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scandum · 05-16-2011, 08:37 AM

The author simply copied the MMORPG history article on Wikipedia.

I know Shades was commercial around that time as well in Great Brittain, but as with Aradath the lack of sources make it difficult to create an encyclopedic article. The Realm of Angmar was an early commercial MUD as well, though with 32 simultaneous connections, phone companies taking a cut, and the price of hardware there wasn't a whole lot of money to be made back then.

I think Simutronics's Gemstone III was the largest MMORPG at one point in time, somewhere around 1996, though it might be tricky to source that claim.

05-16-2011, 08:37 AM	#4
scandum Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2004 Posts: 315	Re: MUD's mentioned on Cracked.com The author simply copied the MMORPG history article on Wikipedia. I know Shades was commercial around that time as well in Great Brittain, but as with Aradath the lack of sources make it difficult to create an encyclopedic article. The Realm of Angmar was an early commercial MUD as well, though with 32 simultaneous connections, phone companies taking a cut, and the price of hardware there wasn't a whole lot of money to be made back then. I think Simutronics's Gemstone III was the largest MMORPG at one point in time, somewhere around 1996, though it might be tricky to source that claim.