The exhibits

Six galleries and one alcove, in two wings. Inside each one, only that family's commands will work.

East Wing

MUD1 and the games that grew from it

Runs on MUD1's own commands

Two small rooms with the oldest commands on the tour: look, get, drop, score, and sleep.

Try: look get score sleep

Runs on AberMUD2

The first family to spread across the internet. You can wield a weapon, pick a fight, and flee when it goes badly.

Try: wield kill flee shout

Guide: Shazareth

Runs on the LPMud 2.4.5 mudlib. Also opens onto the West Wing

There's a knife to wield, something to read, and a wimpy setting that makes you run before a fight finishes you.

Try: wimpy wield kill read

Guide: Harry

Runs on tbaMUD

The living form of CircleMUD and DikuMUD. Size up a monster with consider, cast a spell, and try the socials.

Try: consider kill cast 'burning hands' socials

Guide: Puff

TinyMUD and its descendants

Runs on PennMUSH

No fighting here. This is the social, building side of the family: pose, page, and dig rooms of your own on a plot the gallery hands you.

Try: pose page @dig @create

Guide: Punch

Runs on LambdaCore

Everything in a MOO is an object. Dig and describe rooms in the gallery, then write a verb of your own with @program on your plot.

Try: @dig @describe @verb @program

Guide: Cockatoo

Runs on Evennia

The engine this whole tour runs on. Its default commands work here, and you get a plot where you can build.

Try: look dig desc plot

Guide: a calm ghost