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MUD1

Multi-User Dungeon, or MUD (referred to as MUD1, to distinguish it from its successor, MUD2, and the MUD genre in general), is the first MUD.

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Genre
Fantasy MUD
Developers
Roy Trubshaw · Richard Bartle
Mode
Multiplayer
Platform
Platform independent
Release
1978

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MUD1

Nodes27
Edges26
Triples28
Avg. degree1.93
Density0.074074
Components1

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MUD1

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related to history · 20
MUD1 → ADVENT, BCPL, Colossal Cave Adventure, DEC PDP-10, Dungeon, Essex, It, Its, Language, MIST, MUD, MUDDL, MUDs, Multi User Dungeon Definition, Multi-User Dungeon, Richard Bartle, Roy Trubshaw, Trubshaw, University, Zork
Developers · 2
MUD1 → Richard Bartle, Roy Trubshaw
Genre · 1
MUD1 → Fantasy MUD
Mode · 1
MUD1 → Multiplayer
Platform · 1
MUD1 → Platform independent
Release · 1
MUD1 → 1978

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mud trubshaw richard bartle university essex mud2 game roy british first network multi-user dungeon pdp-10 bcpl mist genre known version

Entity relationships Subject–Predicate–Object triples

SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
MUD1DevelopersRoy Trubshaw1.00infobox
MUD1DevelopersRichard Bartle1.00infobox
MUD1GenreFantasy MUD1.00infobox
MUD1ModeMultiplayer1.00infobox
MUD1PlatformPlatform independent1.00infobox
MUD1Release19781.00infobox
MIST.In 1980instance ofand used in other MUDs0.80text
Roy Trubshaw created MUD version 3 in BCPLinstance ofand used in other MUDs0.80text
MUD1related to historyMUD0.60section
MUD1related to historyRoy Trubshaw0.60section
MUD1related to historyRichard Bartle0.60section
MUD1related to historyUniversity0.60section

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