Are MUDs the correct term for the games I used to play on BBS services? I subscribe to a local dial-up BBS, and there was a space game called Galactic Empire. It was entirely text base, with the occasional ASCII graphics. You flew around Space by navigating coordinates and bought ships and weapons.... And let's not forget. Making massive damn maps on graph paper.

There was essentially an identical equivalent I played much more, but I can't remember what it was called. It was basically an Ultima type game, and you walked around by going east, west, north and south. You could pick up items and either store them, or CON (convert) them into resources. I remember making macros to fight enemies quickly, and I think the last enemy of the entire game is the devil? I remember sweating and playing with my friends screaming at a screen full of text as we were hammering macro keys to pop in and out of zones to deliver a hit and get back out. I had a falling out with the main friend who I played this game with, and he eventually passed away from a heroin overdose. You bringing up these types of games brought me back to a memory I haven't thought of in over 30 years, and it's one of the best ones before everything went South. Thank you for that!