Always Remember Your First

   I was thinking last night, What started me on this long and addictive gaming called MMO’s and I began to remember my first MMO. **ScoobyDo dream sequence** The year is 1996, just a year before I had started working at an Internet Provider because after getting my first internet bill of 130.00 I know I had to some how get it for free instead of paying by the hour, yes back then you paid for internet by the hour. I had been messing around with MUD’s (Multi-User Dungeon) but they were only text, I started to hear about a graphical MUD coming out by Sierra On-Line called The Realm. Why not I’ll try it, so I sign up and like World of Warcraft there was a fee to play. This was also the first time I ever used a credit card online and also the first (and only) time my credit card # was stolen (had to be someone at Sierra). I’m not sure how long I played but I do remember on holidays GM’s would just drop items around the world. On easter we found eggs, Christmas there were presents, just like winter vail. Oh and they had player housing also (Hint WoW) you had a chest in your house to store things and (if I remember correctly) you could stand complete suits of armor and prize trophies in your room. Here are a couple other images I found online of the game.



One Response to “Always Remember Your First”

1. Tigersoul says:

   January 29, 2008 at 6:07 pm

   The Realm was probably my “first” as well! Although about ’93 or so I did run up a $90 charge using a really lame CompuServe MUD/RPG, I can’t even remember what it was called…

   Ah the Realm… I still have fond memories of that place, although the emphasis on special colored baldrics was quite silly.