Online Games

• 24 Hour Games acts as an index to many of the best online and downloadable games that can be found scattered throughout the Web. The site's main focus is to profile and rate the Web's best online Shockwave and Java-based games.
• 2AM Games offers an exciting range of free online multiplayer games. The games all allow you to chat while you play, as well as presenting players with the opportunity to win contests and prizes. Challenge players worldwide in battlefield strategy, giant economic simulation, political interaction, poker, chess and backgammon. Unpredictable fun!
• Addventure gives an interesting twist to the old 'choose your own adventure' fantasy stories. You can play this text-based adventure in a similar manner to the old books we all knew and loved; you read about what's happening and then choose a path or action. What is unique with Addventure is that you may occasionally encounter a page in the adventure that has not been created yet - but don't despair - Addventure gives you the chance to write that episode. Then, as well as enabling the story to be continued, your pages will be traversed by other entrepid adventurers. Sounds like fun!
• All Kinds of Fun Puzzle Contests For Prizes! allows surfers to play online puzzles, logic games, skill contests and trivia tests for a chance to win FREE prizes.
• Alpha Sports Games give you the chance to play sports-related on-line games for prizes. They are offering the opportunity to win up to $10,000 each week!
• Bezerk is a multi-award-winning online entertainment site featuring playable versions of You Don't Know Jack, Acrophobia and more. This site is guaranteed to keep its visitors occupied for hours (perhaps too many :-D).
• The Big Network has risen from the ashes of Play4Prizes' discintegration. Play online puzzles, card games, checkers, poker and more. Bonus Mail members may even earn points that contribute to prizes as they play.
• Bingo Zone enables you to play Bingo on-line. Not only this, but you also have the opportunity to win cash prizes for your efforts.
• BrainBender of the Week gives you the chance to win prizes by activating the grey matter. Answer their quiz questions for the chance to win a prize.
• Casares offers free casino-type games and entertainment on the net. Games include slot machines, keno, bingo and various card games. This is the safe way to gamble.
• TheCase.com gives you the chance to participate in mysteries. Unravel the mystery and you can win a prize!
• Classic Casino offers its users the ability to play more than 25 incredible games (either instant Java-based or utilising the site's downloadable software). All games can be played 'for fun' - a mode in which users do not risk any real money. Interestingly, the site recently introduced an electronic 'sportsbook' that allows its players to bet against genuine 'real-time' odds.
• CooL.com has devised an online version of the popular solitaire card game, FreeCell, called NetCELL in this current manifestation. NetCELL's Java-based design allows it to be played online, but what is really amazing is its real-time functions. As well as allowing users the option of saving their game during play (if lunch ends before you have effectively conquered the NetCELL universe), and allows for ongoing comparisons between your success and that enjoyed by other players from around the world.
• Dr. Bowen's Incredible Contest Club offers you the chance to enter a variety of contests and games - some for fun, others for fun & prizes. Prizes include overseas holidays.
• Duck Hunt want you to find their fowls. They offer basic and moderately difficult duck hunts (image maps in which a small white duck is embedded). Great fun!
• DuJour.com have a number of riddle and labyrinth-type games that you can play for prizes!
• Fantasy Future gives you the buzz of being a big-time stock trader/sports gambler, without the risks. Trade up to 1 million Fantasy Futures Dollars online in a realistic simulation that encompasses both sports gambling and stock trading. While the service is free to join, and poses no risk of monetary loss, playing gives you a chance to win $10,000 (in real money).
• First Live Casino offers its visitors a chance to play casino-style Roulette online for free.
• Free Fun Games pit man against machine in all of their one-player online games. Showcasing Java, Javascript and Shockwave selections, there is something for everyone - even those who are unable to download the plug-ins necessary for some of the more advanced online formats.
• Game-Land offers a formidable range of exciting online Shockwave games. Their arcade is divided into three main sections, featuring Games of Chance, Games of Skill and Games of Thought. A must see.
• Gamesville runs a variety of games, quizes and contests - all of which present players with the opportunity of winning prizes. Online bingo, celebrity trivia, sporting tournament predictions, music quizes and other games of skill are amongst the highlights of this popular gaming site.
