Multi-User Dungeon, or MUD for short, was the first ever game of this genre.
For many years, MUD, or British Legends as it was known to players, existed
on the CompuServe Information Service. In the fall of 1999, however, CIS
decided to terminate British Legends as part of their Y2K cleanup efforts.
Many players thought that this meant the end of their beloved game.

That is not so. The present incarnation is a high-fidelity port of the
original MUD code base to a modern server platform. This accurate
reimplementation faithfully reproduces almost all the original's features,
even some of the bugs that have become part of the game's lore.

If you want to see what multiplayer gaming was like in the Land where it all
began, and visit a game that still offers superior game play and balance,
a visit to MUD at http://www.british-legends.com/ will be worth your time!

This version of MUD/BL was written with the permission of the original
copyright holder by Viktor T. Toth (aka Viktor the arch-wizard, formerly
MrSpock the wizard) in a 'mad programming binge' (as MUD's original author,
Richard Bartle called it) in December 1999, and has been in limited
operation on a test site since. It was opened to the public in May, 2000.