A return to the 1980's: Phantasia 4
 

Phantasia is a text based game created back in the early 80's. More info can be found the .

Welcome to Phantasia4! Congratulations on choosing one of the most challenging, and most addicting role-playing games on the internet today.

Phantasia 4 is a free, kick butt, online, multi-player, dungeons and dragons, fantasy role-playing, adventure game. All characters currently online can adventure together in this dungeons and dragons style realm. Become a Magic-user, Fighter, Elf, Dwarf, Halfling or Gnome and fight evil throughout the realm, beat on your friends, pillage the countryside, horde gold and rescue helpless virgins.

It's played with a Java client. It has perma-death (although you can gain lives much later in the game) and unrestricted PVP.

Re: A return to the 1980's: Phantasia 4
 

A little bump. :)