My drug of choice was “Wyvern” by Steve Yegge, which was heavily influenced by MUDs despite being graphical: https://web.archive.org/web/20040102095422/http://w

My drug of choice was “Wyvern” by Steve Yegge, which was heavily influenced by MUDs despite being graphical: https://web.archive.org/web/20040102095422/http://www.cabochon.com/ https://web.archive.org/web/20040102095422/http://www.caboch... You could connect to it with just telnet, and while not realistically playable that way, it was great when just chatting.