<s>
Island	O
of	O
Kesmai	B-Application
was	O
an	O
early	O
commercial	O
online	B-Application
game	I-Application
in	O
the	O
multi-user	B-Application
dungeon	I-Application
(	O
MUD	B-Application
)	O
genre	O
,	O
innovative	O
in	O
its	O
use	O
of	O
roguelike	O
pseudo-graphics	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
considered	O
a	O
major	O
forerunner	O
of	O
modern	O
massively	B-Protocol
multiplayer	I-Protocol
online	I-Protocol
role-playing	I-Protocol
games	I-Protocol
(	O
MMORPGs	B-Protocol
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
the	O
summer	O
of	O
1980	O
University	O
of	O
Virginia	O
classmates	O
John	O
Taylor	O
and	O
Kelton	O
Flinn	O
wrote	O
Dungeons	O
of	O
Kesmai	B-Application
,	O
a	O
six	O
player	O
game	O
inspired	O
by	O
Dungeons	O
&	O
Dragons	O
which	O
used	O
Roguelike	O
ASCII	B-Protocol
graphics	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
They	O
founded	O
the	O
Kesmai	B-Application
company	O
in	O
1982	O
and	O
in	O
1985	O
an	O
enhanced	O
version	O
of	O
Dungeons	O
of	O
Kesmai	B-Application
,	O
Island	O
of	O
Kesmai	B-Application
,	O
was	O
launched	O
on	O
CompuServe	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Later	O
,	O
its	O
2-D	O
graphical	O
descendant	O
Legends	B-Protocol
of	I-Protocol
Kesmai	I-Protocol
was	O
launched	O
on	O
AOL	O
in	O
1996	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
After	O
logging	O
into	O
Compuserve	O
and	O
selecting	O
to	O
play	O
Island	O
of	O
Kesmai	B-Application
,	O
the	O
user	O
was	O
allowed	O
to	O
create	O
a	O
character	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
From	O
the	O
chat	O
room	O
,	O
the	O
user	O
could	O
enter	O
the	O
virtual	B-Application
world	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
interface	O
was	O
two	O
dimensional	O
and	O
scrolled	O
unless	O
you	O
downloaded	O
and	O
installed	O
a	O
GUI	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
interface	O
has	O
often	O
been	O
called	O
roguelike	O
in	O
that	O
it	O
borrowed	O
features	O
of	O
game-play	O
from	O
a	O
game	O
called	O
Rogue	B-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
Items	O
could	O
be	O
found	O
on	O
the	O
floor	O
of	O
the	O
dungeon	O
as	O
symbols	O
as	O
could	O
mobs	B-Protocol
to	O
fight	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
These	O
choreographed	O
progressions	O
represented	O
some	O
of	O
the	O
first	O
online	O
questing	O
systems	O
which	O
would	O
become	O
a	O
significant	O
aspect	O
of	O
the	O
wildly	O
popular	O
future	O
MMORPGs	B-Protocol
such	O
as	O
EverQuest	B-Protocol
and	O
World	B-Protocol
of	I-Protocol
Warcraft	I-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Island	O
of	O
Kesmai	B-Application
was	O
divided	O
into	O
five	O
regions	O
that	O
totalled	O
62,000	O
discrete	O
locations	O
,	O
was	O
populated	O
by	O
2500	O
creatures	O
and	O
non-player	O
characters	O
,	O
and	O
could	O
support	O
up	O
to	O
100	O
simultaneous	O
players	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Promotional	O
material	O
promised	O
"	O
more	O
powerful	O
weapons	O
,	O
tougher	O
monsters	B-Protocol
,	O
and	O
a	O
variety	O
of	O
treasures.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
Legends	B-Protocol
of	I-Protocol
Kesmai	I-Protocol
(	O
LOK	O
)	O
was	O
among	O
the	O
first	O
successful	O
graphical	B-Protocol
multi-player	I-Protocol
online	I-Protocol
role-playing	I-Protocol
games	I-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
based	O
on	O
a	O
slightly	O
stripped	O
down	O
version	O
of	O
Island	O
of	O
Kesmai	B-Application
with	O
2D	O
sprites	O
replacing	O
IoK	O
's	O
roguelike	O
pseudo-graphics	O
,	O
and	O
was	O
available	O
for	O
play	O
at	O
America	O
Online	O
and	O
GameStorm	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Prior	O
to	O
that	O
,	O
Kesmai	B-Application
corporation	I-Application
ran	O
a	O
long	O
open	O
beta	O
for	O
the	O
game	O
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
hosting	O
the	O
game	O
for	O
a	O
short	O
period	O
of	O
time	O
in	O
the	O
mid	O
1990s	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
1999	O
Electronic	O
Arts	O
bought	O
Kesmai	B-Application
and	O
in	O
2000	O
closed	O
the	O
business	O
.	O
</s>
