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Originally Posted by Enslaved
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Wasn't that like, the first graphical MMO, that cost like $8 an hour to play on Usenet?
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i think islands of kesmai (the precursor to legends) may have the distinction of being the first graphical MuD, but i'm not 100% sure
certainly the term "mmo" had not been invented yet.
I played it on AOL, which was one of 4? ways to connect to "the internet" back in those days (aol, compuserve, prodigy, and reaching out via telnet or ftp via a dialup BBS that had a t1 line). AOL had their games section as a payperhour setup, and iirc it was 5.99 an hour. I played multiplayer battletech, LoK, and air warrior here.
MPBT and Air Warrior also deserve to be on this list. Kesmai is one of the great unsung dev teams in the world.. so much of what they developed became standard, but only years later.