• GameWeb 2000 hosts a free Java and Shockwave game arcade, featuring dozens of action-packed online games. Their site also stands as a great all-round 'free games' resource, with free chat, message board, free game download, cheats, hints, and online magazine services.
• The Garden is home to a collection of Java-based games that you can be up-and-playing in seconds with a Java-enabled browser.
• GNU WebChess allows you to go head to head with a computer. Don't worry - it's not Deep Blue! Judging by their statistics, it seems that the human player wins about 1/3 of the time. Take the challenge...if you dare!
• Heat.Net is offering free membership to all! Once you've signed up, you will have access to a number of multi-player games with which you can test your grey matter against players from all over the world.
• Instant Bingo is an exciting new gaming experience care of the ClickEffect crew. Not only is this online bingo game free to play, but it rewards its players through a variety of contests and through the accumulation of participation points, which are redeemable for cash every quarter. Can you handle being paid for playing games?
• Instant Play Casino allows would-be gamblers to play their reaslistic online casino-based games for free (or for real cash, if you dare). Their free games include Video Poker, Blackjack and Slots. All games can be played instantly, with no downloads required.
• Intermountain Communications house hundreds of exciting Java-based games, most based on past hits such as Pac Man, Worms, Jet Slalom, Space Invaders, Trom and more.
• iPONG revives the simple but addictive Pong arcade game, while blending it with trivia challenges and the opportunity to win cash and prizes while playing! Feel free to play Classic PONG, iPONG Trivia, Power iPONG+ and the iPONG Big Money Challenge today (just not on work time - this one comes with a hook!)
• iwin.com recently launched an online gaming venue that comes with an added addictive hook - playing games and participating in various activities throughout the site earn members icoins (digital tokens redeemable for a variety of entertainment-related merchandise and services). Sporting financial backing from Activision and Fox Broadcasting Company, this is sure to be a legitimate cutting-edge operation.
• MajorLeagueMarket.com are running a free game for baseball fans that simulates a stock market based on players and teams. Monthly prizes go to the leaders.
• Manic Maze gives away a free software title each month to one of the people who successfully complets their maze.
• NetCELL enables you to play on-line solitaire...competitively!?! The program utilised by NetCell enables scores and games to be saved, giving you the opportunity to compare your results with those from other Web solitaire addicts.
• Nightmare Factory has a monthly monster search in which you are asked to hunt down little Gus - a small monster that has escaped and is wreaking havok on the Nightmare Web site. Click on Gus to receive a 10% discount off all of the products available at the Nightmare Factory. Your click will also enter you in the monthly drawing for a free Nightmare Factory T-Shirt.
• PlaySite presents an online gaming arcade that features a variety of classic board, card and word-puzzle games such as Backgammon, Chess, Hearts and Bridge.
• Puzz.com is a very lerge online games and puzzles site. Test your mettle against their free IQ tests, adages, cryptograms, puzzles, contests and more.
• Riddler has a large collection of on-line games and quizzes for which you are rewarded for your efforts. That is, play their games and you earn points towards prizes. Their prizes are varied but usually include software, cash (large amounts, like $500), holidays and articles of clothing. The games are great fun, too.
• Sandbox have a number of games and quizzes for you to enter. For your efforts, you are rewarded with prizes or Sand Dollars (which are, I presume, redeemable for prizes as you collect more).
• ShockBlitz arcade action pounding with their collection of exciting Shockwave games.
• Shockrave is a site produced by Macromedia, the company behind the immensely-popular Shockwave plug-in. Each of the games on the site are presented in the Shockwave format, which allows for some hi-res, fast-paced, arcade-style gameplay on your browser. This, in addition to the fact that all of the games on the site are absolutely free to play, earned Shockrave this year's Webby Award for the Best Game Site on the Web. And with pages full of addictive platform action games, sports simulators, puzzles, classic games and adventure games, there's no doubting the fact that Shockrave is deserving of such an honor.
• Sony is declaring war on the Internet! They have initiated an on-line war game named Tanarus in which you go head to head with other opponents' tanks with only one goal in mind - total obliteration. Other on-line games available at the Sony Station are; Jeopardy On-line, Wheel of Fortune On-line and College Jeopardy.
