[moscaf]

I played that version in 1985.

[ZenoArrow]

You did? There was a MMO space trading/combat game in 1985? What was it called?

[vidarh]

There was actually one from '88 at least. Sort of. But text based. Some would consider it a MUD: Federation [1] from IBGames (and its currently still running sequel Federation II.

It started on Compunet, moved to GEnie, then AOL, then the web. The guy behind it - Alan Lenton - is a really interesting character.

[1] http://ibgames.com/archives/fed/index.html#classic

[aegirth]

Elite originally came out in 1984

[ZenoArrow]

Elite isn't a MMO game.