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A MUD is a text adventure game where multiple users can interact with each other.
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A '''Multi-User Dungeon''' (usually '''MUD''') is a text adventure game where multiple [[user]]s can interact with each other.
  
 
The first was written in [[BCPL]] on the University of Essex [[PDP-10]] in 1978.
 
The first was written in [[BCPL]] on the University of Essex [[PDP-10]] in 1978.
  
Other influential implementations were AberMUD and LPmud. The former was written in B for a Honeywell mainframe at the University of Aberystwyth. Programmers include Alan Cox of later Linux fame. LPmud was written in C by Lars Pensjö at Chalmers Technical Institute. It features a built-in C-like object oriented extension language, LPC.
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Other influential implementations were AberMUD and LPmud. The former was written in [[B programming language|B]] for a Honeywell [[mainframe]] at the University of Aberystwyth. [[Programmer]]s include Alan Cox of later [[Linux]] fame. LPmud was written in [[C programming language|C]] by Lars Pensjö at Chalmers Technical Institute. It features a built-in C-like [[object-oriented]] extension language, LPC.
  
 
== External links ==
 
== External links ==
  
 
* [https://github.com/PDP-10/MUD1 Source code for the original Essex MUD.]
 
* [https://github.com/PDP-10/MUD1 Source code for the original Essex MUD.]
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* [https://github.com/larsbrinkhoff/abermud Source code for some AberMUD versions.]
  
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[[Category: Games]]

Latest revision as of 06:49, 9 August 2023

A Multi-User Dungeon (usually MUD) is a text adventure game where multiple users can interact with each other.

The first was written in BCPL on the University of Essex PDP-10 in 1978.

Other influential implementations were AberMUD and LPmud. The former was written in B for a Honeywell mainframe at the University of Aberystwyth. Programmers include Alan Cox of later Linux fame. LPmud was written in C by Lars Pensjö at Chalmers Technical Institute. It features a built-in C-like object-oriented extension language, LPC.

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