This brings back memories. I used to code and play MUDs with some friends in the 90s.
Ever play Codename: ICEMAN? So hard . . . I could never get past the submarine.
Don't think I ever played that one. I stuck to one called Haven mostly, and another called Vendain that my friend created and did most of the coding for, and I and a few others helped him out coding content while he did all the engine/rolling/combat stuff. There were some others, but forget the names. All typical fantasy shit though. These were all text based games, which is normally inferred by the term MUD. Had to play through telnet, and it was all from a prompt. Much like the game linked for this thread. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MUD My first graphical game on computer was one of the King's Quest games, forget which one.
Oh my stars, overwhelming nostalgia for King's Quest. I remember I was about 6 playing one of those at a friend's house and an evil witch popped up, then suddenly the fanblade from my friend's fan came loose and embedded itself in the wall near us. We were all "woooooah." Heh. King's Quest.