Dark and Shattered Lands (DSL) is a MUD based on ROM 2.4 beta established in 1995. It is administrated by Tony Allen (a.k.a. Scorn) and his staff. In computer gaming, a MUD (Multi-User Dungeon or Domain or Dimension) is a multi-player computer game that combines elements of role-playing games, hack and slash style computer games and social instant messaging chat rooms. ... ROM is a MUD codebase derived from Merc, which is based on DikuMUD. Russ Taylor (Alander) released Rom 2. ...

In addition to the basic ROM code, it also has such additions as vampires, manatonics, more races, more classes, and a complex player killing system. Players may choose to join clans to player kill, or remain nonclanned for roleplaying.

DSL has a somewhat large following for a current-day MUD, with typically over 75 players logged in at once. Anyone can play DSL for free by connecting via telnet to dsl-mud.org, port 4000. On a Microsoft Windows machine, this can be done by: Start -> Run -> telnet dsl-mud.org 4000. TELNET is a network protocol used on the Internet or local area network LAN connections. ... Microsoft Windows is a family of operating systems by Microsoft for use on personal computers, although versions of Windows designed for servers, embedded devices, and other platforms also exist. ...

Future Development

External links

• Dark and Shattered Lands official website
• DSL MUD itself is located at: telnet://dsl-mud.org:4000