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What was the first online multiplayer game?

Question #151036. Asked by BigTriviaDawg.
Last updated May 02 2024.
Originally posted May 02 2024 8:05 PM.

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Multi-User Dungeon or MUD dating from 1978.`
Eventually, though, multiplayer host-based games on networked computers began to be developed. One of the most important of these was MUD (1978), a program that spawned a genre and had significant input into the development of concepts of shared world design, having a formative impact on the evolution of MMORPGs.
link https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_online_games

MMORPGs: massively multiplayer online role-playing games
Response last updated by psnz on May 02 2024.
May 02 2024, 8:11 PM
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