Aberoth is a small fantasy MMORPG with 8-bit graphics from the independent developer Jarbit. It runs in a browser or through Steam, with no registration needed. You start in an orc prison with no items and no skills.
The world follows simple but harsh rules. There is no instancing, dropped items never vanish, and monsters pick up weapons, potions and scrolls they find and use them. Nothing is soulbound, trading is unrestricted, and items can be used to build permanent structures. Player killing is allowed almost everywhere, with some anti-griefing measures, and you can tame monsters or polymorph into one.
It is for players who miss early online RPGs and accept tough rules. The content is modest, the graphics deliberately crude, and there is no Russian.
