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===DikuMUD===
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In 1990, the release of DikuMUD, which was inspired by AberMUD, led to a virtual explosion of [[hack and slash]] MUDs based upon its code. DikuMUD inspired [[DikuMUD family tree|numerous derivative codebases]], including [[CircleMUD]], [[Merc (MUD)|Merc]], [[ROM (MUD)|ROM]], [[SMAUG (MUD)|SMAUG]], and [[GodWars]]. The original Diku team comprised Sebastian Hammer, Tom Madsen, Katja Nyboe, Michael Seifert, and Hans Henrik Staerfeldt. DikuMUD had a key influence on the early evolution of the [[Massively multiplayer online role-playing game|MMORPG]] genre, with ''[[EverQuest]]'' (created by avid DikuMUD player [[Brad McQuaid]]{{R|guru3d}}) displaying such Diku-like gameplay that [[Verant]] developers were made to issue a sworn statement that no actual DikuMUD code was incorporated.{{R|verant-diku-persons|verant-diku-server}}