Download Free Games - A well-designed and fun-to-browse Web site offering a fantastic round-up of freeware and shareware games. Here, you'll find board games, chess, arcade games, war games and more, along with some classics, such as PacMan, Tetris and Asteroids. Good reviews and screen shots of each game are also provided along with the developer's details.

Free Games - One of our favourite free games Web sites. Free-Games.to provides hand-picked high quality free games to download, many of which are amongst the best freeware games on the Internet. The site is easy to navigate, fast-loading and also includes a screenshot, description and file size next to each featured game. All the games here will function on Microsoft Windows.

play.vg - 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-style games, sports games, puzzles, Tetris and some word and gambling games.

Freeloader.com - 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. 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.

Free Flash Games - A superb site, featuring over 200 free Flash-based games, all with screenshots included. Free Flash Games provides a neat and slick navigation system, and organises all games into a number of different categories, some of which are: "Arcade Games", "Card Games", "Strategy Games", "Word Games", etc. To receive updates, you can also subscribe to their e-mail newsletter.

Download Free Mac Games - 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 are included.

Top Free Games - Top-Free-Games.com provides links to some of the Internet's best-loved "free games" Web sites. The sites listed here contain all kinds of entertaining games, which you can either download or play online through your Web browser. This site is updated fairly regularly as new sites appear on the list, making it an ideal starting-point for those wishing to play Internet games.

GameDep.com - A collection of free online games that you can play directly through your Web browser. There are various games available here in numerous categories: arcade and action, strategy, flight & shoot, puzzle & board, adventure, sport & racing and classic games. All the games featured here are rated on a scale by an advanced rating system. The site is frequently updated.

PlayaPlaza.com - PlayaPlaza.com is a free games site with a twist. Not only can you play free online games for fun, you can also play for money. At this site, you can play head-to-head against players from around the world at the board games of chess and checkers. Registering at PlayaPlaza.com is simple and new users can create a free account in a matter of minutes.

Mindgames - This site offers "an eclectic collection of games to pass the time and challenge the mind." The Mindgames site includes over 40 freeware games to play, which are sectioned into categories. Card games, board games, word games, along with some miscellaneous applications can be found here. Each game has a detailed description and screenshot accompanying it.

Leading-Games.com - This site provides a variety of online games that you can play through your Web browser, free of charge. All kinds of game genres are available here, such as arcade games, sports games, adventure games, puzzles and more. Leading-Games.com also features a rating system, where after you've played a game, you can submit your verdict at the touch of a button.

Fetchfido Free Online Games - This site offers an extensive and addictive collection of the latest free online games. No registration is required at Fetchfido (you can begin playing their games straight away), and the site features Shockwave, Java and also Flash-based games. As well as this, Fetchfido includes file sizes for their games so you can judge how long each will take to load.

Only Free Games - An easy-to-navigate site with a growing collection of freebie games for you to download. Some of the sections here include: arcade, action, platform, puzzle, shooting and simulation games. Each game featured here comes complete with a screen shot (so you can see how the game looks before you download), and they also provide a concise description.

GameGarage - This is one of FreebieList.com's favourite free online gaming Web sites. GameGarage provides an excellent collection of addictive games to play directly through your Web browser and includes arcade games, shooting, puzzles, racing, casino games and more. Every game featured at GameGarage comes complete with playing instructions and a description.

Gobs of Games - A quality free games portal featuring over 1000 online games to play, including Battle Ships, Ice Hockey, Street Fighter, Office Paintball and more. This site is updated weekly with new games to play and organises games into the following categories: Action, Sports, Puzzles, Arcade Classics, Miscellaneous and "Entertain Me", for cool sites, cartoons and Flash movies.

HeavyGames.com - A fun and jam-packed free games Web site featuring hundreds of freebie games to play online. At HeavyGames.com, you'll be spoilt for choice for which games to play, with the following categories being available: action, arcade, sports, puzzles, cards, adventure, classic games and more. Besides this, the most popular games are featured at the top of their home page.

GamesQueue.com - Here's a well-designed and regularly updated Web site, featuring tons of fun (and completely free) online games. At GamesQueue.com, you'll find over nine categories all jam-packed with entertainment, including arcade-themed games, cards and puzzles, racing and shooting, etc. There are also multiplayer games available here, so you can play against your friends.

FreeGamesForWindows.com - Provides a growing collection of free games to download for Microsoft Windows 98, NT, ME, 2000 and XP operating systems. At this site, you can play games such as Smiley Shoot, Cookie Buster, Hi-Lo Frenzy, Onslaught and also Blopper. Screenshots and also the file sizes of each game are provided here, so you can view the games before you download.

Miniclip.com - An action-packed free games Web site, with all kinds of entertaining "extras" thrown in for good measure. Miniclip.com provides an eclectic collection of freebie games in many formats including sport, action, adventure, puzzles, and even shooting. At this site, you can also find the famous interactive "Dancing Bush" show, as well as other popular interactive comedy shows.

