Multi-User Dungeons, or MUDs, were some of the first multiplayer | |
online games. The game called MUD was the invention of Roy Trubshaw | |
and Richard Bartle, but a bewildering variety of clones emerged over | |
time: AberMUD, DikuMUD, MOOs, MUSHes, and more. In addition to | |
gathering documentation on MUD history, the ESS plans to host active | |
MUDs. | |
AberMUD | |
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AberMUD was the first open source MUD. A number of versions were | |
released over the years, but it was primarily developed by Alan | |
Cox, a name which is well known amongst the open source | |
community. Among other things he was the maintainer of the 2.2 branch | |
of the Linux kernel. | |
AberMUD History(via a forum post by Alan Cox) | |
AberMUD Files | |
Off site links: | |
A Classification of MUDs, by Martin Keegan |