The Shadow of Yserbius, one of the oldest graphical MUDs, is playable again

Post by **rusty_shackleford** » May 10th, 2023, 12:38

Someone went through the effort to create a full remake of the client/server of both the original game and its sequel.
https://medievalands.com/

Perhaps not as well known as Neverwinter Nights, its main competitor, and for a good reason: AOL bought the rights to it then proceeded to kill it to prevent it from competing with Neverwinter Nights.

Post by **Tweed** » May 10th, 2023, 19:05

I remember seeing it as well as Fates of Twinion, but I never had the chance to play them.

Nevergrind Online · Post by **Nevergrind Online** » September 7th, 2023, 19:50

This is interesting... as a 90s console peasant, I never played the original, but many have said that it was the original (and only?) online co-op blobber. I was never sure about that claim because I wasn't sure how functional the online multiplayer really was. But I guess it was like a MUD? Anyway, interesting to see a post about this obscure gem.

Edit: so has anyone actually played the original version? How good was the online co-op? I know those were 28/56k modem days, so there wasn't much bandwidth available for something too intense. Was it real-time? How did the gameplay work?

Post by **rusty_shackleford** » August 3rd, 2024, 23:18

@Kalarion is looking for one or more people to play this with if anyone is interested.

Rigwort · Post by **Rigwort** » August 3rd, 2024, 23:58

Last I played, mage/wizard/magic-whatever was far too powerful. It made most fights a joke. Also everyone but the leader is on auto-pilot in exploring last I remember as well. It was comfy, though comfy rarely is engaging.

Post by **Finarfin** » August 4th, 2024, 16:56

rusty_shackleford wrote: ↑ August 3rd, 2024, 23:18
@Kalarion is looking for one or more people to play this with if anyone is interested.

Started playing it with Kal, pretty fun game even though I never played a dungeon crawler before (atleast these firstperson turnbased ones)

Post by **rusty_shackleford** » August 5th, 2024, 22:32

The sequel is also implemented, the third game (Cawdor) is also planned: https://www.medievalands.com/forums.php ... t=1902&p=0

But I very much want to see Cawdor running here, so I expect it will happen. Eventually.

@Kalarion has been playing it and is still searching for friends to join him, I think it's Him+Finarfin+Tweed. Drop by the chat if you're interested.

Acrux · Post by **Acrux** » August 5th, 2024, 22:57

This looks very fun! Is it something you can drop in/drop out pretty easily or do you need to have dedicated sessions for it?

Post by **Finarfin** » August 5th, 2024, 23:30

Acrux wrote: ↑ August 5th, 2024, 22:57
This looks very fun! Is it something you can drop in/drop out pretty easily or do you need to have dedicated sessions for it?

Drop in/drop out i'd say. both me and kal were lvl 10 and 11 while Gregz and Tweed just started. They are now at level 10.

Kalarion · Post by **Kalarion** » August 6th, 2024, 02:17

We had fun tonight. We got to a map with lots of pits, I dropped us into them repeatedly. Every time we did I had to run us through a thief that stole like 50,000 ******* gold and ran off. Then we got bushwhacked by some cockatrices that stonegazed us. One TPK later and we called it for the night.

@Tweed smites all mobbles with his mighty Death Darts. We've been pumping spellpower and mana regen items in to him so we just walk around and let him deal with everything right now. It's great. Of COURSE @Gregz complained because he didn't get to "swing his sword", or whatever the ****

I had a lot of fun as Dexter the party's hobbit rogue. I deciphered many mysterious scriptses and lockpicked many doors!

Gregz · Post by **Gregz** » August 6th, 2024, 02:22

I had fun and saved the party more than once, and as usual I get slandered and thrown under the bus.

Post by **Tweed** » August 6th, 2024, 03:01

The Gregz in the corner is everyone's mourner.

Post by **rusty_shackleford** » May 28th, 2026, 10:48

rusty_shackleford wrote: ↑ August 5th, 2024, 22:32
The sequel is also implemented, the third game (Cawdor) is also planned: https://www.medievalands.com/forums.php ... t=1902&p=0
But I very much want to see Cawdor running here, so I expect it will happen. Eventually.
@Kalarion has been playing it and is still searching for friends to join him, I think it's Him+Finarfin+Tweed. Drop by the chat if you're interested.

Seems like Cawdor has an offline version
https://www.myabandonware.com/game/ruins-of-cawdor-cbm