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A MUSH, commonly known as a "'''[[Multi User Shared Hallucination|M]]'''[[Multi User Shared Hallucination|ulti-]]'''[[Multi User Shared Hallucination|U]]'''[[Multi User Shared Hallucination|ser]]''' [[Shared Mass Hallucination|S]]'''[[Shared Mass Hallucination|hared ]]'''[[Shared Mass Hallucination|H]]'''[[Shared Mass Hallucination|allucination]]", is a text-based online environment with its roots in [[Interactive Fiction]]. However, the title [[MUSH]], like [[MUCK]], is a pun on [[MUD]] ([[Multi User Dungeon]]), and rather good [[Fun
Progressing down the text-based online game 'system reliance' scale from [[MUCK|MUCKs]], MUSH games are usually perceived as having the least systems support for roleplay. Whereas a [[MUD]] will usually provide players with an entire game's worth of systems to play with, roleplay or otherwise, and MUCKs offer their players systems comparable to those of Pen&Paper [[RPG|RPGs]], a MUSH will often merely be a series of rooms, and only enough systems to allow players to communicate with one another in various ways, along with the occasional currency system. In other words, MUSH games generally encourage and trust their players to create and manage their own roleplay.
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* [http://champions.briancentral.com/ Champions MUSH]: Uses the [[Champions]] system of developing and playing your own superhero.
* [http://elendor.net/index.php/Main_Page Elendor]: The oldest, biggest, and longest-running Tolkien-themed MUSH, founded in 1991, set shortly before ''[[The Lord of the Rings]]''. Had a huge membership when the movies came out, but has since dwindled.
* [http://www.equestriandawn.com/ Equestrian Dawn]: A relatively new MUSH based on the popular ''[[My Little Pony: Friendship Is
* [http://www.endlesscitymush.com/doku.php Endless City MUSH]: A cross-genre superhero MUSH (which permits almost everything), set in The City, a location that exists outside of time and space, that's connected to every universe, and every time ever. It's easy to get in, and easy to leave, the hard part is finding Home again.
* [http://heroesmush.wikidot.com/ Heroes MUSH]: Based on the ''[[Heroes (TV series)|Heroes]]'' TV series, with a similar approach to game-wide [[Story Arc|story arcs]] (Volumes), [[Flash Back|flashbacks]] and [[Bad Future|potential dystopian futures]].
* [http://www.megamanmush.com/ Mega Man MUSH]: A rather long-standing MUSH based on the ''[[Mega Man (
* [[The Multiverse|Multiverse]] [[Crisis Crossover|Crisis]] MUSH: Huge crossover MUSH. Has all sorts of characters and themes crammed together more or less indiscriminately.
* [[
* [http://www.pokemorph.com/ Pokemorph MUSH]: A place in the [[Pokémon]] world where Team Rocket experimented on fusing human genes to Pokemon. Most, if not all, of the results live on the island within the game. Notable for being the largest Pokemon-based MUSH still active.
* [[Shin Megami Tensei|Persona]] MUSH: This MUSH focuses on fusing the four main Persona games together in a coherent fashion, as well as adding shout outs to other games in the Shin Megami Tensei series. Also has a [http://www.divisionbyzero.org/personawiki/Main_Page wiki].
* [[Super Robot Wars|Super Robot Taisen]] MUSH: Based on the ''[[Super Robot Wars Original Generation|Super Robot Taisen Original Generation]]'' games with basically every mecha series they could think of integrated, from the typical fare of [[Mobile Suit Gundam|Gundam]] and [[Macross]] to [[
* [[Captain N:
* [http://transformers2005.wikia.com/wiki/Main_Page Transformers 2005 MUSH]: Longest-running and most successful Transformers-based game. Based on the original [[Transformers:
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