Yahoo! offers a huge selection of classic and arcade games such as checkers, chess and bridge. Players can team up with other gamers or compete against them for places on the electronic score board. The chat room and cheat areas are an excellent way to find out a tip or two. Signing up gives you access to all of Yahoo!'s services such as messenger and auctions. - Read more

This is probably the best Shockwave gaming site on the Internet today. Play virtual pool directly through your Web browser or try your hand at more than 20 other games such as Breath Savers Road Rally, Gummi Bunnies Egg Hunt and Creme Savers Bowling. You will need Shockwave to play. Click here to visit the Shockwave Web site and grab the browser plug-in. - Read more

Brought to you from the people behind Macromedia software (developers of Flash, Fireworks, Dreamweaver, etc.) This site has many high quality games, which you can play online. Note: the shockwave/flash browser plug-in is required. There are various areas of the site where you can acquire this and download it when needed. It's well presented and enormous fun. - Read more

You'll find plenty of trivia, sport and classic freeware games at Microsoft's online gaming Web site. Although slightly cluttered and fiddly to navigate at times, MSN Gaming Zone has a vast amount of games that are definitely fun to play. You can easily play tournaments, two player games and matches against friends due to the large amount of traffic the site receives. - Read more

A well-designed, popular and fun-to-browse Web site, offering a fantastic mixture of freeware, shareware and online games. All the games featured here have been specially selected for their quality and level of fun. You'll find numerous categories, featuring games in different genres, including Arcade, Board, Cards, Chess, Kids, Pool, Racing, Strategy, etc. Every game at this site is completely safe to download. - Read more

At this site, you will find some of the best quality free games available on the Internet. Freeloader.com offers 15 high-quality PC games to download, including their top title "Beneath a Steel Sky", and they're all legal and completely free of spyware and adware. What's more, they release two extra games every month and provide almost 100 free browser games. All you have to do is complete a free registration. - Read more

Arcade Town is a bright and colourful site, offering lots of addictive online games to play, in various categories: shooting games, arcade games, board games, puzzle games, sport and skills games, etc. New games are added regularly and the site also counts the highest scores. Note: many of the games here require a Java plug-in to function correctly. - Read more

Here's an exciting and free real-time 3D Java game, which you can play online with friends. You can also play against people anywhere in the world. Runescape is set in a fantasy Medieval realm and involves quests, fighting monsters and exploration. To play, you create and customise a character, then gain tools and upgrades as you progress through the game. - Read more

Here is a fantastic and well-designed site providing truckloads of free arcade games to play online. There are over twenty categories here, all jam-packed with classic games like "Pac-Man", "Donkey Kong", "Pong" and of course, the legendry "Zork" series. At Play.vg, you'll also find shooting games, sports games, puzzles, Tetris and some word and gambling games. The most popular games are featured on their home page. - Read more

Find free Mac game downloads in a variety of genres at this simple, but fun-to-browse Mac oriented Web site. You'll find some interesting Mac games to download like chess, pool, Tetris, war games, educational games and more. Tips for each game and "related Mac sites" on most sub-sections are provided, as are the author's details. Screenshots of each game are also included. - Read more