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Download / Links

This page contains MUD relevant software and other stuff and links to it.

Note: Please keep in mind we cannot give support for the software mentioned below! Thank you :-)

Downloads:

PowWow 1.2.17:
A nice useful MUD client as a telnet replacement (source code¹). See also below at "MUD clients".
tinyfugue.conf:
A very simple configuration (use as ".tfrc" in your home directory) for TinyFugue. This config results in a normal 'telnet'-like look but has "command-line-editing" and "command history" - with or without SSL/TLS (encryption). See also: TinyFugue below at "MUD clients".
nem.doc.tar.gz (smaller) or nem-doc.zip:
The complete Nemesis /doc directory (daily updated).
MTP 1.4.2u or MTP 1.4.4a ("newer" version from/by Aldebaran):
Mud Transfer Protocol, an easy file transfer program for most Unix-like systems (source code¹). See also: man mtp and here for configuration example.
and "Publications" below.

Publications:

"How to start - Some useful hints for really utter novices" (PDF, English; HTML version HERE):
An introduction to play Nemesis composed by Falbala. Including a quick guide to configure MUSHclient - see also MUSHclient below at "MUD clients".
"Nemesis - ein typisches MUD im Deutschland der Neunziger" (PDF, German only, "Nemesis - a typical MUD in Germany in the 1990s"):
The wizard Metall's talk on the history of MUDs in general, as well as the development of Nemesis - lectured first at the Vintage Computer Festival Europa 16.0 (VCFe) in Munich, Germany, in May 2015 and later at the RETROpulsiv 6.0 on November 21st 2015. A video of the talk given at the RETROpulsiv 6.0 at the Hochschule Augsburg (University of Applied Sciences Augsburg) in Augsburg, Germany, is available on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2YsMvcA4_wk on "MIGs Yesterchips" YouTube channel - thank you! Unfortunately the recording is/was not complete :-(
Previously (March 26th 2017) BaGgAcFrEaK had posted it on YouTube - but that's gone ...

MUD clients:

A comparison of MUD clients and a small list of MUD clients in (mostly) ABC order (see also Connect) and where to get them. Generally speaking, a MUD client is more powerful and userfriendly than a raw connection via 'telnet': At the least, "command-line-editing" and a "command history" of previous commands to correct typos.

Comparison/List of MUD clients on Wikipedia (EN).
Homepage Fado:
A free MUD client for Android devices available via Google Play (SSL/TLS supported).
Homepage Mudlet (project page):
A free MUD client for Windows, Mac OS X, Unix-like systems (ready to use and/or source code¹, SSL/TLS supported).
Homepage MUDRammer:
A free MUD client for iPhone and iPad available on the AppStore (SSL/TLS supported).
Homepage Mukluk (facebook):
A free MUD client for Android devices available via Google Play (without SSL/TLS-support).
Homepage MUSHclient:
A MUD client for Windows (ready to use, without SSL/TLS-support).
There is a short guide to configure MUSHclient in our "How to start" (or as PDF Nemesis-HowTo.pdf in our Publications above).
Homepage(?) PowWow (or here?):
A MUD client for Unix-like systems (and Windows?) (source code¹, without SSL/TLS-support). See also above at "Downloads".
Homepage TinTin++:
A MUD client for Unix-like systems including Mac OS X (source code¹, SSL/TLS supported) and for Windows as WinTin++ (ready to use, SSL/TLS-support unknown).
Homepage TinyFugue, aka tf or tf5:
A MUD client for Unix-like systems and Windows (source code¹, with SSL/TLS-support). See also above at "Downloads" for a small example configuration for TinyFugue.
Homepage PuTTY:
The well-known Telnet/SSH client for Windows that can be used as MUD client, too. But without "command-line-editing" and without "command history" of previously entered commands.
BROKEN(?): Homepage BlowTorch:
A free MUD client for Android devices NO LONGER available ~~via Google Play~~ (project broken?, without SSL/TLS-support).
BROKEN(?): Homepage GGMud (currently broken: ~~http://www.ggsoft.org/ggmud~~) (project page):
A MUD client for Unix-like systems including Mac OS X and for Windows (project broken?, source code¹, no SSL/TLS-support?).

If you would prefer an encrypted and secured connection to Nemesis, but your preferred MUD client does not support SSL/TLS, you may think about tunneling and securing your sessions via Stunnel (homepage). See also: Alternatives & options about SSL/TLS in the Connect section.

¹) source code: You only get the program code and you have to compile it yourself. This is recommended for experienced users only. For some Unix-like operating systems there might be a ported and/or also compiled and ready-to-use package of this client: Have a look at the website etc. of your operating system/distribution.

