My interest in online worlds and games began quite a long time ago. I’m not sure which one was the first online game I played, though. I know I tried out the original Neverwinter Nights on AOL, and for a time we also had Prodigy and I tried out Compuserve. I spent time somewhere with a crude 4X game (I think) called TradeWars, and I played various games on the GEnie service along with spending time in the RoundTables (RT) there (the precursor to these new-fangled “forums”…the Justice League: GEnie group in the Comics RT in particular was pretty hilarious).
However, the clearest memories I have was a game called Medievia. It was a text based MUD that my siblings got me into when I was probably around 10-12 (so 1992-1994-ish). Compared to other MUDs I tried later, it felt like a fully realized world, and introduced many words into my vocabulary like quaff (the only way to drink potions) and formation (a 3×3 grid for your group used to employ a rudimentary form of aggro control and tanking).
First thing you see when you log in
Always Be Questing 