Wyvern (Online Game)
Encyclopedia
Wyvern is a 2-dimensional Graphical MUD/MMORPG
game which was released for public play on February 4, 2001 by creator Steve Yegge
through his company Cabochon Inc. Wyvern is a free game that was influenced by games such as Crossfire
and NetHack
. Wyvern is available on all platforms through a pure Java version.
Once users have downloaded the stand-alone game client, they select a character from a collection of fantasy races. Users navigate through the game through a mixture of mouse-clicking and text-based commands. Players move throughout the lands of Wyvern, adventuring in areas that are created and modified by moderators known as Wizards
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In addition to allowing access to the game via a downloadable client for desktop users, Wyvern offers its users the ability to play the game with handheld devices. In 2002, the game won the grand prize of $10,000 in the JPDA 2002 application developers contest, for the Java application which allows PDA users access to the game. It was stated that it won for its "originality and extra innovation" in comparison to the other applications submitted to the contest.
The server is down since 2011-05, see Announcement
MMORPG
Massively multiplayer online role-playing game is a genre of role-playing video games in which a very large number of players interact with one another within a virtual game world....
game which was released for public play on February 4, 2001 by creator Steve Yegge
Steve Yegge
Steve Yegge is a programmer and blogger who is known for writing about "programming languages, productivity and software culture". He received a bachelor's degree in computer science from the University of Washington and has two decades of industry experience, developing across domains including...
through his company Cabochon Inc. Wyvern is a free game that was influenced by games such as Crossfire
Crossfire (computer game)
Crossfire is a free and open source cross-platform multiplayer online computer role-playing gameCrossfire features a tile based graphic system with a pseudo-isometric perspective. All content is licensed under the GNU GPL...
and NetHack
NetHack
NetHack is a single-player roguelike video game originally released in 1987. It is a descendant of an earlier game called Hack , which is a descendant of Rogue...
. Wyvern is available on all platforms through a pure Java version.
Once users have downloaded the stand-alone game client, they select a character from a collection of fantasy races. Users navigate through the game through a mixture of mouse-clicking and text-based commands. Players move throughout the lands of Wyvern, adventuring in areas that are created and modified by moderators known as Wizards
Wizard (MUD)
Wizard is commonly used in MUDs, particularly LPMuds, AberMUDs and MU*, as a term for the MUD's developers and administrators. The usage originates with Richard Bartle's original MUD1 and MUD2. It is frequently abbreviated "wiz", which is sometimes used as a verb; to wiz is to become a wizard...
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In addition to allowing access to the game via a downloadable client for desktop users, Wyvern offers its users the ability to play the game with handheld devices. In 2002, the game won the grand prize of $10,000 in the JPDA 2002 application developers contest, for the Java application which allows PDA users access to the game. It was stated that it won for its "originality and extra innovation" in comparison to the other applications submitted to the contest.
The server is down since 2011-05, see Announcement