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I was too young for the MUD heyday, but I’ve thoroughly enjoyed the community-led rebirth of EverQuest, an early 3D MMO that was heavily MUD-inspired. There’s a
by _iyig 8y ago
I was too young for the MUD heyday, but I’ve thoroughly enjoyed the community-led rebirth of EverQuest, an early 3D MMO that was heavily MUD-inspired. There’s a free server run by an independent team which seeks to replicate the experience of the game as it existed in 1999. It’s become quite popular, with a regular player count of 1000+:
https://www.project1999.com https://www.project1999.com
- technofiend 8y agoBrad McQuaid who was the lead designer of EverQuest is at it again with a new MMO called Pantheon. Is development a strictly crowdfunded because he refuses to take on an investor probably based on his experience dealing with Sony. Personally I don't have the time, energy or interest to play an MMO with the kind of time sinks that Everquest had and that Pantheon plans to repeat. But if it's an itch you want to scratch then look for that game.
- aidenn0 8y agoThe webpage says it has the Velious expansion and a level cap of 60, so more like 2001. In 1999, there were no expansions and the level cap was 50.