Island of Kesmai

Island of Kesmai
Developer(s)Kesmai
Publisher(s)CompuServe
Release1985
Genre(s)Fantasy MUD
Mode(s)Multiplayer
Legends of Kesmai
Developer(s)Kesmai
Publisher(s)AOL, GameStorm
Release1996
Genre(s)Fantasy MUD
Mode(s)Multiplayer

Island of Kesmai was an early commercial online game in the multi-user dungeon (MUD) genre, innovative in its use of roguelike pseudo-graphics. It is considered a major forerunner of modern massively multiplayer online role-playing games (MMORPGs).