<s>
Wyvern	B-Protocol
is	O
a	O
2-dimensional	O
Graphical	O
MUD/MMORPG	O
game	O
which	O
was	O
released	O
for	O
public	O
play	O
on	O
February	O
4	O
,	O
2001	O
by	O
creator	O
Steve	O
Yegge	O
through	O
his	O
company	O
Cabochon	O
Inc	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
was	O
announced	O
to	O
be	O
permanently	O
down	O
on	O
November	O
24	O
,	O
2013	O
,	O
but	O
came	O
back	O
in	O
2016	O
for	O
iOS	B-Application
and	O
in	O
2017	O
for	O
Android	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Wyvern	B-Protocol
is	O
a	O
free	O
game	O
that	O
is	O
influenced	O
by	O
games	O
such	O
as	O
Crossfire	B-Protocol
and	O
NetHack	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Wyvern	B-Protocol
is	O
designed	O
to	O
be	O
available	O
on	O
many	O
platforms	O
through	O
a	O
pure	O
Java	B-Language
version	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Players	O
move	O
throughout	O
the	O
lands	O
of	O
Wyvern	B-Protocol
,	O
adventuring	O
in	O
areas	O
that	O
were	O
created	O
and	O
modified	O
by	O
moderators	O
known	O
as	O
Wizards	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2002	O
,	O
the	O
game	O
won	O
the	O
grand	O
prize	O
of	O
$	O
10,000	O
in	O
the	O
JPDA	O
2002	O
application	O
developers	O
contest	O
,	O
for	O
the	O
Java	B-Language
application	O
which	O
allows	O
PDA	O
users	O
access	O
to	O
the	O
game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Wyvern	B-Protocol
's	O
server	O
was	O
shut	O
down	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
game	O
therefore	O
suspended	O
,	O
in	O
April	O
2011	O
;	O
however	O
,	O
in	O
March	O
2012	O
,	O
Steve	O
Yegge	O
stated	O
that	O
he	O
was	O
working	O
on	O
rebooting	O
Wyvern	B-Protocol
,	O
although	O
there	O
were	O
legal	O
issues	O
in	O
the	O
process	O
of	O
doing	O
so	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
April	O
2013	O
,	O
Yegge	O
,	O
having	O
received	O
clearance	O
from	O
Google	O
to	O
use	O
Wyvern	B-Protocol
as	O
a	O
side	O
project	O
,	O
announced	O
his	O
vision	O
of	O
a	O
cloud-based	O
Wyvern	B-Protocol
initially	O
to	O
be	O
brought	O
back	O
on	O
a	O
mobile	O
platform	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
December	O
2016	O
,	O
Wyvern	B-Protocol
was	O
re-released	O
as	O
an	O
iOS	B-Application
game	O
,	O
with	O
Yegge	O
as	O
the	O
sole	O
owner	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
after	O
two	O
years	O
of	O
negotiation	O
with	O
Wyvern	B-Protocol
's	O
original	O
owners	O
.	O
</s>
