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Player launches a web browser and points it to a game site, such as the Dollar Bay site.
The web server accepts the request and returns a web page containing a Java applet. The applet creates a Java window for the interface, and requests the necessary graphics files from the web server, listening on port 80 The web server returns the requested graphics to the client's applet, which displays them. Port number 7777 or 8888 is conventionally used for responding to game requests and subsequent interactions. Port 7778 or 8889, respectively, are normally used by the MUDs to respond to HTTP requests. See, for example, the Web servers hosted by Dollar Bay and Blackwood .