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Hackmud

Hackmud is a massively multiplayer online video game and/or MUD that simulates 1990s hacker subculture through text-based adventure. Players use social engineering, scripting, and cracks in a text-based terminal to influence and control other players in the simulation. Reviewers wrote that the game's "campy hacking" mimics that of films like WarGames (1983) and Jurassic Park (1993).

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Hackmud
DeveloperComCODE
PublisherComCODE
PlatformsLinux, macOS, Windows
ReleaseSeptember 22, 2016 (2016-09-22)
GenreSimulator MUD
ModeMultiplayer
Screenshots of gameplay
Sean Gubelman, the developer source ↗

Hackmud is a massively multiplayer online video game and/or MUD that simulates 1990s hacker subculture through text-based adventure. Players use social engineering, scripting, and cracks in a text-based terminal to influence and control other players in the simulation.1 Reviewers wrote that the game's "campy hacking" mimics that of films like WarGames (1983) and Jurassic Park (1993).23

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  1. Caldwell, Brendan (September 22, 2016). "Hackmud is an MMO Hacking Sim with a 90s Vibe". Rock, Paper, Shotgun.
  2. "Hackmud brings back the hacker fantasy of the '90s". September 23, 2016.
  3. "Hack, 90's Movie Style, in Text-Based Cyberpunk MMO Hackmud". September 22, 2016.
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