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Free Web Games

By Amit Sharma

Perhaps one of the most popular uses of the internet and the web is playing of games by people around the world. Imagine playing a game of chess with someone in another country in realtime! Before the web this was done by post! Today one can play multi-player games with people around the world and chat with them in real time.

A number of web sites today allow various java enabled games to be played in real time. A brief description of these is as follows:

Arcade games

These involve hand to eye combination and good reaction times. Examples – asteroid, pool, javanoid, collapse, battletank, etc.

Puzzle games

Towers of Hanoi, Maze makers, Knights dilemma, Slider, etc., require logic and a test of mental reasoning. Puzzles are a great way to stimulate the mind and make it think along parallel and diverse ways. Sudoku is an example of a popular puzzle game.

Word games

Especially meant for kids, can also be played by adults. The traditional crossword does not exhaust the wide variety of world games available. Scrabble and a myriad other word games improve our verbal powers and imagination.

Sports games

These include games like baseball, football, soccer, tennis, cricket, snowboarding etc. Most of these games are rendered with realistic graphics and other features of the game.

Card Games

Solitaire, spider, pyramid, and Free cell are some of the popular card games. Card games can be played conveniently on the monitor with java applets.

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