MUDs & Text Games
147 sites
http://dcastle.org/
Dark Castle MUD is a free fantasy text-based multiplayer game featuring over 100 original areas, player-run clans, an automated quest system, PvP combat, and an in-game casino and auction house. Players build characters across a variety of races and classes, competing on leaderboards and exploring an ever-evolving world accessible via telnet.
http://mushcode.com/Manuals
MUSHCode.com hosts an extensive collection of manuals and tutorials for building and programming MUSH and MUX text-based online worlds, covering everything from basic room creation to wizard ethics and security hardening. Moe's step-by-step Mushkode tutorials guide beginners through coding commands, vendor systems, and IC time systems, while the full MUSH Manual sections take readers all the way through advanced psychocoding techniques.
https://friday-girl.neocities.org/
Friday-girl's personal site doubles as an archive of permadeath logs and funny moments from MUD2, the classic text-based multiplayer game. The collection of 'Stupid Deaths' makes it a quirky and niche resource for fans of old-school text MUDs.
https://thresholdrpg.com/
Threshold RPG is one of the oldest active role-playing-enforced MUDs on the internet, having opened to the public in June 1996 and running 24/7 for players worldwide. The site serves as a comprehensive portal for the game, covering character creation, guilds, races, religions, quests, economy, and an extensive bestiary of monsters to encounter in its high fantasy world.
http://discworld.imaginary.com/lpc/about/articles/languages_in_muds.html
An in-depth article from the Discworld MUD site exploring how to implement languages for different ethnic groups in MUD game design, covering both the benefits for player immersion and the practical challenges of implementation. Written by a creator for the long-running Discworld MUD, it discusses various technical methods for language transformation and the balance between realism and playability.
http://anguish.org/intro.php?id=topmud_db
Ancient Anguish is a free medieval fantasy MUD founded in 1992, featuring two massive continents with over 12,000 rooms, hundreds of explorable areas, and a rich variety of classes and guilds. The site serves as a comprehensive portal with lore, gameplay guides, player rankings, discussion boards, and even a Wizard mentoring program for players who want to help code new content.
http://t2tmud.org/
The Two Towers MUD is a free text-based multiplayer roleplaying game set entirely within Tolkien's Middle-earth, recreating over 100,000 rooms from Mithlond to Mordor. Established in 1994 and still actively developed, it offers hundreds of quests, player guilds, and a global community immersed in the events of the Lord of the Rings.
https://4dimensions.org/
4Dimensions is a long-running MUD (Multi-User Dungeon) accessible on port 6000, featuring a rich world with custom races, classes, clans, and player-built areas inspired by universes like Xanth and Star Wars. Running since 1996, the site offers connection guides, forums, a wiki, and regular updates announcing newly added game zones.
https://naga.icesus.org/icesus
Icesus is a free-to-play MUD (multi-user dungeon) set in the Valley of Icesus, a frozen post-apocalyptic world with rich lore involving warring factions, elemental religions, and rogue-like combat. The site serves as the official hub for the game, offering a player handbook, atlas, wiki, forums, and bug tracker for this long-running online text RPG.
http://mystic-adventure.org/
Mystic Adventure is a free-to-play medieval fantasy MUD (multi-user dungeon) featuring over 20,000 rooms, unique classes and races, creative quests, and a welcoming player community. The site serves as the official hub for the game, offering guides on connecting via MUD clients, character creation, crafting, clans, and maps for new and veteran players alike.