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Realms of Despair

Realms of Despair is the original Smaug MUD - an interactive multiplayer medieval adventure game - and is free to play. We have an active role playing community, an active player-killing (deadly) community…

31 December 1994

Realms of Despair is a role-playing (rpg), released 31 December 1994 on Linux, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows).

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What Realms of Despair is

Realms of Despair was released in 1994. It is available on Linux, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows).

The premise, in the publisher's words

Realms of Despair is the original Smaug MUD - an interactive multiplayer medieval adventure game - and is free to play. We have an active role playing community, an active player-killing (deadly) community, and a very active peaceful community. Players can choose from 13 classes - including one deadly-only class - and 14 races. Character appearances can be customized on creation, and we have a vast collection of equipment that is level, gender, class, race and alignment specific.
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How it plays

It is played from a text perspective. Its themes are fantasy. Available modes: Co-operative, Massively Multiplayer Online (MMO) and Multiplayer.

What it launched against

Realms of Despair launched on 31 December 1994, within three weeks of Umihara Kawase, King's Field, WWF Raw and Battle Arena Toshinden.

Released around the same time: Umihara Kawase, King's Field, WWF Raw, Battle Arena Toshinden.

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When did Realms of Despair come out?
Realms of Despair was released on 31 December 1994 for Linux, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows).

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