MicroMUSE was conceived as an environment to allow people in far-flung locations to interact with each other, particularly college students with Internet access.
Based upon TinyMUSH, MicroMUSH was centered around Cyberion City, a space station orbiting Earth of the 24th century.
The initial MicroMUSH database was largely due to the efforts of Jin and the Wizards who went by the online aliases "Trout_Complex", "Coyote", "Opera_Ghost", "Snooze", "Wai", "Star" and "Mama.Bear".
Typical problems of growth and success, over time, led to issues with computing resources.
The focus was shifting; it became less about creativity and communication between random people across the internet, and more about bringing in primary-school children.
The attacks were usually carried out by users who had been removed from the game for violating the new policies that had gone into effect after they began playing.
Today's version of MicroMUSE Cyberion's residents are scholars who lived in a unique community dedicated to learning, teaching, and the preservation of knowledge.
Dr. Barry Kort was instrumental in setting up MicroMUSE in its modern form, with assistance from Kevin Kane ("Frnkzk").
[3] MicroMUSE / MuseNet received the 1996 National Information Infrastructure NII Award for pioneering innovations in Children's Education via the Internet.