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The CRPG Addict Plays The Original MUD
MUDs, and their sibling games MUCKs and MOOs, now almost forgotten except among a rapidly-aging userbase, used to be the biggest gaming draw on the internet. When MMORPGs became big, it was largely by using the lessons of MUDs and applying them to a 3D graphical world with action gameplay. Everquest (admit it, you ha
https://setsideb.com/the-crpg-addict-plays-the-original-mud/
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On the History of Wizardry
Once upon a time, there was Wizardry, and nothing else. Welllll-l-l... almost nothing else. Here's a makeshift timeline of CRPGs and CRPG-like released leading up to the original Wizardry: Proving Grounds of the Mad Overlord.

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https://setsideb.com/on-the-remake-of-wizardry-proving-grounds-of-the-mad-overlord/
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The CRPG Addict Reaches Nethack 3.1
He's been at this since the days of GameSetWatch's run of @Play, but the CRPG Addict has finally reached Nethack 3.1, the game where Nethack reaches most of its final form. It's true that it has gained features since then (especially weapon skills and splitting apart race and role from each other), but it was the version that introduced th
https://setsideb.com/the-crpg-addict-reaches-nethack-3-1/
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