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To mark the 40th anniversary of M.U.L.E., we are dedicating this special write-up to the history of the game’s development, taking a look behind the scenes with reports and new 2023 interviews with those involved. As well as to all the original versions of the game, we introduce you to the officially licensed remakes and the ‘clones’ that excellent games inevitably spawn. Finally, we round off the anniversary celebrations with a test of the brand new M.U.L.E. Online.
Update June 2024: Interview with Roy Glover added, courtesy of M.U.L.E. Online author and WoM contributor Andrew Dieffenbach!
| Chapter 1 | The early 1980ies – Atari 800, Commodore 64 |
| Interview 1 | 2023: Bill Bunten, Jim Rushing and Alan Watson 2024: Roy Glover NEW!!! |
| Chapter 2 | The middle 1980ies – IBM PCjr, MSX, PC-88, Sharp X1 |
| Chapter 3 | The late 1980ies – Deluxe M.U.L.E. |
| Interview 2 | AJ Redmer |
| Chapter 4 | NES, Sega M.U.L.E., Hibernation of M.U.L.E. in the 1990ies |
| Interlude | Attack of the Clones |
| Chapter 5 | End of Hibernation – Planet M.U.L.E., M.U.L.E. Returns, M.U.L.E. The Board Game |
| Interview 3 | Melanie Bunten and Dan Bunten Jr |
| Chapter 6 | M.U.L.E. Online |
| Interview 4 | Andrew Dieffenbach |
Deutschsprachige M.U.L.E. Fans können eine gedruckte Version dieses Jubiläumsartikels (Stand 2023, ohne Roy Glover Interview) als Andenken hier erwerben: Der Artikel wurde im RETURN Magazin #53 (Mai 2023) abgedruckt und kann im RETURN Shop weltweit bestellt werden.
