| Site Title and Rank |
Description |
Avalon;
The Legend Lives
 |
A beautifully written world
of enormous depth and complexity, yet with comprehensive help and
guidance for the absolute novice. Avalon is totally original in its
conception and creation and has spawned many imitators, none of which
have come close to matching its depth of features or evocative descriptions.
Avalon provides an expansive web site for additional help plus detailed
history of the land. There is also an advanced Java client for immediate
play. |
Pannerotto
 |
An interesting and fast
loading arcade style Java game. There are many of this type out there,
this is probably the most stable and playable. The objective of the
game is to clear all stages by positioning all of the solid squares
inside a corresponding coloured outlined square by rotating the outer
cells within the movable yellow panel. |
The
Mysteries of Time and Space |
Award winning, web browser based single use adventure game, but with a chat facility combined for communicating hints to other players. Graphical click and point play and very well presented though with no great depth of game play. Still, it is free to play and well worth a look at a fairly unique approach to online adventure games. |
Case
of the dead person
 |
A game based more on humour
than anything else. Features detective Randolph Lozenge and his trusty
sidekick Archibald Hampshire. All seems to be going smoothly in Olde
London Town, when news of a most sinister nature reaches the gallant
duo. A murder! A java based graphical point and click adventure game. |
First
Age
 |
After the apocalytptic divine
war, the continent of Avalon is bathed in a new dawn where you the
mortal can play a major role. This is the original format of the classic
Avalon role playing game before civilization evolved and removed the
rough edges. Expect blood and gore once you are through the initial
new player support and you had better be on your mettle. First Age
provides a java client for immediate play from
your browser. |
Segmation
 |
A truly unique site that is more an entertainment than a game site. Basically a site that allows you to play with images and colour through a java applet with no special plug-ins required. You can challenge yourself by trying to beat the clock also. The site is currently expanding but shows much potential and to our knowledge is quite unique on the web. Free to play. |
Phatgames
|
A free games site which
includes a multitude of java-based, single player games including
many implementations of classic '80s arcade games and some single
player adventures. Also sports games and multiplayer backgammon and
chess implementations and some interactive support for Web TV users. |
Udder
Insanity
|
Perhaps one of the most
simple, yet hilariously addictive games on the internet. In this
online Java game you are a dairy farmer, trying to eke out a meagre
living from your herd of dairy cows. Things wouldn't be so bad,
except that your cows have a tendency to produce too much milk and
explode. The key to this game is purely down to the sense of humour
that the designers possess. Not only do you have to run around the
herd desperately milking the cows so they don't explode, but you
have to run back to your shotgun now and then to keep away the milk
moon-lighter.
To play java games online you will generally require Netscape Navigator
4.0, Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.0 or above. Some of the older
games will allow for lower. |
Clebin
|
A well humoured site with online java
games that range from the wiered to the basic arcade style games.
Choose from making toast and tea for a master with an explosive temper,
to chasing sheep around a field in a spaceship with a plate throwing
gun. The designers evidently have an eye for the absurd and are able
to poke fun at their own genre in a way that is utterly entertaining:
the return of Dr Quincy, everyones favourite T.V coroner and a beta
version of a Player Manager style F1 racing game. |
Yahoo!
|
Jack-of-all-trades but master
of none, the Yahoo games section still deserves to be mentioned. It
does have reasonable implementations of many games (such as chess,
reversi and backgammon, card games like blackjack, bridge, canasta
and other games like mah jong and even pool). It is free and the site
is extremely popular and consequently suffers from all the frustrations
that go along with that scenario. If two of you are looking for a
quiet game of something then using a private table at Yahoo can be
an easy answer, otherwise there is most probably another site offering
a better implementation of your chosen game which may take some setting
up but will ultimately be more worth while for it. |
