Hi there, thanks to the WoM forums I noticed that a new copy of M.U.L.E. for the IBM PCjr has surfaced and sold on eBay, for quite a high price: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=150402775883. I am posting this message in the hope that the person who bought it would read this and get in contact with me, either using this website or contacting me via email: webmaster at worldofmule dot net. The IBM PCjr version of the game, developed by IBM (!), is incredibly rare, and the only "original" M.U.L.E. game which you can NOT play on an emulator yet because the original disk has not been copied yet to a modern PC file format. It would be a great service to the M.U.L.E. community if that game could be dumped and played on emulators.

Read about the various classic M.U.L.E. versions, including the IBM PCjr. one, here.

Regards and happy planet-mule'ing (you can find me there as "Eidolon"),
Goethe

Hope you guys enjoy planetmule. People have worked hard on this project to bring it to the fans for FREE. Please give positive feedback. Hopefully we'll see it on consoles next.

I just got word ;-) that a new non-commercial M.U.L.E. game has been in development for quite some time and is going to be released on December 6th. Be sure to check out http://www.planet-mule.com then!

Melanie Bunten-Stark informed me about her new website for Ozark Softscape, which is (quote from the site) "devoted to fans who loved the games developed by our dad, Dan Bunten, of Ozark Softscape." Be sure to have a look and leave some nice comments in the guestbook! :-)

Dear WoM visitors, finally, the site works again with all the collaborative features such as shoutbox, forums, calendar and Wiki. Log in and enjoy!

Some people may have spotted the announcement already in this site's "Shoutbox", but I would like to ensure that the message really "gets out".

Melanie Bunten Stark (Dan Bunten's daughter) informed the WoM community that a M.U.L.E. remake is underway, probably out this summer. Tell your friends and family and be on the lookout. If you have questions, you may email Melanie at

This is wonderful news! Let's discuss it in the WoM forums... :-)

Several people have let me know by email that there is a M.U.L.E. easter egg in the new life-creation sim "Spore" by Electronic Arts/Maxis. When you engage in trade with an alien race in the space stage, in some cases, you can faintly hear the M.U.L.E. theme song, piped through in its original PC speaker glory. Hanzo has blogged about the easter egg here. Thanks for letting us know.

In yesterday's site statistics, I noticed a spike in visitors to this site, apparently because of this article from Retro Remakes. Some guys have began programming M.U.L.E. for the ZX Spectrum! Isn't that funny... Nowadays everyone is yearning for a version of M.U.L.E. for XBox 360, Wii or PlayStation? 3, and they chose a computer even older than the Atari 800. That's what I call real retro gaming enthusiasm. ;-) Good luck to the team! I am looking forward to posting more news about the project here.

Mid this week, this site's hosting provider moved the site to much faster servers. But, something might have been broken during that move, as some people reported they cannot login anymore. If that happens to you as well, I'm very sorry - in that case, you have to use the "I forgot my password" link in the login box (top-left) to reset your password and choose a new one.
Some users have also reported that login works again without resetting the password if they tick the "remember me" checkbox in the login box.
I'm sorry for the inconvenience.

On a brighter note... Happy Easter! Enjoy the holidays. :)

Just when you thought "that's about it for M.U.L.E. news in March", there is another surprise, this time by fellow WoM user UBeR. Let's head over to the forums to download and discuss this one!

Oh, and please don't forget that you can use the WoM's calendar system to make appointments for online games - now M.U.L.E. online gaming is possible with the emulated Atari version ('quite' stable with the Kaillera framework, emulated C64 version (experimental with the new Vice version 1.21), and UBeR's new remake, using its own netplay framework!

March really is like MULE player heaven - too bad I personally can't enjoy it that much (yet), as I am busy in real life preparing a job-related move from Germany to Switzerland.

Kind regards and happy MULE'ing,
Goethe