<s>
Dragon	B-Protocol
's	I-Protocol
Gate	I-Protocol
was	O
an	O
interactive	O
,	O
real	O
time	O
,	O
text-based	B-Application
multi	B-Operating_System
user	I-Operating_System
online	O
fantasy	O
role-playing	O
game	O
,	O
sometimes	O
referred	O
to	O
as	O
a	O
MUD	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
longest	O
running	O
pay-for-play	O
online	B-Application
games	I-Application
in	O
the	O
world	O
,	O
it	O
opened	O
to	O
the	O
public	O
in	O
the	O
spring	O
of	O
1990	O
on	O
GEnie	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
At	O
its	O
creation	O
,	O
the	O
core	O
of	O
Dragon	B-Protocol
's	I-Protocol
Gate	I-Protocol
was	O
based	O
on	O
the	O
AUSI-entitled	O
game	O
Aradath	O
,	O
which	O
was	O
programmed	O
and	O
designed	O
in	O
1985	O
by	O
Mark	O
Jacobs	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Dragon	B-Protocol
's	I-Protocol
Gate	I-Protocol
was	O
originally	O
developed	O
by	O
Mark	O
Jacobs	O
and	O
Darrin	O
Hyrup	O
,	O
who	O
had	O
joined	O
AUSI	O
from	O
Simutronics	O
where	O
he	O
had	O
been	O
a	O
programmer	O
on	O
GemStone	B-Protocol
II	I-Protocol
and	O
lead	O
programmer	O
on	O
Orb	O
Wars	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Dragon	B-Protocol
's	I-Protocol
Gate	I-Protocol
was	O
launched	O
on	O
GEnie	B-Language
in	O
late	O
1989	O
and	O
was	O
eventually	O
taken	O
up	O
by	O
AOL	O
as	O
an	O
online	O
product	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Hyrup	O
's	O
initial	O
work	O
on	O
the	O
game	O
was	O
to	O
help	O
port	O
the	O
game	O
to	O
GEnie	B-Language
's	O
Mark	O
III	O
operating	O
system	O
,	O
though	O
in	O
the	O
end	O
,	O
the	O
resulting	O
game	O
was	O
more	O
of	O
a	O
new	O
creation	O
than	O
a	O
port	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
That	O
partnership	O
led	O
to	O
Hyrup	O
becoming	O
an	O
integral	O
part	O
of	O
AUSI	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
the	O
evolution	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
from	O
Aradath	O
to	O
Dragon	B-Protocol
's	I-Protocol
Gate	I-Protocol
on	O
GEnie	B-Language
and	O
to	O
its	O
other	O
homes	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Mythic	O
Entertainment	O
is	O
currently	O
best	O
known	O
for	O
the	O
MMORPG	B-Protocol
Warhammer	B-Protocol
Online	I-Protocol
and	O
Dark	B-Protocol
Age	I-Protocol
of	I-Protocol
Camelot	I-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
January	O
31	O
,	O
2006	O
,	O
Mythic	O
Entertainment	O
dropped	O
a	O
number	O
of	O
games	O
from	O
its	O
services	O
and	O
official	O
sponsoring	O
,	O
including	O
Dragon	B-Protocol
's	I-Protocol
Gate	I-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
Like	O
other	O
games	O
of	O
its	O
kind	O
,	O
Dragon	B-Protocol
's	I-Protocol
Gate	I-Protocol
was	O
based	O
on	O
ideas	O
similar	O
to	O
popular	O
fantasy	O
stories	O
(	O
such	O
as	O
The	O
Lord	O
of	O
the	O
Rings	O
and	O
Dungeons	O
&	O
Dragons	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
player	O
character	O
could	O
be	O
of	O
any	O
one	O
of	O
several	O
classes	O
and	O
races	O
and	O
be	O
individualized	O
in	O
many	O
ways	O
,	O
similar	O
to	O
more	O
modern	O
MMORPGs	B-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
Dragon	B-Protocol
's	I-Protocol
Gate	I-Protocol
allows	O
you	O
to	O
experience	O
an	O
exciting	O
world	O
designed	O
to	O
be	O
more	O
than	O
just	O
a	O
text	O
adventure	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
a	O
social	O
gaming	O
system	O
,	O
Dragon	B-Protocol
's	I-Protocol
Gate	I-Protocol
is	O
intended	O
to	O
be	O
fun	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Ken	O
St.	O
Andre	O
wrote	O
in	O
Computer	O
Gaming	O
World	O
in	O
1992	O
that	O
"	O
gamers	O
who	O
like	O
medieval	O
fantasy	O
...	O
will	O
positively	O
love	O
the	O
Dragon	B-Protocol
's	I-Protocol
Gate	I-Protocol
experience	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
