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From: amanda@iesd.auc.dk (Per Abrahamsen)
Subject: [mud...] Re: Ideas for a Hack-like MUD
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>>>>> On 6 Aug 90 20:37:03 GMT, jls@hsv3.UUCP (James Seidman) said:


jls> I'm brainstorming with a friend on ideas for how to set up a
jls> multi-user game which would have a display along the lines of
jls> Hack or Moria.  The basic idea is that you'd have one computer
jls> running an executive (like a MUD server) and everyone else would
jls> connect to that computer via a network link.

This sounds as a description of Myth. 

jls> I was wondering if anyone out there had ever done anything like
jls> this, as there are many details to work out.  Any references to
jls> existing software along these lines would be much appreciated.

You can ftp myth from iesd.auc.dk (130.225.48.4). Myth is written in
C++, and includes many classes useful when writing a multi-user game
in the Hack and Moria genre. However, the game itself is rather
primitive. 

jls> - Drax

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Multi-player NetHack is a myth.	-- a fortune cookie.