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To connect to a MUD you must use an internet protocol called Telent. Telnet clients are the most basic form of interactive software and are wholly inappropriate for playing anything but the most simple MUDS. Over the years MUD players have developed software or 'MUD clients' with enhanced features to further their enjoyment. Use of such MUD clients is considered essential by most players to get the most out of their MUD playing time. Many MUDS provide java clients for immediate access for the beginner, but most serious players will progress to the use of a MUD client sooner or later. Here we review some of the better offerings and attempt to list at least one MUD client for all types of computer. This is an old page. For the latest page click on the highlighted menu option.

Site Title and Rank	Description
AvPlay - Windows Mud Client	AvPlay was one of the first fully featured MUD clients for Windows and is FREE. It is simple to use, and offers most features a player requires of a client. Originally developed for use with Avalon, it has special 'Avalon interactive' features for use with that game but these features can be turned off and AvPlay will work with all MUDS. Its main drawbacks are that it does not support ANSI color and can be quirky on installation unless setup is run after a clean re-boot of your PC. It works with all versions of Windows from 3.1 through to the latest version. For genuine novices this client is perfect in its ease of use with the added bonus of more dynamic features available for the more experienced.
RoAclient - Window Mud Client	RoAclient is extremely competent software amongst MUD clients. It allows for aliases, macros, hotkeys, triggers and fully customisable ANSI color. This program's main drawback can be one of its strongest features. Where most clients that allow for inbedded variables, wildcards and various other features this program does so with the added bonus of being exceedingly fast. However, perhaps the main reason for this speed is that the bells and whistles of creating complicated settings have been dropped. Instead, you are closer to the actual code of the client. This should not discourage the genuine novice: using this client may not be spelled out for you but all of the settings can be created and eddited without having to worry about learning a programming language, it is only when delving much deeper that this becomes an issue. There is an online manual that is more than sufficient however and for a little extra effort you can achieve more than you can with most paid for clients.
SimpleMU - Windows Mud Client	Originally designed for use with MOOs this client can now be used for MUDS and MUCKS as well. It is a little on the clunky side but for those of you who want simple, easy to use features and slick ANSI color, this client does extremely well. It is one of the few clients available with a spellchecker, thesaurus and a long list of features that make playing interactive text games a lot more enjoyable and easy. The designers have allowed a thirty day trial period and stress that you should buy it once it has expired. You are still able to use it once the evaluation period has finished but most of the features will not be available to you until you register your version.
Zmud - Windows Mud Client	ZMud is a premier Winsock MUD client for Windows. This technically sophisticated GUI client supports multiple character windows (multiplaying), aliases, triggers with complex pattern matching, macro keys, variables, speedwalking, graphical buttons, extensive built-in and user-defined functions, ANSI color, word wrapping, alarms, and online help. It is fully customizeable and 90% compatible with TinTin++ MUD clients. The coding potential is almost infinite so you are not restricted in any way, unless of course you are simply looking to play a MUD rather than code a client! If you are looking for a fast launch novice friendly client then this is not for you. It will take some time to navigate through all the options available to you, to find what you really want to do, even if it is the simplist of settings. The software operates on a thirty day evaluation period and will become unusable thereafter. However, once you have purchased your registration, upgrades and new versions are free for life, which is handy as not all versions are stable. Be sure to keep a back up of your macro file!
Rapscallion - Mac Mud Client	In the past Mac clients have been extremely limited in what they offer. Rapscallion is a relatively new MUD client for the Macintosh. It boasts a wide range of features, including ANSI color and styling, triggers, gags, multi-threaded aliases, channels, journeying and others. Anyone serious about playing Muds who uses a Mac should consider this client a solid choice.
KMud - Unix Mud Client	Kmud is a free graphical mud client for Unix/X11 especially for the KDE Desktop Environment. Features up to now: connection wizard/profiles, aliases, triggers, logging, ansi/vt100 support, input history (with auto complete), auto reconnect, delimited input for entering several commands, connection timer, alternative input line, configurable font/color-settings, splitscreen when in scrollback, mccp support, output notfication, multiline input, numpad-walking, speed-walking and the more basic features that you would expect from a client.
TinyFugue - Unix Mud Client	TinyFugue has been the leader in MUD clients on Unix based operating systems for years. It is free to use and it still remains by far the best. TFdoes not require the KDE desktop environment to use it. With all the basic features available and perhaps the most comprehensive help available for any client within the software it will remain difficult to beat for years to come. However, the prospect of learning how to use this client effectively is often daunting to many novices and even the most basic settings require you to delve into the help files from the word go. With this, though, comes a flexibility that simply isn't available in even the most comprehensive cilents on the more popular operating systems.
AvPlay - DOS Mud Client	A serial/modem link client for DOS that may also be used with certain types of dial-up internet accounts. Fully functional, stable and well designed should you require what is now a fairly specialised form of access.