| How Much Do Online Games Cost? |
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| | | Numerous online games are available for free, playable through a web browser. Many of these web-based games are casual and quick, relative to traditional video games. | | |
| Typical costs: | - PopCap Games, a developer of web games, became a hit when their flagship game, Bejeweled, took the internet world by storm in the early '90s. They continue to develop a variety of web-based games such as Chuzzle and Insaniquarium. PopCap also offers their games through partners such as MSN Games, Yahoo Games, RealOne Arcade and Shockwave.
- Pogo! features over 80 games including card, board, puzzle, word, arcade, and sports games. Popular free games include Poppit!, Word Whomp, and Turbo 21. You earn tokens every time you play, which can lead to prizes. Upgrading membership to Club Pogo! costs $5.99 a month and includes fast access to all games with no ads, plus over 30 exclusive games such as Makeover Madness. You can try Club Pogo! for 2 weeks for free.
- Yahoo! Games features arcade, board, card and multiplayer games. Popular games include Cake Mania and Bejeweled 2.
- Sony's Station.com offers a wide selection of word, trivia, puzzle, card, and arcade games. Popular TV game shows such as Wheel of Fortune and Jeopardy. Other free online games include Word Slinger, and Q*Bert.
- MSN Games has over 100 free online card, board, trivia, arcade and pop culture games. Examples include Zuma, Sudoku and Scrabble Blast.
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| What should be included: | - Free online games sometimes require you to sign-in or register. Features sometimes include saving high scores and chatting with other players.
- Some online games are only PC-compatible. For example, Bejeweled 2 on Pogo.com is available only for Windows users running Internet Explorer.
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| Additional costs: | - Internet access is required to play web-based games.
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| Discounts: | - Several websites such as Y8.com or Miniclip.com offer free online flash games, but you'll need to search to find quality or kid-friendly titles.
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| Shopping for online games: | - Free online games usually have advertisements along side the game or during game play. Purchasing the full downloadable version often removes the ads.
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Article updated June 2007 |
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Some of my favorite (free) online games
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| Posted by: casual gamer in Everywhere, Other. | Purchased: August, 2007 |
Orisinal. This site offers over 50 simple, original, family-friendly games. My favorites are "Winter Bells" which is the second image of a bell on the first row, and "The Way Home", which is the apple in the window in the middle of the first row. These games offer a skillful combination of graphics, colors, theme and music.
http://www.ferryhalim.com/orisinal/
Desktop Tower Defense. There's been a lot of buzz lately about Desktop Tower Defense, a strategy game where you build walls, towers and defenses to block an invasion of creatures from marching across the screen. The maker, Kongregate, is also becoming a major repository for little web games.
http://www.kongregate.com/games/preecep/desktop-tower-defense-1-5 |
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