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CleverMedia  - www.clevermedia.com
CleverMedia is a multimedia and game development company best known for the creation of more than 100 Shockwave games. Game downloads, shockwave arcade, flash arcade, gamespark. Action games, puzzle games, sports games, strategy games, words games, ...
Crime Scene Evidence  - www.crimescene.com
Help investigators solve crimes in Oxford, Mississippi. Examine the evidence online. Participate in crime scene investigations by asking questions, offering observations and providing leads. Updated weekly since January 1995.

Online Arcade Games

Arcade Village  - www.arcadevillage.com
Includes classic game titles such as Bombarder, Tetris and Hebi.
Candystand  - www.candystand.com
Play a variety of arcade style games such as miniature golf or bowling. You must have Shockwave to play the games.
GameHouse + Real Arcade Games - Official site  - www.gamehouse.com
GameHouse and RealArcade joinde together and offers now over 900 fantastic games to choose from, including the best puzzle, word and action games.
Enjoy playing the games with an FREE 7-day FunPass trial.
Neave's Webgames  - www.neave.com/webgames
Offers Flash-based games including Pong, Snake, Hexxagon, Pacman, Space Invaders, Simon, Tic-Tac-Toe, and Tetris. Games available for play online or download.

Online Board Games

Board Games Online - MSO  - www.msoworld.com
Play classic board games and card games online, learn about the Mind Sports Olympiad, chat with other players, read news and information. From leading authorities in "mind sports".
Game Knot  - gameknot.com
Free online chess games, chess problems and puzzles, bi-monthly tournaments, chess league, active forum, Java board games. No additional downloads required.
ItsYourTurn.com  - www.itsyourturn.com
No downloads, no java, just free turn-based (not live) games with thousands of opponents. Play 30+ games and variations: chess, checkers, reversi, battleboats, backgammon, pente, stack4 and more. WebTV and set-top box compatible.
PlayJava.com  - www.playjava.com
Free online, multiplayer board and card games with chat. No downloads.
Scrabble Player's Homepage  - www.seeknet.com
Unofficial homepage for tournament Scrabble players.
Vinco Online Games  - www.vogclub.com
Offers games such as Backgammon, Chess, Checkers, and Othello. Multiplayer option includes team play.

Online Card Games

House of Cards  - thehouseofcards.com/online_games.html
Many types of card games that can be played online, including solitaire, poker and blackjack. Some games require nothing more than a browser, while other need Java or Shockwave.
Web Games City  - nxn.netgate.net/games2_XcardX.html
Card games links to free card games playable over the web in your browser. Some games require Java. 40+ links with short annotations.

Online Role-playing Games

Lunatix Online: Global Insanity Crisis  - www.lunatix-online.com
Interact, chat, battle, play pranks and have fun on a crazy quest to escape from the asylum. A MUD-like real-time multiplayer game set in a wacky insane asylum. Unlimited number of users. 14 day free trial membership.

Online Strategy Games

Dominate  - www.dominategame.com
The games you can find on this site have been written as an exercise for the course Object-Oriented Software Development. This course has to be followed by Computer Science students at the Vrije Universiteit in Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Earth: 2025  - games.swirve.com/earth
Location for game play. Also includes information and forums.
Parallel Universe  - www.p-universe.com
Fantasy online game which blends strategy with a large does of hacking and slashing, treasure, power, building your character, ruling provinces and eventually commanding your entire guild.
Pyrostar  - www.pyrostar.com
Turn-based game in which players control empire, from the military.
Runescape  - www.runescape.com
The official site of Runescape. A massive multi-player adventure game, with monsters to kill, quests to complete, and treasure to win. You control your own character who will improve and become more powerful the more you play.
Star Kingdoms  - www.starkingdoms.com
Manage a kingdom in an online universe.
Utopia  - games.swirve.com/utopia
The Utopia game is a world where reality and dreams come together, a world where the lowliest of peasants can become the world's greatest heroes. A free, graphical, turn-based, multiplayer fantasy game.

Online Word Games

Dictionary.com: Fun and Games  - www.dictionary.com/fun
New crossword puzzles, word search games every day.
Everyday Vocabulary Anagrams  - www.aitech.ac.jp/~itesls/anagrams
Over 600 anagrams based on words we use every day.
RiddleNut.com, The  - www.riddlenut.com
The home of hundreds of fun riddles. Play on the site or join the email list and get a riddle a day.
Syndicate.com  - syndicate.com
Recreational and educational word puzzles.
Vocabulary.com  - www.vocabulary.com
Vocabulary puzzles and games.
WordCentral.Com  - www.wordcentral.com
Merriam-Webster's Word Central offers kids a student dictionary, Daily Buzzword, and interactive word games. Includes homework help and lesson plans for parents, teachers.
Word Detective Word Search Game  - www.funbrain.com/detect/index.html
A seek and find word search game where you put in the words. Print it out for your friends.