Yahoo! Games
Encyclopedia
Yahoo! Games is the section of the Yahoo!
website
in which Yahoo! users can play games either with other users or by themselves. The games on the website are typically Java applet
s or quick Flash
games, but there are others which require a download. Many of the games that require a download contain TryMedia Adware (According to McAfee SiteAdvisor
). Yahoo! Games also includes Yahoo! Video Games, which provides news, previews and reviews of currently available or upcoming First Party games–and Yahoo! Games on Demand–which provides free demos and full-size downloads of full PC
games for a charge.
The site also features an "All Star" system for users, in which a user can pay to get an All Star username. All Star users are able to get extra privileges on Yahoo! Games sites such as disabling pop-up ads. All Star users do not have playable games without downloading.
Yahoo! Games was built on Yahoo!'s acquisition of ClassicGames.com (previously known as SpringerSpan Games after the programmer's Springer Spaniel) in 1997. The current Yahoo! Video Games section of the site was formerly known as Games Domain
, from back when Yahoo! acquired the website in 2003. As of April 2011 Yahoo! Games holds over 1,400 games, most of which were developed externally.
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Yahoo!
Yahoo! Inc. is an American multinational internet corporation headquartered in Sunnyvale, California, United States. The company is perhaps best known for its web portal, search engine , Yahoo! Directory, Yahoo! Mail, Yahoo! News, Yahoo! Groups, Yahoo! Answers, advertising, online mapping ,...
website
Website
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in which Yahoo! users can play games either with other users or by themselves. The games on the website are typically Java applet
Java applet
A Java applet is an applet delivered to users in the form of Java bytecode. Java applets can run in a Web browser using a Java Virtual Machine , or in Sun's AppletViewer, a stand-alone tool for testing applets...
s or quick Flash
Adobe Flash
Adobe Flash is a multimedia platform used to add animation, video, and interactivity to web pages. Flash is frequently used for advertisements, games and flash animations for broadcast...
games, but there are others which require a download. Many of the games that require a download contain TryMedia Adware (According to McAfee SiteAdvisor
McAfee SiteAdvisor
SiteAdvisor is a service that reports on the safety of web sites by crawling the web and testing the sites it finds for malware and spam. The service was originally developed by SiteAdvisor, Inc, an MIT startup first introduced at CodeCon on February 10, 2006 and later acquired by McAfee on April...
). Yahoo! Games also includes Yahoo! Video Games, which provides news, previews and reviews of currently available or upcoming First Party games–and Yahoo! Games on Demand–which provides free demos and full-size downloads of full PC
Personal computer
A personal computer is any general-purpose computer whose size, capabilities, and original sales price make it useful for individuals, and which is intended to be operated directly by an end-user with no intervening computer operator...
games for a charge.
The site also features an "All Star" system for users, in which a user can pay to get an All Star username. All Star users are able to get extra privileges on Yahoo! Games sites such as disabling pop-up ads. All Star users do not have playable games without downloading.
Yahoo! Games was built on Yahoo!'s acquisition of ClassicGames.com (previously known as SpringerSpan Games after the programmer's Springer Spaniel) in 1997. The current Yahoo! Video Games section of the site was formerly known as Games Domain
Games Domain
Games Domain was a video game website founded by Dave Stanworth and based out of Birmingham, UK. In the late 1990s, it was at one time mirrored in seven different countries and had a tumultuous history of being purchased by different corporations over its 11-year existence. It was active from March...
, from back when Yahoo! acquired the website in 2003. As of April 2011 Yahoo! Games holds over 1,400 games, most of which were developed externally.
Board games
Playable online (PO) , Downloadable (D), Mobile (M), Skill (S)- BackgammonBackgammonBackgammon is one of the oldest board games for two players. The playing pieces are moved according to the roll of dice, and players win by removing all of their pieces from the board. There are many variants of backgammon, most of which share common traits...
PO - Bingo PO
- CatanCatanCatan is the Xbox Live Arcade version of Klaus Teuber's The Settlers of Catan, developed by Big Huge Games in collaboration with Teuber. It was released on May 2, 2007 for 800 Microsoft Points...
D - Checkers PO
- ChessChess on Yahoo! GamesChess on Yahoo! Games is a popular aspect of Yahoo! Games. It allows users to play rated or unrated chess, including tournaments, leagues, and ladders. Yahoo! Games can be accessed for chess using a Java enabled browser. Efforts to emulate chess servers are in development through YICS, wherein...
PO - Chessmaster Challenge D
- Chester S
- Chinese CheckersChinese checkersChinese checkers is a board game that can be played by two, three, four, or six people, playing individually or with partners...
PO - Dominos PO, M
- DotsDots and BoxesDots and Boxes is a pencil and paper game for two players first published in 1889 by Édouard Lucas.Starting with an empty grid of dots, players take turns, adding a single...
PO - Emperor's Moh Jong D
- GoGo (board game)Go , is an ancient board game for two players that originated in China more than 2,000 years ago...
