Online games can range from simple text based games to games incorporating complex graphic

These games were frequently based on fantasy settings, using rules similar to those in the role-playing game Dungeons & Dragons. Other styles of games, such as chess, Scrabble clones, and other board games were available. Since continuous connectivity was often expensive as access was frequently ch

When Microsoft began packaging Flash as a pre-installed component of IE, the Internet began to shift from a data/information spectrum to also offer on-demand entertainment. This revolution paved the way for sites to offer games to web surfers. Many games like Club Penguin, World Of Warcraft, Final Fantasy XI, and Lineage II, although games like Guild Wars are games where you don't pay to play, charge a monthly fee to subscribe to their services.