It's amazing how much can be done through plain old text over a simple telnet protocol. Not all MUDs are limited to descriptive rooms. The BattleTech MUD switc

It's amazing how much can be done through plain old text over a simple telnet protocol. Not all MUDs are limited to descriptive rooms. The BattleTech MUD switched modes when you got into a mecha. You could see what was around you for miles unless blocked by buildings, buildings had different altitudes and you could jet pack jump from building to building, while firing homing missiles at the enemy and flanking with your teammates. Another really cool telnet-based game that I really enjoyed was mTrek. You controlled a space ship, flew around at warp speed, you could see multiple objects in space near you, and their relative speed and angle. Fighting in 3 dimensional space in plain text is just mind boggling. It's like you're flying in a submarine when there's no graphics. It was adrenaline packed. EDIT: You can see battletech mud screen here: http://i.imgur.com/Mk2zg.jpg http://i.imgur.com/Mk2zg.jpg (ignore the GUI part on the right, that's probably a custom client) You can see mtrek tactical screen here: http://randsinrepose.com/archives/hacking-on-mtrek/ http://randsinrepose.com/archives/hacking-on-mtrek/