[MUD-Dev2] NEWS: MUD 30 years old

Michael Hartman mlist at thresholdrpg.com
Wed Nov 5 15:41:17 CET 2008


Matt Cruikshank wrote:
> http://games.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/10/21/197238
> 
> MUDs Turn 30 Years Old
> 
> Massively points out that today marks the 30th anniversary of the
> first Multi-User Dungeon (MUD) going live at Essex University in the
> UK. The game, referred to as MUD1, was created by Roy Trubshaw.
> Richard Bartle, a man who also worked on the game as a student at
> Essex, has a post discussing the milestone and talking about how MUDs
> relate to modern MMOs.

Wow. Congratulations MUD1. But more importantly: Thank you. :)


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