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Old 10-15-2020, 11:15 AM
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Never played MUD but they seem to be quite complicated
Maybe Im too used to modern games
MUDs are literal descendants of the first text adventure games everyone played before any graphics became a thing. They basically took games like Zork or Planetfall and added the ability for multiple players to play at the same time, and this happened right around the time everyone started getting their 300 baud modems and a shitty connection to Compuserve or Prodigy for $8 an hour.

If you think corpse runs or losing experience is tough imagine getting this experience back in the early 80s:

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Lol yeah tough shit and also you're about to be eaten by a grue. Hope your torch lasts through the maze har har har.


You can play Zork here

http://www.web-adventures.org/games.html