Emud was started October 1999 by a group of friends, Olaf Wiersma, Michiel Lange, Martin Bethlehem, Igor van den Hoven, and Robrecht van Valkenburg. Emud itself is based on MrMud 1.4 by David Bills and Douglas Michael which in turn is based on Merc 2.1.

Emud stands for Elements Mud since we changed from having Order and Chaos as the two gods to four Gods resembling the elements. Development followed quickly resulting in Emud 2.0 by Michiel. January 2001 development was taken over by Igor, resulting in Emud 3.0.

Special thanks to Lauran, Tim, Adam, and Jeff for their contributions and dedication.