| The Ruins of Cawdor | |
|---|---|
| Developer(s) | Sierra On-Line |
| Publisher(s) | Sierra On-Line |
| Platform(s) | MS-DOS |
| Release date | 1995 |
| Genre(s) | MUD |
| Mode(s) | Single player, Multiplayer |
'The Ruins of Cawdor' was the last of three graphical MUDs for the online community The Sierra Network, which would later become The ImagiNation Network. A video game developer is a software developer (a business or an individual that creates Video games A developer may specialize in a certain video Sierra Entertainment Inc is a Worldwide American Video game developer and publisher founded in 1979 by Ken and Roberta Sierra Entertainment Inc is a Worldwide American Video game developer and publisher founded in 1979 by Ken and Roberta In Computing, a platform describes some sort of Hardware architecture or Software framework (including Application frameworks, that allows MS-DOS (short for M icro' s' oft D isk O perating S ystem is an Operating system commercialized by Microsoft. See also [[Game classification]] Video games are categorized into Genres based on their Gameplay interaction In computer gaming, a MUD ( Multi-User Dungeon, Domain or Dimension) is a multi-player computer game that combines elements of In video gaming, single-player refers to the variant of a particular game where input from only one player is expected throughout the course of the gaming session A multiplayer video game is one which more than one person can play in the same game environment at the same time The ImagiNation Network ( INN) aka The Sierra Network ( TSN) was the first online multiplayer gaming system The ImagiNation Network ( INN) aka The Sierra Network ( TSN) was the first online multiplayer gaming system It was designed by Richard Aronson (author of the widely reprinted RPG humor story Eric and the Gazebo), and based loosely on Macbeth. The Tale of Eric and the Dread Gazebo is a Role-playing game (RPG Anecdote, made famous by Richard Aronson (designer of the MUD The Ruins of Cawdor
The game was released in 1995, and it was the third one in the series, preceded by The Shadow of Yserbius in 1992 and The Fates of Twinion in 1993. ' The Shadow of Yserbius', originally published by Sierra On-Line, was the first of three graphical MUDs for the online community Only The Shadows of Yserbius and Fates of Twinion were released in offline versions that could be played without an internet connection.
The Ruins of Cawdor has been patched to allow for offline play.
External links
http://www.yserbius.org - The offline patched game is available for download here.
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