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50 Years of Text Games Original Version: December 1978 Online Until: 1987 (original Essex MUD); 1999 (British Legends) Language: MACRO-10 (version 1 and 2); BCPL/MUDDL (version 3) Platform: PDP-10 PATHOS This persona already exists - what's the password? * Password Yes! Your last game was today at 6:24:32. Hello again, Pathos the champion! Narrow road between lands. You are stood on a narrow road between The Land and whence you came. To the north and south are the small foothills of a pair of majestic mountains, with a large wall running round. To the west the road continues, where in the di...

To revist this article, visit My Profile, then View saved stories. Lilybet Skatilar is a level 9 human bard wearing a shimmering rainbow cloak, fur-lined snow boots, a stylish purple scarf, sunstone earrings, baggy blue polka dot pants, a blue ruby ring, a jeweled engagement ring, and various other accessories accumulated in the town of Wehnimer’s Landing in 1997. If you checked her out by typing “LOOK LILYBET,” you would get a large descriptive paragraph of text—no images, just words that made the world come to life. I played this character in GemStone III, an early online role-pla...