All Games Free - All Games Free is a high quality Web site that provides a varied range of entertaining free games to play online. Classic arcade games are included here, as are cards and solitaire, puzzles, word games, shooting games and interactive trivia games. Registering enables you to customise your own page with your all favourite games ready to play at the click of a button.

ArcadeTown.com - 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 fairly regularly and the site also counts the highest scores. Note: many of the games here require a Java plug-in to function correctly.

EskimoGames.com - Eskimo Games is a fantastic site that offers free games to download in a variety of categories, including: arcade, action, 3D games, classic, sport, puzzles, kids, casino and scores. There's also a message board here and some interesting links to browse through. All the games are made using Flash, Shockwave or Java, so you may need to install the correct plug-in.

Unlimited Web Games - At this site, you'll find hundreds of free online games in various categories, some of which include: arcade, action and sports games. There are, of course, many more sections to explore. The games featured here are rated out of ten, so if you've got limited time, you can head over to the best ones. Various new features are promised in the near future.

Online Retro Games - At this site, you will find a large selection of free Flash-based games, which you can play online, directly through your Web browser. Java games, downloadable games and also Shockwave games are featured at this site, so you may have to install the necessary plug-ins. Along with this, Flash game categories include: arcade, puzzles, sport games, cards and board games.

PopCap Games - This exciting and funky-looking site serves up a variety of free games to play in your Web browser. PopCap Games also provides enhanced downloadable versions of their online games, with better graphics, sounds and game play. However, these are shareware (i.e. they are only free to try). To begin playing their Web games, follow the link on the left hand navigation bar.

Free Fantasy Football - If you're a wannabe Barclaycard Premiership manager, then you'll love this site. It allows you to create and manage the ultimate fantasy football team. For starters, a ?60 million budget allows you to snap up the best players, who will help lead your team to victory. You can play against anyone, plus match results are recorded so you can keep track of your progress.

123 Free Solitaire - Download this fantastic and completely free solitaire card games collection, and play many popular games, such as Spider Solitaire, FreeCell, Carpet, Klondike, along with others. Each game here has more than nine trillion possible shuffles to play, and there's also sound effects, extensive options and quality help available within the program. Approximately: 1.66MB.

Runescape - 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.

Addicting Games - At this site, you'll find a large collection of links to free Flash-based games scattered across the Internet. Action games, arcade games, puzzles, card games and various others can be found here, along with some archived games, available from times past. Addicting Games is a simple Web site, but very enjoyable and ideal if you've got some spare time to fill.

Game.net - Game.net (formally Barry's World) has an excellent design and powers free games for many popular portals and Web sites. They offer a range of online games to play, all have detailed instructions and can be played with other people surfing (2,3, etc. players). It is recommended that you have a fairly good Internet connection, e.g. a 56kbps modem or better should be sufficient.

Small Games - Although not an artistic masterpiece, we couldn't help but become addicted to the "Small Games" Web site. It's free, fast and contains a number of java-based games for you to play directly through your Web browser. Since the games are very small in size, they don't take too long to load either, meaning you can be playing "Znake", "OneLeft" or "Lines" within seconds of clicking.

GameHippo.com - A popular and high-quality free games Web site, featuring only freeware games to download. Here, you'll find all games are accompanied with a complete description, along with the system requirements and a "staff" rating. Categories include: action games, adventure, arcade/classic, board, card, casino, educational, etc. There is also a message board here.

Candy Stand - 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.

DOS Games Archive - This impressive Web site is home to hundreds of MS-DOS games, which you can download for free and play on your computer. All available games are sorted into alphabetical order (so it's easy to locate your favourites), genre - such as "classic", "shooting", etc. and by version and year of release. Here, you'll also find plenty of interactive features and links.

Shockwave.com - 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.

Pogo.com - Pogo.com's colourful and feature-packed home-page allows you to play free online games, either for fun or for prizes. There are a number of popular games here, including Backgammon, Checkers, Chess, Dominoes, Football Bonanza and a large number of word games and trivia quizzes. Note: people have reported problems when playing their "Turbo 21" game.

Yahoo! Games - 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.

GameColony.com - Offers free board and card games to play online, plus has a database of over two million classics. Some of these include: chess, back gammon, checkers, gin, spades, hearts. Before playing a game, you must register free of charge. After that, you may enter the java-gaming area and play whichever game you chose. GameColony now also features gaming chat rooms.

Kids Crosswords - When computer games give kids strange imaginations, you can't beat the old fashioned crossword for some light entertainment. This site (aimed at kids), has a selection of puzzles and crosswords to play online. Some of which are far more educational than wrestling or simulated football. People new to online gaming can read the FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions).

MSN Gaming Zone - 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.

Clickomania - Here's a really cool program for the young and old alike. It is a simple game where you try to remove as many stones as possible with the same colour block. Clickomania has many options where you can increase the speed, the difficulty and the view. Runs under Windows 95 (or higher) and NT systems. Multiple language support is provided. The file size is 0.4 Megabytes.