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The original MUDs drew their inspiration from paper-and-pencil based games such as [[Dungeons & Dragons]] (hence their name), and the computer game [[Original Adventure]]. The first MUD was created and written by [[Roy Trubshaw]] and [[Richard Bartle]] at [[Essex University]] in the [[UK]] [http://www.ludd.luth.se/mud/aber/mud-history.html]: a version of this first MUD is still running at [http://www.mud2.com/ www.mud2.com]. The first popular MUD was [[AberMUD]] written by [[Alan Cox]], also known as Anarchy, named after the [[University of Aberystwyth]], [[Wales]]. Over time variants have diversified into other models while retaining the textual format. For example, some variants are called [[MUCK|MUCKS]], MUSHs, LPMUDs, and MOOs.

A '''MUSH''' is often said to mean ''mu''lti-player ''s''hared ''h''allucination. MUSHes descend from the program [[TinyMUD]]. MUSHes date back to the early [[1990s]]. They are more directly concerned with role-playing (acting) than MUDs, dispensing with the scoringexperience systemsystmes. andInstead, mostplayers rulesfocus on creating their character's life as accurately as possible. Members of the MUSH family include PernMUSH, PennMUSH, TinyMUSH, TinyMUSE and TinyMUX.

Other variants emphasize building by providing players with a powerful [[programming language]] (as in [[MOO]]s) to make their own objects and rooms, or function as elaborate chat systems with no fantasy trappings.

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* [[FurryMUCK]]

* [[SvenskMud]]

* [[Elendor]] (MUSH)

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