looking for help fantasy scifi 80's possible 90's

[woolley1983]

dear all,

First time poster

i'm looking for a fantasy scifi novel about a people trapped in a virtual reality game who when they die in the game they die in the real world and are trapped.

the military finds the original programmer who logon as a bard.

characters include dwarfs, amazons, demons from hell, romans.

also Morpheus, admin access, ID of the mind

I cant remember the author or title, Please can anyone help?

 

[Vertigo]

Tad Williams Otherland series possibly?

 

[beenorthern]

*Dreampark* by Larry Niven & Stephen Barnes ??