MUDs & Text Games
147 sites
http://eternal-city.wikidot.com/
The Eternal City Wiki is an unofficial fan-maintained reference for The Eternal City, a Roman-themed text-based MUD owned by ThreeSeas LLC. Visitors can browse detailed maps of the game world, explore lore about cities and regions, and use calculators for rank bonuses, training costs, combat mechanics, and more.
http://lpmuds.net/lpmud_faq.html
LPMuds.net hosts a comprehensive FAQ resource for LPMud, the influential text-based multiplayer game server platform, preserving Descartes's classic FAQ originally authored by George Reese in 1994. Visitors will find detailed information about LPC programming, MUD drivers, mailing lists, and the history of the LPMud ecosystem, making it an essential reference for MUD administrators and players alike.
http://tads.org/
TADS (Text Adventure Development System) is the official home of a free, professional-grade authoring toolkit for creating interactive fiction, maintained by Michael J. Roberts. The site offers downloads, comprehensive manuals, code examples, and community links for both TADS 2 and TADS 3, making it an essential hub for serious IF developers.
http://ben.com/MOO/tf-mcp.html
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.
http://forum.ifzentrale.de/viewtopic.php?t=1249
A German-language forum thread dedicated to interactive fiction and text adventures, featuring a user-contributed German translation of the Undum tutorial by Ian Millington. The post by StJohn Limbo aims to help German-speaking authors create CYOA and multiple-choice adventures using the Undum framework, lowering the barrier for non-English speakers.
https://iconoclast.org/
Iconoclast is a Gothic/Cyberpunk MUD set in a 22nd century science fiction world, online since 1996 and built by æthereal FORGE. The portal connects visitors to the main site, telnet access, a wiki, a mini-RPG, and a community forum all centered around this long-running text-based game world.
https://ifcomp.org/
IFComp is the longest-running annual competition for interactive fiction, celebrating text-driven digital games and stories from independent creators since 1995. Now in its 31st year, the site hosts entry registration, prize pools through the Colossal Fund, past competition results, and extensive resources for both authors and judges.
http://textpaeckchen.org/hilfe.html
Textpäckchen is a German-language interactive fiction platform offering text adventure games with a help guide explaining how to navigate the game window, status bars, and command syntax. The site walks players through the basics of parser-style text games, including verb-object commands and exploration tips, making it a welcoming entry point for German speakers new to the genre.
https://carrionfields.net/
Carrion Fields is a long-running, free-to-play text-based MUD (Multi-User Dungeon) with over 25 years of active development, offering a richly roleplaying-focused fantasy world with a complex system of races, classes, cabals, and specializations. Built on a heavily modified ROM base and maintained by volunteer staff, it emphasizes player-driven storytelling, real risk mechanics, and an aging system that makes every character's life feel meaningful.
https://lisdude.com/moo/macmoo-readme.html
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.