Merc

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Merc Developed by Michael Chastain, Michael Quan, Mitchel Tse Initial release 1992 Latest release 2.2 / November 24, 1993 (1993-11-24) Written in C Operating system Unix-like Language English Type of software MUD server Software license Proprietary

Merc is a MUD codebase derived from Copper, which in turn was based on DikuMUD. First released in March 1991, DikuMUD served as the basis for many later MUDs.

Merc was created by Michael Chastain ("Furey"), Michael Quan ("Kahn"), and Mitchell Tse ("Hatchet") at the University of California, Berkeley and first released on December 18, 1992. Within months other mudders picked up the codebase and began to modify it for their own MUDs. Later in 1993, the Merc authors, going by the name MERC Industries, released version 2 and minor releases. MERC Industries dissolved on October 13, 1993.^[1] The final Merc release was version 2.2 on November 24, 1993.^[2] Development was later continued with the release of EnvyMUD 1.0 on June 30, 1994.^[3]

The "stock" Merc 2.2 release contains 47 areas (with the city of Midgaard serving as the starting location), four classes (cleric, mage, thief, and warrior), and 35 mortal player levels.

Merc-derived MUDs now form the largest branch in the Diku family.

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