MUD

MUD (Multi User Dungeon), developed in 1979 by Roy Trubshaw and Richard Bartle at the University of Essex, England, combined interactive fiction, role playing, programming, and dial-up modem access to a shared computer. It inspired dozens of popular multiplayer games, known collectively as MUDs, that…

…adventure game that they called MUD, or “multiuser dungeon.” When the first outside users connected to MUD through ARPANET, online gaming was born. Soon other programmers expanded on the original MUD design, adding graphic flourishes, chat functions, and player groups (or guilds). These basic features, as well as the fantasy…

…the original “multiuser dungeon,” or MUD, developed by Richard Bartle and Roy Trubshaw at the University of Essex, England, in 1979, which combined Adventure-like exploration of virtual spaces with social interaction. MUDs were shared environments that supported social interaction and performance as well as competitive play among a community of…