The Island of Kesmai
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The Island of Kesmai

Released: Dec 15, 1985
Genres:
Open World Roguelike / Roguelite Role-playing (RPG)
Themes:
Fantasy Medieval
Perspectives:
Text
Game Modes:
Massively Multiplayer Online (MMO) Multiplayer
Description from IGDB IGDB

Island of Kesmai is a discontinued multi-user dungeon (MUD) online game. An early entry in the genre, the game was innovative in its use of roguelike pseudo-graphics. It is considered a major forerunner of modern massively multiplayer online role-playing games (MMORPGs). It was still text-based, with just a tiny ASCII view similar to that in a roguelike, but that simplicity allowed it to offer a depth that it would take years for graphical RPGs to rival. Up to 100 players at once could explore a large open world, killing monsters, doing elaborate quests and hunting “world bosses” that required a powerful party to take down. Active from 1985 to 1995, Island of Kesmai received multiple expansions, adding new areas and challenges. A key feature was travelling from the Basic Game to the Advanced Game. Doing so would allow you to progress further, but it was a one-way journey to much more dangerous lands. And death in IoK could be permanent. Thanks to a devout fan-base, Kesmai is one of the best-documented early online games, with multiple guides explaining its systems and the strategies to beat each boss. You can even watch replays from old players using Hunter, a fan-made graphical front-end.

Basic Info
Release Date: December 15, 1985
IGDB ID: 344888
Additional Information
Release Date: December 15, 1985
IGDB ID: 344888
Платформы 1
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Genres 3
Open World Roguelike / Roguelite Role-playing (RPG)
Themes 2
Fantasy Medieval
Player Perspectives 1
Text
Game Modes 2
Massively Multiplayer Online (MMO) Multiplayer
Developers
Kesmai

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