~ Early Web Links ~

The Tildeverse DCSS Server hosts a public instance of Dungeon Crawl Stone Soup, the classic roguelike game, accessible via SSH connection from any Linux, BSD, or macOS terminal. Visitors can play console games, browse morgue files and player recordings, and find setup scripts for tilde server operators who want to offer DCSS access to their own users.

TempusMUD is an active text-based multiplayer adventure set in a time-traveling world where fantasy mages, divine disciples, and cyberpunk technologists collide across timelines. Players can jump in via a web client or dedicated MUD client, and the site posts regular update logs showing the game is still actively developed.

Viktor Krammer's TxA Text Adventure System is a development environment for creating text adventures on MS-DOS, Windows, and Linux, complete with a two-level parser supporting synonyms and optional words. The site includes documentation, a quick-start guide, downloadable games, and a sample excerpt from an original text adventure called 'The Blue Stone'.

SWmud is a long-running Star Wars-themed MUD (Multi-User Dungeon) that has been active since 1994, featuring around 40 planets and space stations with hundreds of rooms each. Players can choose from multiple character races and guilds, explore a universe loosely set during the original trilogy era, and engage in gameplay including dynamic bounties and corporations.

A technical resource page dedicated to MCP (MUD Client Protocol) support for TinyFugue, a popular MUD client, featuring custom macros for local editing and protocol implementation. The author rewrote MCP 2.1 support from scratch to handle arbitrary keyword/value pairs and background editing under X Windows, filling a significant gap in the existing TF macro ecosystem.

A legacy archive preserving the history of Majik 3D MMORPG, a volunteer-driven open-source online roleplaying game active from 1995 to 2002 that evolved from a text-based MUD through a 2D roguelike into a full 3D world. Maintained by the original developer namhas, the site hosts over 3,300 files including source code on GitHub, archived mailing lists, forums, screenshots, and design documents chronicling one of the early indie MMORPGs with player-controlled economies and ecosystems.

IB Games is the home of Federation, a long-running space trading and exploration MUD that has been running since the 1980s, making it one of the oldest online multiplayer games in existence. The site serves as the official hub for the game, offering downloads, documentation, and community resources for players of this pioneering text-based virtual world.

Tharsis Gate is the official home of a fantasy-themed MUD featuring elves, dragons, guilds, and medieval adventure in a richly imagined world. Visitors can connect via Telnet or Java, browse getting-started guides, view guild information, and access an archived copy of the Imaginary Realities MUD e-zine.

GarouMUSH is one of the oldest World of Darkness MUSHes still in existence, running since 1993 and focused on cooperative storytelling set in the Werewolf: The Apocalypse universe. Visitors can connect via telnet or a MUSH client to join an original roleplay game featuring Garou werewolves, vampires, and mages from the White Wolf Storyteller game line.

Hosted on John C. Daub's personal site, this page preserves historical documentation about MacMOO Server, a Mac OS implementation of the MOO text-based virtual world platform from the mid-1990s. It includes detailed setup instructions and quirks from original authors Jens Alfke and Allan Crain, making it a valuable artifact for anyone interested in the early history of MUDs and MOOs.