfall or near water sources. Ancient mud deposits hardened over geological time to form sedimentary rock such as shale or mudstone (generally called lutites ). When geological deposits of mud are formed in ...
1997. Genre (s) Fantasy MUD. Mode (s) Multiplayer. Achaea, Dreams of Divine Lands is a roleplay -focused, text-based multi-user dungeon (MUD) released on September 9, 1997. It was published by Achaea LLC, now known as Iron Realms Entertainment. Achaea is operated by collecting the revenue through a microtransaction system, which allows payment ...
MUD2 is the successor of MUD1, Richard Bartle's pioneering Multi-User Dungeon. MUD2 is not a sequel to MUD1, instead being a heavily updated version of MUD1 (MUD1 is officially version 3 of the codebase, MUD2 is version 4) - with the engine being implemented in C, featuring significantly more content than MUD1, and uses a flexible object-oriented scripting language (MUDDLE) to define content ...
The game's graphics have stayed largely the same with a 2D top-down perspective. Tibia predates many of the tropes popularized by World of Warcraft and is known for its depth, mysteries and secrets. The game is notable for its hardcore leveling curve with harsh death penalties. It still receives updates and is most popular in Poland and Brazil.
M.U.D. TV (Mad Ugly Dirty TV) is a Business simulation game developed by Realmforge Studios and published by Kalypso Media for Microsoft Windows released on February 23, 2010. The game is centered on running a multi-media broadcasting business.
Release. 1990. Genre (s) Fantasy MUD. Mode (s) Multiplayer. Dragon's Gate was an interactive, real time, text-based multi user online fantasy role-playing game, sometimes referred to as a MUD. It was one of the longest running pay-for-play online games in the world, it opened to the public in the spring of 1990 on GEnie. [ 1]