DikuMUD (English Wikipedia)

Hahn, Harley (1996). The Internet Complete Reference (2nd ed.). Osborne McGraw-Hill. p. 558. ISBN 0-07-882138-X. DikuMuds are named after the Datalogisk Institut Københavns Universitet (Department of Computer Science, University of Copenhagen), where the original DikuMud was created in 1990 by Katja Nyboe, Tom Madsen, Hans Henrik Stærfeldt, Michael Seifert and Sebastian Hammer.

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Smedley, John; McQuaid, Brad (2000-03-17). "Sworn Statement". DIKU MUD. Archived from the original on 2011-04-13. Retrieved 2010-04-26.
McQuaid, Brad; Clover, Steve; Uzun, Roger (2000-03-17). "Sworn Statement". DIKU MUD. Archived from the original on 2011-04-13. Retrieved 2010-04-26.
"DikuMUD/EverQuest". DikuMUD. Retrieved 2022-11-12.
"DikuMUD's statement on Everquest". Archived from the original on 2007-02-03. Retrieved 2007-02-03.

Staerfeldt, Hans Henrik (1990). "New mud comming up.. [sic]". alt.mud. We have started to program a mud, that we hope will be finished some time in the end of the summer. This mud will be better (we hope) than other muds as we have learned from their mistakes.
Hammer, Sebastian (1991). "New Mud". rec.games.mud. We consider playing in groups to be one of the more important (entertaining, that is) aspects of mudding, and hence the game includes various features, especially designed to make group-adventuring more fun and rewarding: Four different classes of players, with various abilities; a system which allows members of a group to share the score made at a kill; and lots of other stuff.
Woodcock, Bruce Sterling (1991). "Mud List: January 31, 1991". rec.games.mud.
Wisdom, Joseph (1990). "Arki's MUDLIST... promotional posting". rec.games.mud. beowulf.acc.stolaf.edu /pub/pub/mud tinymud, tinymuck, login style abermud, lpmud, ubermud, myth, ftp daemon patch for lpmuds, vast array of clients, gb, bt, dikumud.
Wisdom, Joseph (1991). "MUD List". rec.games.mud. dikumud.
"Sony's EverQuest admits to using Diku as a base". rec.games.mud.diku. Retrieved 2007-02-03.

Simona Isabella (September 2007). "Ethnography of Online Role-Playing Games: The Role of Virtual and Real Contest in the Construction of the Field". Forum: Qualitative Social Research. 8 (3). ISSN 1438-5627. Retrieved 2020-12-08. Realms of Despair (RoD) uses SMAUG, implemented in MERC 2.1

Koster, Raph (2007-05-29). "MMO long tails". Raph Koster's Website. Retrieved 2010-09-20.
Koster, Raph. "LP Muds versus Diku-derived muds". Raph Koster's Website. Retrieved 2010-09-20.
Koster, Raph (2009-01-09). "What is a Diku?". Raph Koster's Website. Retrieved 2010-09-20.
Koster, Raph (2006-06-16). "From the mailbag: fan mail, UO, ideas". Raph Koster's Website. Retrieved 2010-09-20.

Keegan, Martin (2003-02-02). "A Classification of MUDs". Martin Keegan's Home Page. Archived from the original on 2012-04-28. Retrieved 2010-09-20.

Keegan, Martin (2003-02-02). "A Classification of MUDs". Martin Keegan's Home Page. Archived from the original on 2012-04-28. Retrieved 2010-09-20.
Smedley, John; McQuaid, Brad (2000-03-17). "Sworn Statement". DIKU MUD. Archived from the original on 2011-04-13. Retrieved 2010-04-26.
McQuaid, Brad; Clover, Steve; Uzun, Roger (2000-03-17). "Sworn Statement". DIKU MUD. Archived from the original on 2011-04-13. Retrieved 2010-04-26.
"DikuMUD's statement on Everquest". Archived from the original on 2007-02-03. Retrieved 2007-02-03.

Simona Isabella (September 2007). "Ethnography of Online Role-Playing Games: The Role of Virtual and Real Contest in the Construction of the Field". Forum: Qualitative Social Research. 8 (3). ISSN 1438-5627. Retrieved 2020-12-08. Realms of Despair (RoD) uses SMAUG, implemented in MERC 2.1