<s>
Legend	B-Protocol
of	I-Protocol
the	I-Protocol
Red	I-Protocol
Dragon	I-Protocol
(	O
LORD	O
)	O
is	O
a	O
text-based	O
online	O
role-playing	O
video	O
game	O
,	O
released	O
in	O
1989	O
by	O
Robinson	O
Technologies	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
LORD	O
is	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
best	O
known	O
door	B-Protocol
games	I-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
software	O
is	O
compatible	O
with	O
DOS	B-Device
,	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
,	O
and	O
OS/2	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
was	O
sold	O
to	O
and	O
is	O
currently	O
owned	O
by	O
Metropolis	B-Protocol
Gameport	I-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
Robinson	O
began	O
to	O
write	O
LORD	O
in	O
Pascal	B-Application
to	O
run	O
on	O
his	O
bulletin	B-Application
board	I-Application
system	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
he	O
did	O
not	O
have	O
access	O
to	O
other	O
door	B-Protocol
games	I-Protocol
such	O
as	O
Trade	B-Protocol
Wars	I-Protocol
,	O
he	O
needed	O
something	O
that	O
would	O
occasionally	O
bring	O
people	O
back	O
to	O
the	O
BBS	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Over	O
the	O
next	O
few	O
years	O
,	O
MUDs	B-Application
began	O
to	O
overtake	O
BBS	B-Protocol
door	I-Protocol
games	I-Protocol
as	O
the	O
multiplayer	O
online	O
format	O
of	O
choice	O
,	O
and	O
in	O
1998	O
Robinson	O
sold	O
the	O
game	O
and	O
its	O
sequel	O
to	O
Metropolis	B-Protocol
Gameport	I-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
Metropolis	B-Protocol
Gameport	I-Protocol
contracted	O
Michael	O
Preslar	O
on	O
January	O
8	O
,	O
2001	O
,	O
to	O
continue	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
development	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
most	O
recent	O
version	O
of	O
LORD	O
(	O
4.08	O
)	O
was	O
released	O
in	O
2009	O
as	O
a	O
patch	O
(	O
via	O
the	O
DOSEMU	O
patch	O
archive	O
)	O
,	O
and	O
was	O
labeled	O
as	O
"	O
Patch	O
for	O
Lord	O
4.07	O
for	O
OS/2	B-Application
,	O
dosemu	O
,	O
and	O
most	O
all	O
other	O
emulated	O
environments	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
There	O
are	O
three	O
non-player	O
characters	O
located	O
at	O
the	O
Inn	O
:	O
Seth	O
Able	O
the	O
bard	B-Application
,	O
Violet	O
the	O
barmaid	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
unnamed	O
Bartender	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Seth	O
Able	O
the	O
bard	B-Application
will	O
sing	O
a	O
song	O
for	O
a	O
player	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
LORD	O
features	O
several	O
in-game	O
message	B-Application
boards	I-Application
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
a	O
limited	O
electronic	O
mail	O
system	O
,	O
which	O
allow	O
players	O
to	O
converse	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In-Game	O
Modules	O
(	O
IGMs	O
)	O
are	O
small	O
software	B-Application
extensions	I-Application
written	O
by	O
third-party	O
developers	O
that	O
add	O
functionality	O
to	O
LORD	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
IGM	O
software	O
was	O
first	O
developed	O
on	O
the	O
Amiga	B-Device
,	O
and	O
then	O
ported	O
to	O
MS-DOS	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Robinson	O
developed	O
an	O
official	O
sequel	O
,	O
Legend	B-Protocol
of	I-Protocol
the	I-Protocol
Red	I-Protocol
Dragon	I-Protocol
II	O
:	O
New	O
World	O
,	O
in	O
1992	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
featured	O
real-time	O
multiplayer	O
gameplay	O
,	O
with	O
ANSI	B-Protocol
art	I-Protocol
graphics	O
,	O
in	O
a	O
Roguelike	O
top-down	O
view	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
LORD	O
II	O
's	O
final	O
release	O
came	O
in	O
1998	O
,	O
before	O
its	O
sale	O
to	O
Metropolis	B-Protocol
Gameport	I-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
second	O
port	O
was	O
Wildcat	O
Tournament	O
Legend	B-Protocol
of	I-Protocol
the	I-Protocol
Red	I-Protocol
Dragon	I-Protocol
(	O
WT-LORD	O
)	O
,	O
a	O
multi-player	O
version	O
created	O
for	O
Wildcat	B-Protocol
!	I-Protocol
</s>
<s>
Despite	O
the	O
similarity	O
in	O
name	O
,	O
it	O
is	O
an	O
entirely	O
different	O
game	O
that	O
is	O
not	O
written	O
or	O
authorized	O
by	O
the	O
author	O
or	O
the	O
current	O
owners	O
of	O
Legend	B-Protocol
of	I-Protocol
the	I-Protocol
Red	I-Protocol
Dragon	I-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
Legend	O
of	O
the	O
Green	O
Dragon	O
(	O
also	O
referred	O
to	O
as	O
LotGD	B-Protocol
)	O
is	O
an	O
open-source	O
game	O
that	O
allows	O
any	O
Web	O
developer	O
to	O
customize	O
and	O
create	O
their	O
own	O
version	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
using	O
the	O
PHP	O
language	O
.	O
</s>
