M.U.L.E. is a seminal multiplayer video game written for the Atari 8-bit family of home computers by Ozark Softscape. Designer Danielle Bunten Berry (credited as Dan Bunten) took advantage of the four joystick ports of the Atari 400 and 800 to allow four-player simultaneous play. "M.U.L.E." was one of the first five games published in 1983 by new company Electronic Arts, alongside "Axis Assassin", "", "Worms?", and "Hard Hat Mack". Primarily a turn-based strategy game, it incorporates real-time elements where players compete directly as well as aspects that simulate economics.