Connecting to Shattered Kingdoms using Windows

MUD client software that runs on the Windows platform is listed below. The basic information needed by each client in order to connect to SK is:

Host: mud.shatteredkingdoms.org
Port: 1996

The MUD client software at the top of the list are those recommended by our existing playerbase. The remaining entries are either harder to find nowadays, or of limited functionality compared to the more popular clients.

MUSHClient - free, well-rounded MUD client
http://www.gammon.com.au/downloads/dlmushclient.htm
putty - free, very plain little telnet client; fits on a 1.4mb diskette!
http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/
SimpleMU - shareware, A mud client far superior to telnet but without many of the complex bells and whistles.
http://simplemu.onlineroleplay.com
zMUD - trial & buy, A popular MUD/Telnet client for Windows. Although upgrades are shown as 'free forever', there are no future versions planned (refer to cMUD)
http://www.zuggsoft.com/zmud/zmudinfo.htm

Gmud (no longer supported - zip download only)
http://darkages.darkfantastic.net/pages/gmud32.exe
Fire Client
http://www.firebolt.com/
Wintin
http://wintin.org/
Portal
http://www.gameaxle.com/portal_full.html
Wyrmnet
http://www.wyrmnet.co.uk/
Elf
http://radsite.com/elf/
RoACClient
http://rhoneware.com/RoAClient
AL Client
http://www.ashavar.com/client/
BeipMU
http://www.beipmu.com/downloads.html
JMC
http://www.geocities.com/jmc_client/
Monkey Term
http://www.eternals.dk/monkeyterm/About.asp
MuckClient
http://www.xcalibur.co.uk/MuckClient/
MUD Master
http://www.mud-master.com/index.html
MUD Master 2000
http://www.mmgui.com/
Sanx
http://www.sanx.org/mudclient.asp
MUD Mage
http://www.angelfire.com/sd/mudmage/
Selim's MUD Mapper
http://sourceforge.net/projects/smm/
CRT
http://www.vandyke.com/products/crt/index.html
SpMUD (.nl)
http://www.six-pack.nl/Lo/mud.html

Please Note!
The use of a dedicated client program is not meant to allow you to control more than one character on Shattered Kingdoms at any given time. This is called 'multiplaying' and is not allowed! For more details on this, refer to HELP MULTIPLAY within the game.