Press:

Nemesis in the (Online-)Press and on other websites. Some links where Nemesis is mentioned on other sites:

"Nemesis Mud" (Bring life back to MUDs - BLBTM on facebook, June 26th 2017):
BLBTM listed Nemesis as one of the first MUDs after contacting Snake on facebook.
"VCFe 18.0" (Wolfgang Stief on Flickr, May 2017):
A picture gallery from the VCFe 18.0 in 2017.
There is a very nice photo of Metall's Libretto showing a Nemesis login screen.
"Nemesis - ein typisches MUD im Deutschland der Neunziger" ("MIGs Yesterchips" YouTube channel, October 16th 2018, German, English: "Nemesis - a typical MUD in Germany in the 1990s"):
A video (unfortunately incomplete recording) of the wizard Metall's talk "Nemesis - ein typisches MUD im Deutschland der Neunziger" (PDF, German only) given at the RETROpulsiv 6.0 at the Hochschule Augsburg (University of Applied Sciences Augsburg) in Augsburg, Germany, on November 21st 2015 - see also Publications.
The video was posted previously (March 26th 2017) by BaGgAcFrEaK on YouTube, but got removed there later ...
"Nemesis ist auch vertreten" (Angstroem's post in the heise online forum, April 27th 2016, German, English: "Nemesis is present, too"):
A post in the heise online forum referring to the article "Vintage Computer Festival Europa - Ein Wochenende unter Nerds, zum Mitspielen" (Detlef Borchers on heise online, April 27th 2016, German, English: "VCFe - A Weekend between Nerds and Playing Along") announcing VCFe 17.0.
"Nemesis - ein altes MUD" (Karulinkun/KarlE on animexx, May 26th 2015, German, English: "Nemesis - an old MUD"):
A description about MUDs and a how-to about playing Nemesis.
"VCFE 16-0 in München 01 - 03-05-2015" - currently not available (Joachim Schwanter on SPIELQUADER Forum, May 15th 2015):
A picture gallery from the VCFe.
"Vintage Computer Festival: Von Disketten und Datenklos" (Max Zierer on Bayerischer Rundfunk / BR in their youth programme PULS, May 5th 2015, English: "VCF: About Diskettes and Data-loos"):
A picture gallery from the VCFe 16.0.
Metall says: "This is my original DEC VT220!"
Addendum: Datenklo? (German)
"VCFE 16.0" (Wolfgang Stief on Flickr, May 2nd 2015):
A picture gallery from the VCFe 16.0 in 2015.
"Vintage Computer Festival Europa 16.0" (Elliot Williams on Hackaday.com, May 2nd 2015):
A report from the VCFe - very cool section about Nemesis :-)
Kiri says: "Yes, VERY GOOD article - especially as my GSG15 terminal is mentioned ;-)"
"Vintage Computer Festival: Computern ohne Trinkbecherhalter" (Detlef Borchers on heise online, April 26th 2015, German, English: "VCF: Computing without Cupholder"):
An announcement of the VCFe 16.0 - also about Nemesis.
"MUDs - faszinierende virtuelle Welten" (Maja Coradi on Sociology in Switzerland, 1997, German, English: "MUDs - Fascinating Virtual Realms"):
A sociological paper about the image cultivation in MUDs compared to it in RL. Nemesis is mentioned by quoting the thesis "Cultural Formations in Text-Based Virtual Realities" of Elizabeth M. Reid Steere (see below).
"Zauberreich aus Bits und Bytes" (paywall; Manfred Dworschak in DIE ZEIT, October 7th 1994, German, English: "A Magic Realm made of Bits and Bytes"):
A newspaper article about Nemesis when it was closed in 1994 at the TUM and about MUDs in general.
An ASCII-version (also German) of the article from the NetNews in the newsgroup de.alt.mud.
From Aldebaran: A commented English translation of the article from DIE ZEIT.
"Cultural Formations in Text-Based Virtual Realities" (Elizabeth M. Reid Steere, January 1994):
A masters thesis on MUDs etc. Elizabeth M. Reid Steere refers to Nemesis in the chapter Making Sense of Each Other and quotes Junky's post "Verbs and adverbs top list" (Junky in the NetNews in the newsgroup rec.games.mud.misc, November 6th 1993).
Her masters thesis as PDF.

Domains:

Some of our domains (organized building areas) have their own homepages on this web site:

Wizards:

Also some wizards have pages here on this web server:

Misc links:

Some external links related to Nemesis and this web site etc.:

The OverbiteFF plugin for Firefox & SeaMonkey: For the ancient gopher://nemesis.de/ server.
The Vintage Computer Festival Europa (VCFe) in Munich, Germany, where Nemesis was presented in 2015 and 2016. In 2017 we will be there, too - in the News section: VCFe 18.0 2017. About the previous ones see also here (2015) and there (2016).
The XzentriX a vintage computer meetup in Seeshaupt, Bavaria, Germany, where Nemesis was presented from September 4th - 6th 2015. See also in the News section.
The RETROpulsiv a vintage computer meetup in Augsburg, Bavaria, Germany, where Nemesis was shown from November 21st - 22nd 2015. See also in the News section.

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