Lost Online Games From the Pre-Web Era 186
harrymcc writes "Long before the Web came along, people were playing online games — on BBSes, on services such as Prodigy and CompuServe, and elsewhere. Gaming historian Benj Edwards has rounded up a dozen RPGs, MUDs, and other fascinating curiosities from the 1970s, 1980s, and early 1990s — and the cool part is: they're all playable on the Web today."
What old games were good enough for you to watch them scroll by on your 300 baud modem?
Re:MUD's, the first MMO's (Score:2, Funny)
Heh, I remember getting into MUSH's and MUD's back when 2400 bps.
Shit man, we were playing chess by mail long before those new-fangled mo'dems came along.
Re:Oh, if I could get the hours lost back (Score:5, Funny)
LORD: the game where you could have sex with a severed head. Kinda makes modern MMORPGs seem like pussies :).
Re:Oh, if I could get the hours lost back (Score:5, Funny)
Apparently it also makes severed heads look like pussies.