M.U.D.S.: Mean Ugly Dirty Sport
Jump into gridiron mayhem with M.U.D.S. (Mean Ugly Dirty Sport)! This hilarious and violent top-down action rugby-style game is full of cutthroat gameplay and kooky fantasy characters.
Lead a team of 13 condemned creatures to victory by any means necessary. Pick a fight, buy or sell players on the market – or bribe the opposing team, the referee or the fish serving as the ball!
Win the game by scoring at least 7 out of 14 goals – or by killing enough of the opposing team. Tackle, pummel or throw players into the moat… but if you get thrown in yourself, get out before the shark-like monster eats you!
As a manager, you’ll control the team funds – by booking hotels in the cities you visit, paying for drinks and using bribes to your advantage.
As a coach, you’ll train your team of misfits to use tactics and fighting moves and throw the other team on their backs.
As a player, you’ll run, foul, jump, tackle, bite, kick, cheat and do whatever it takes to fight your way through every match.
M.U.D.S combines all of the best aspects of rugby, RPG character development, management simulation and strategy into an original fantasy sports game that you’ll have trouble putting down.
And remember – the only way to win is to PLAY DIRTY!
Game Discussion
Steam User 46
It's Mean Ugly Dirty Sport, and it's finally on Steam!
This is the original version of the game from 1990 running on DosBox. The controls are clunky and missing many QoL-features of today's games, so it's highly recommended to read the included Quick Start guide. The game includes a copy protection query, but the codes are also included in the package.
M.U.D.S. was one of the first action and management fantasy football computer games, and was the first to feature gameplay as later seen in Chaos League or the PC Versions of BloodBowl.
Notable differences to other fantasy football games are that the ball is alive (a Flonk) and will try to flee the playing field (its trainers can also be bribed to make it run towards your players), and that the goal is protected by a moat with a carnivorous monster, that will eat scoring players if they don't clear the moat fast enough.
The game features a full campaign with different locations, non-standard player races with different statistics, team management, as well as a lot of nice pre-match features like picking a fight with the other team, bribing, or even hiring their players.
In matches you can play via keyboard or mouse (mouse is gruesome), or just watch the AI control your team.
You can lay down the general behaviour of your team from tactical/offensive (focused on scoring), defensive, or aggressive (focused on wiping out the other team).
Some How-To's in advance:
You can't Alt-TAB out of the game without losing the correct screen resolution, so it's recommended to print the copy-protection codes or make a photo via smartphone.
Saving is only possible when quitting the game.
To exit the game after saving, when the DOS-screen is displayed, press STRG+F9.
You can only load your game after starting a new campaign.
After roughy 11h I've beaten the campaign and encountered no bugs or crashes whatsoever.
Thanks for bringing M.U.D.S. to Steam!
Steam User 6
Nominated as "Oustanding Story-Rich Game" 2023.
Some days, only a narrative-heavy game will hit the spot, and this one packs a wallop. It's as gripping as any soap opera, and as well-tuned as a prestige-TV screenplay. Bravissimo -- for making us feel things!
Honor to whom honor is due!