Hmmm....

[Xerone]

Ok, what are we talking about here? I remember playing Zork and HGttG, but I always considered them 'Text Based Adventures!' So is that what we are talking about here?

[Konata]

Well, actually, think of a text-based Everquest and you'd be on the right track.

A massively multiplayer text-adventure.


I'm not very acquainted with these, the only one I've played is FurryMUCK (as if you couldn't figure it out, I'm a furry, lol) and the only other one I've heard of is Meridian59 (altough that doesn't really count as it's a Graphical MUD).

[Xerone]

lol, a Furry? Your a MegaKitsune! Ofcourse your furry!

Ok, Well, I will have to look into these...

Ok, nvm, I wikid Mud and found out about FurryMUCK... and Yiff... woah...

[RedWolf]

I'm planning on writing more articles about MUSHes and MUDs in the future (including explanations of them for those who don't know), and that's why this forum is here.  I have run a MUSH myself for the last six years.  You can telnet to it here:

cavemush.com (port 6116)

Basically, a MUSH is a multi-user, text-based virtual world in which you can program, build, or manipulate anything you desire (given the game's settings) using an internal "softcode" programming language ("MUSHcode").

MUDs are typically text-based multi-player online role playing games.  They are indeed the precursors to today's graphical MMORPGs.