oct 18, 1991 - Lucasfilm, Habitat

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in 1991, after some years in beta, Lucasfilm released “Habitat” a massively multiplayer online role-playing game.
It is the first attempt at a large-scale commercial virtual community that was graphic based.
Users in the virtual world were represented by onscreen avatars in third-person perspective. Players in the same region could see, text, and interact with one another.
“Habitat” was governed by its citizenry. The users were responsible for laws and acceptable behaviour.
Avatars had to barter for resources within Habitat, and could even be robbed or "killed" by other avatars. Initially, this led to chaos within Habitat, which led to rules and regulations (and authority avatars) to maintain order.

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