Dusk 2.6 — Java-Based Graphical MUD Client (2001)

Dusk 2.6 is a complete, runnable client for Dusk, a Java-based 2D graphical MUD (GMUD) engine created by Tom Weingarten around 2000. Compiled targeting Java 1.1 (class file major version 45); the readme specifies JVM 1.3 as the minimum runtime. Includes compiled Java bytecode and all platform launchers for Linux, Windows, and MacOS. The only in-client attribution is the about string: "Dusk Client v2.6 -- http://dusk.wesowin.org/" — no author name or copyright notice in the bytecode. The project was later continued on SourceForge under the handle lone_wolf_ga. This install contains three intact server profiles — darkstar (dusk.wesowin.org:7423, April 2001), newdusk (4.33.83.55:7420, March–April 2001, the only profile with audio assets), and sluggy (dusk.wesowin.org:7425, July 2001, likely themed around the webcomic Sluggy Freelance). The active Dusk revival community (ZabinX/DuskRPG on GitHub) has been working from version 2.7.3 and later. This 2.6 client with its three 2001 server worlds does not appear to be archived elsewhere.