• Test Your Brain Power! offers free online crosswords, riddles, word puzzles, trivia teasers and IQ quizzes to test your grey matter. As an added bonus, participants also have the chance to win a selection of free prizes! It's fun, free, challenging, and possibly profitable...so what have you got to lose?
• Thinks.com showcases a range of addictive, challenging Java games and puzzles that you can play online in seconds.
• Tik-Tak Two is an online version of the ever-popular tic-tac-toe, allowing you to play against other people or a computer opponent over the Web.
• Total Entertainment Network offers a free service that allows players from around the globe to match their wits and dexterity. Play Duke Nukem (shareware), Magic: The Gathering, Total Annihilation, Warheads and more with multiple players. TEN also provides access to its Classic Games arena free-of-charge. Its Classic range features popular board and card games such as backgammon, solitaire and crosswords that never grow out of fashion.
• TournamentGames.Com presents possibly the most exciting Solitaire variation to be found on the Web. Since the software incorporates jazzy graphics, audio effects and midi music, it must be downloaded and installed on a Win95/98 system in order to play. Competition, then, takes place online, with the game's built in PingThing function keeping your ISP from disconnecting in support of extended play. The tournament awards cash prizes to top players three times a week, allowing you to play for fun, or for bloodthirsty-conquest.
• Trivia Blitz is the All-4-Free Freebie Tree's own online trivia game! Completing the quiz makes you eligible for a $25 cash prize, as well as qualifying you for entry into more online games, which promise even higher revenues!
• Web Games City is a huge directory of online games; providing links to more than 700 free games that can be played with nothing but your browser, keyboard and mouse.
• Yahoo! Games allows you to compete in several popular online games (including chess, hearts, majong and reversi) with thousands of other players from all over the world. Don't be daunted by this thought, though, as you may specify your skill level up front to ensure that you aren't dramatically out-matched. The games are Java-based, and work best on ther newest Explorer and Navigator browsers.
• Yoyodyne has a number of competitions running at any one time. Their most lucrative offers are for GetRichClick in which you can win a tropical vacation or $100,000 for visiting a few sponsor sites and clicking on the GetRichClick icon.
• ACEKids_Java_Games
  You can play Master Mind, Connect Four, Stars, Hunt the Wumpus and Hit Me!
• Activiteis!  Wangaratta Primary School
  Listen to the cackle of the kookaburra, then try a dot-to-dot, a word search, and a coloring page.  All based on Australian animals.
• The animal game
  Can a computer really think?  Try this test.  Think of any kind of animal, and the computer will try to guess it by asking you "yes or no" questions.  If the answer of the computer is wrong, you win.
• Apple Corps
  Similar to Mr. Edible Starchy Tuber Head, this site lets you choose other vegetables.  Try a moustache on an artichoke or maybe some spectacles on a pumpkin.  Not a veggie fan?  You could try a famous politician instead.
• Billy Bear's Playground
  You can play these games online or offline on paper.  The "Make your own cartoon bear" and the "Mix & Match em up" games are sure to be winners.  Also, there's a lot of clip art you can use on your Web pages!
• Bluedog can count!
  Blue Dog is a classic Web celebrity, and she's been around for quite a while.  She's had a lot of time to practice basic arithmetic, ans she's willing to help anyone learn how to do simple math problems.  Just type in your numbers, and blue Dog will bark the answers.  She's always right, patient, and so... colorful.
• Build-a-Minster
  This is a sweet little game to amuse the little kids.
• Build-a-Rocket
  If you'v been trying to build a rocket out of stuff in the basement, forget about it.  Even the yungest childeren can be rocket scientists at this page.
• Checkers
  Here's a nice little friendly checkers game.  Can you beat the computer?  
• The Official SCRABBLE Homepage
  Ath the official Web site, you'll be offered the coice of twe sites: one for folks in North-America and on for everybody else.  Check out both variations, because these is mucht to learn and see at both sites!  Learn the history of the game, see a live Scrabble game as it's payed, and get some hot tips to improve your skills.  And a lot more!
• Wonka - enter the gates to the Wild World of Wonka!
• Fun Brain
  This site has a lot of fun games, including a concetration mathing game.

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