MUDs & Text Games
147 sites
https://mmucl.sourceforge.net/
Mmucl (pronounced 'muckle') is an open-source MUD client written entirely in Tcl by Mark Patton, offering both graphical and text-based interfaces including Tk and Gnome support. The project page includes download links, a feature list, and news updates spanning several years of development under the GNU General Public License.
http://shattered.org/
Shattered World is one of the internet's longest-running MUDs, established in August 1990 and boasting over a decade of custom development that sets it apart from code-sharing competitors. Visitors can explore detailed game features including races, guilds, quests, a player-driven legal system, and an in-game economy, then jump straight in via a browser-based client.
http://lost.wishes.net:5550/
Lost Wishes is a long-running fantasy MUD (Multi-User Dungeon) that has been running since 1995, featuring five distinct domains, over 313 areas, 163 quests, and 13 unique guilds including Dragonspawn, Necromancers, and Werewolves. With browser-based play available for free and an active community spanning 27 player countries, it remains a thriving destination for classic text-based online roleplaying.
https://virtualnet.at/txa/index.htm
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'.
https://nexustk.com/index.html
Nexus: The Kingdom of the Winds is a classic anime-themed MMORPG with roots in the MUD tradition, offering an online fantasy world with quests, community events, and role-playing. One of the earliest graphical online RPGs, it blends Eastern art and storytelling with persistent multiplayer gameplay and a free trial to draw in newcomers.
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://ifarchive.org/
The Interactive Fiction Archive is a massive preservation project that has collected thousands of text adventures, development tools, essays, hint files, and walkthroughs since 1992. Managed by the Interactive Fiction Technology Foundation, it serves as the foundational cultural memory for the interactive fiction community, offering free public access to decades of IF history.
http://jedimud.net/
JediMUD is a classic text-based multiplayer RPG (MUD) offering adventure, PvE, PvP, quests, and a persistent world accessible via telnet or dedicated MUD clients. The site provides connection instructions, a new player guide, server status, and links to a community wiki and Discord for this long-running online game.
https://snowplains.org/
Snowplains is a text-based talker (chat environment) built on the EW-too platform, where users connect via telnet to chat with people from around the world in a whimsical snowplain-themed virtual space. The site includes connection instructions, a building guide, residents' pages, and a 'spod chart' tracking who has spent the most time online.
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.