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Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unverifiable material may be challenged and removed. | Browser games are electronic games that are played online via the Internet. They are distinct from normal video and computer games in that they do not require any client side software to be installed. There are games that rely solely on client-side technologies such as a web browser and a common plugin such as Java or Flash, whereas other also employ server-side scripting. The latter case are typically (massive) multiplayer games, whereas the client-side games are typically single-player games. A game played in a browser is often called a browser-based game. Tug of war is an easily organized, impromptu game that requires little equipment. ...
A console game is a form of interactive multimedia used for entertainment. ...
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Client/Server is a network application architecture which separates the client (usually the graphical user interface) from the server. ...
An example of a Web browser (Mozilla Firefox) A web browser is a software application that enables a user to display and interact with text, images, videos, music and other information typically located on a Web page at a website on the World Wide Web or a local area network. ...
A plugin (plug-in, addin, add-in, addon or add-on) is a computer program that interacts with a main (or host) application (a web browser or an email program, for example) to provide a certain, usually very specific, function on demand. ...
A Java applet is an applet delivered in the form of Java bytecode. ...
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Server-side scripting is a web server technology in which a users request is fulfilled by running a script directly on the web server to generate dynamic HTML pages. ...
Plugin-based games Plugin-based browser games require a form of web browser plugin to function. Some of these may include Java, Shockwave and Flash, with some of these plugins available through default installations of most modern day browsers. The games created using these technologies rely heavily on the client's browser to download and utilize the game's code on the client side. Due to this fact, it allows users to more easily hack the code on their end, denying fair multiplayer gameplay, therefore a large majority of plug-in based games today are still single player. The upside to this is that since the client does most of the processing, the server does not receive a heavy bandwidth load of requests. A plugin (plug-in, addin, add-in, addon or add-on) is a computer program that interacts with a main (or host) application (a web browser or an email program, for example) to provide a certain, usually very specific, function on demand. ...
A Java applet is an applet delivered in the form of Java bytecode. ...
Macromedia Shockwave is frequently confused with Macromedia Flash. ...
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More recent browser-based games use web technologies like AJAX to make more complicated multiplayer interactions possible. “AJAX†redirects here. ...
DHTML/Javascript games With the development of DOM (document object model) Level 2 technologies in the late 1990s (see Internet Explorer 4, and Netscape 4), it became possible to produce games that would run within a browser without the need of 3rd party plugins. These games were written in DHTML (Dynamic HTML), which is a combination of CSS and Javascript. Normally used for drop down menus and simple image rollovers, DHTML can be used to produce the animation effects required for sprite based action games. Ajax games are produced through the coupling of DHTML and PHP. Windows Internet Explorer (formerly Microsoft Internet Explorer abbreviated MSIE), commonly abbreviated to IE, is a series of proprietary graphical web browsers developed by Microsoft and included as part of the Microsoft Windows line of operating systems starting in 1995. ...
Netscape Communications (formally known as Netscape Communications Corporation and commonly known as Netscape), is an American computer services company, best known for its web browser. ...
Dynamic HTML or DHTML designates a technique of creating interactive web sites by using a combination of the static markup language HTML, a client-side scripting language (such as JavaScript) and the style definition language Cascading Style Sheets. ...
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It has been suggested that Client-side JavaScript be merged into this article or section. ...
Dynamic HTML or DHTML designates a technique of creating interactive web sites by using a combination of the static markup language HTML, a client-side scripting language (such as JavaScript) and the style definition language Cascading Style Sheets. ...
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Dynamic HTML or DHTML designates a technique of creating interactive web sites by using a combination of the static markup language HTML, a client-side scripting language (such as JavaScript) and the style definition language Cascading Style Sheets. ...
For other uses, see PHP (disambiguation). ...
Server-side games A growing number of games are being created using server-side scripting, in a language such as PHP, ASP, Ruby, Perl, Python and Java. Games such as this store all code server side and only send the user's browser HTML markup language for interpretation. Some include JavaScript or AJAX to allow the user to see immediate responses to their online actions and make the games more visually appealing. Having all game code server side allows for a more secure setting as the player does not have direct access to it, making it harder to alter the code and cheat. Server-side scripting is a web server technology in which a users request is fulfilled by running a script directly on the web server to generate dynamic HTML pages. ...
For other uses, see PHP (disambiguation). ...
Active Server Pages (ASP) is Microsofts server-side script engine for dynamically-generated web pages. ...
Ruby is a reflective, object-oriented programming language. ...
Wikibooks has a book on the topic of Perl Programming Perl is a dynamic programming language created by Larry Wall and first released in 1987. ...
Python is a high-level programming language first released by Guido van Rossum in 1991. ...
JavaServer Pages (JSP) is a Java technology that allows software developers to dynamically generate HTML, XML or other types of documents in response to a Web client request. ...
HTML, short for Hypertext Markup Language, is the predominant markup language for web pages. ...
It has been suggested that Client-side JavaScript be merged into this article or section. ...
“AJAX†redirects here. ...
Individual languages A variety of languages are used for programming these games, each with their own attributes.
Java Java was the first language used for web-based animations and games. It is extremely reliable, requiring no downloads by the user. It runs completely within the window. Java programs are also called applets.
Shockwave Shockwave frequently allows a higher level of visual complexity, incorporating wider styles of animation and imagery. It has been used to capture many styles, such as anime.
Flash Flash allows a much higher level of complexity in online games. It frequently allows players to use a wide variety of weapons and objects, and can supply much more detailed maps and settings.
See also This is a list of multiplayer browser games. ...
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Online skill-based games are a growing genre of browser-based games. ...
An online Word game is a word game based in an online venue. ...
Jay Is Games (A.K.A. Casual Gameplay) is a regularly updated webgame reviewing website that features hundreds of links fit into many categories (tags) that have been deemed Jayisgames worthy, meaning that they are of high enough quality to be reviewed on the site. ...
PopCap Games is an online gaming developer and publisher, based in Seattle, Washington, United States. ...
External links - DMOZ Browser Based Game Directory (Open directory)
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