Iconoclast: a Gothic/Cyberpunk MUD RPG, Online Since 1996

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Post by slim » Thu, Mar 14, 2019, 6:09 PM UTC

Iconoclast: a Gothic/Cyberpunk MUD RPG, Online Since 1996
iconoclast.org

Re: Iconoclast: a Gothic/Cyberpunk MUD RPG, Online Since 1996

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Post by russsaidwords » Thu, Mar 14, 2019, 7:11 PM UTC

Check out http://mudstats.com - there are some that have been available since 1989!

Re: Iconoclast: a Gothic/Cyberpunk MUD RPG, Online Since 1996

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Post by holtalanm » Thu, Mar 14, 2019, 7:12 PM UTC

I wondered how long the old MUD was that i used to play in high school. Apparently, DartMUD has been online since 1991.

Re: Iconoclast: a Gothic/Cyberpunk MUD RPG, Online Since 1996

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Post by daemon_beard » Thu, Mar 14, 2019, 7:24 PM UTC

Doesn't seem to be online to me:

  $ telnet iconoclast.org 7777
  Trying 64.62.194.134...
  telnet: connect to address 64.62.194.134: Connection refused

Re: Iconoclast: a Gothic/Cyberpunk MUD RPG, Online Since 1996

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Post by munk-a » Thu, Mar 14, 2019, 7:29 PM UTC

MUDs are amazing, I have quite fond memories of http://www.middle-earth.us/ (Shadows of Isildur) which is a wonderful thing to get into if you have the time to do so.

Also, from a tech angle almost all of these are incredible horror shows of legacy code, if you've ever wanted to see 40+ year old code that was written in danish originally then take a look at one of the DikuMUD descendants.

Re: Iconoclast: a Gothic/Cyberpunk MUD RPG, Online Since 1996

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Post by gaguevaras » Thu, Mar 14, 2019, 7:35 PM UTC

To this day, I still log on to Kingdoms of the Lost(http://kingdomsofthelost.blogspot.com/). Not one of the oldies like some of the ones on the http://mudstats.com list, but definitely a goldie.

Re: Iconoclast: a Gothic/Cyberpunk MUD RPG, Online Since 1996

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Post by gww » Thu, Mar 14, 2019, 7:40 PM UTC

The MUD I used to play (http://realmsofchaos.com/) is still going thanks to an intrepid admin who has kept it online since 1994. It is unfortunately desolate now but it is nice to see a piece of gaming history alive and well. I occasionally log on to wander through some of my favorite areas.

I have very fond memories of RoC as it's where I learned to program and had my first taste of algorithm development.

Re: Iconoclast: a Gothic/Cyberpunk MUD RPG, Online Since 1996

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Post by jhare » Thu, Mar 14, 2019, 7:45 PM UTC

lotgd.net - I don't play any more but if you haven't it's great fun. Lots of 90s nostalgia from LORD/Usurper/Exitilus in dial up BBSes

Re: Iconoclast: a Gothic/Cyberpunk MUD RPG, Online Since 1996

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Post by toast42 » Thu, Mar 14, 2019, 7:47 PM UTC

Plug for my favorite MUD, even if I haven't played in years: https://www.aardwolf.com/

Re: Iconoclast: a Gothic/Cyberpunk MUD RPG, Online Since 1996

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Post by gww » Thu, Mar 14, 2019, 7:48 PM UTC

toast42 wrote: post #9

Plug for my favorite MUD, even if I haven't played in years: https://www.aardwolf.com/

This was one of the most popular MUDs if I recall? The one I used to play definitely stole their website design.