PO - JigWords D, PO
- Jigsaw: Great Art D
- Jigsaw: Landscapes D
- Jigsaw: Medley D
- Jigsaw: Pet D
- Jigsaw: Wyland D
- Literati PO
- Luxor Mahjong D
- Mah Jong PO
- Mah Jong Adventures D
- Mah Jong Garden D
- Mah Jong Jade Expedition D
- Mah Jong Medly D, PO
- Mah Jong Towers Eternity D, PO
- Mah-Jomino D
[Mahjong Escape D, PO
- Mahjong Match D
- Mahjong Treasure S
- Mahjong Fortuna S
- Midas Mahjong S
- Monopoly 3 D
- Naval Command PO
- Poker Pop D, PO
- ReversiReversiReversi is a board game involving abstract strategy and played by two players on a board with 8 rows and 8 columns and a set of distinct pieces for each side. Pieces typically are disks with a light and a dark face, each face belonging to one player...
PO - Saints and Sinners Bingo D, PO
- Sudoko: Latin Squares D
- Super Mah Jong D
- Word Slinger D
Card games
Playable online (PO) , Downloadable (D), Mobile (M), Skill (S)- Addiction Solitaire D, PO
- Aloha Solitaire D, PO
- Aloha TriPeaks D, PO
- Ancient 4 in 1 GamePak D
- Ancient Hearts and Spades D
- Ancient Tri-Jong D
- Ancient Tripeaks D
- BlackjackBlackjackBlackjack, also known as Twenty-one or Vingt-et-un , is the most widely played casino banking game in the world...
PO - CanastaCanastaCanasta is a card game of the rummy family of games believed to be a variant of 500 Rum. Although many variations exist for 2, 3, 5 or 6 players, it is most commonly played by four in two partnerships with two standard decks of cards. Players attempt to make melds of 7 cards of the same rank and...
PO - Contract BridgeContract bridgeContract bridge, usually known simply as bridge, is a trick-taking card game using a standard deck of 52 playing cards played by four players in two competing partnerships with partners sitting opposite each other around a small table...
PO - CribbageCribbageCribbage, or crib, is a card game traditionally for two players, but commonly played with three, four or more, that involves playing and grouping cards in combinations which gain points...
PO - Deuces Wild Video Poker PO
- Double Down Video Poker PO
- EuchreEuchreEuchre or eucre, is a trick-taking card game most commonly played with four people in two partnerships with a deck of 24 standard playing cards. It is the game responsible for introducing the joker into modern packs; this was invented around 1860 to act as a top trump or best bower...
PO - Five Card Deluxe D, PO
- Freecell Solitaire D PO
- GinGin rummyGin rummy, or simply gin, is a two-player card game created in 1909 by Elwood T. Baker and his son C. Graham Baker. According to John Scarne, Gin evolved from 18th-century Whiskey Poker and was created with the intention of being faster than standard rummy, but less spontaneous than knock...
PO - Go FishGo Fish- Basic game :Using a standard 52-card deck, five cards are dealt to each player, or seven if there are four or fewer. The remaining card pack is shared between the players, usually sprawled out in a non-orderly pile referenced as the "ocean" or "pool"....
PO - Golf Solitaire D, PO
- Hearts PO, M
- Hold 'Em PokerTexas hold 'emTexas Hold 'em is a variation of the standard card game of poker. The game consists of two cards being dealt face down to each player and then five community cards being placed face-up by the dealer—a series of three then two additional single cards , with...
PO - Honey Combo S
- Hotel Solitaire D
- Klondike Solitaire D, PO
- PinochlePinochlePinochle or Binocle is a trick-taking game typically for two to four players and played with a 48 card deck. Derived from the card game bezique, players score points by trick-taking and also by forming combinations of cards into melds. It is thus considered part of a "trick-and-meld" category...
PO - Poker Superstars II D, PO
- Pyramid S
- Pyramids PO, M
- SheepsheadSheepsheadSheepshead or Sheephead is a trick-taking card game related to the Skat family of games. It is the Americanized version of a card game that originated in Central Europe in the late 18th century under the German name Schafkopf. Although Schafkopf literally means "sheepshead", it has nothing to do...
PO - Solitaire 13 D, PO
- SpadesSpadesSpades is a partnership trick-taking card game devised in the United States in the 1930s, in which the object is for each pair or partnership to take at least the number of tricks they bid on before play began. Spades is a descendant of the Whist family of card games, which also includes Bridge,...
PO - Super Solitaire D
- Super Solitaire 2 D
- Tornado 21 PO, M
- Turbo Solitaire D, PO
Other games
Playable online (PO) , Downloadable (D), Mobile (M), Skill (S)- Pac-ManPac-Manis an arcade game developed by Namco and licensed for distribution in the United States by Midway, first released in Japan on May 22, 1980. Immensely popular from its original release to the present day, Pac-Man is considered one of the classics of the medium, virtually synonymous with video games,...
D - TextTwist D, PO
- Tradewinds D
- Tradewinds 2 D, PO
- Tradewinds Legends D, PO
- Word RacerWord RacerWord Racer is a game developed by Yahoo! in 1999 for use on its Yahoo! Games page. The game play is similar to Boggle with some notable exceptions, especially the scoring and game board configurations.-Rules and Scoring:...
PO
- Yahoo! Graffiti PO
- Yahoo! Towers PO