A multi-user dungeon , also known as a multi-user dimension or multi-user domain, is a multiplayer real-time virtual world, usually See more

AberMUD
The first popular MUD codebase was AberMUD, written in 1987 by Alan Cox, named after the See more

While there have been many variations in overall focus, gameplay and features in MUDs, some distinct sub-groups have formed that can be used to help categorize different See more

MUD history has been preserved primarily through community sites and blogs and not through mainstream sources with journalistic repute. As of the late 1990s, a website called The … See more

Origins
Colossal Cave Adventure, created in 1975 by Will Crowther on a DEC PDP-10 computer, was the … See more

The typical MUD will describe to the player the room or area they are standing in, listing the objects, players and non-player characters (NPCs) in the area, as well as all of the exits. To … See more

Within a MUD's technical infrastructure, a mudlib (concatenation of "MUD library") defines the rules of the in-game world. Examples of mudlibs include Ain Soph Mudlib See more