Galactic Fleets
This is an addictive free online space trading and combat MMORPG (massive multiplayer online role-playing game) that you can play in your browser. The game lets you control thousands of starships and explore a vast online galaxy, made up of over 160,000 solar systems.
Ysabel
This is a fun, free Web-based multi-player strategy game that lets you build your own castle in real time. No installation is required; you can play the game in your browser.
Games County
At this regularly updated site, you'll find a fun collection of free online games. Categories include action, arcade, adventure, shooting, sports, racing, puzzles and more.
Astarum
Here's a fun, free new space empire-building combat game that you can play in your browser. In this game, you can settle planets, build fleets, and attack enemies.
PlayOnlineForFree.com
This site offers a good roundup of over 3,000 free online games, ranging from classics to cutting-edge titles. The site offers descriptions for each game, and visitors can rate each title as well. Categories include action, arcade, casino, Nintendo, puzzles, role-playing, sports, and more.
Light Arcade
This is a fun site that offers over 2,000 free Flash games that you can play in your browser. Game categories here include action, arcade, puzzles, role-playing, sports, and more.
PopArcade
This site has a good collection of over 300 free online games. Categories include action, adventure, arcade, casino, puzzles, sports, strategy, and more. New games are added here weekly.
FreePlaySolitaire.com
At this addictive site, you can play online solitaire games in your browser for free. Unlike most solitaire games, here you play against the clock for points. The faster you play, the higher your score.
Play.vg
Here, you'll find a fun collection of free classic arcade games that you can play in your browser. Categories include action, adventure, board games, Pac-Man, puzzles, shooters, word games, and more.
Online Solitaire
This site offers three free, fun online solitaire card games (Klondike, FreeCell and Spider) that you can play in your browser. The card games here feature nice graphics, as well as a nifty right-click move feature that makes moving the cards especially easy.
Netrek
This is a free multiplayer online space battle real-time strategy game. A classic title, Netrek has been around over 20 years, but is alive and well, thanks to a dedicated network of volunteer developers, and it remains as addictive as ever. (For Windows, Mac, and Linux).
Chosen Space
Looking for a challenge? Chosen Space is a fun, free Web-based massively multiplayer strategy game set in space. Here, you can become a bounty hunter, join a trading federation, control an empire, and much more. The game is turn-based and simple to play, but it takes time to master.
Wired Arcade
This site has a fun selection of free games that you can play online. Game categories here include action, adventure, arcade, puzzles, shooting games, sports and strategy.
Grump
An addictive, free online card game that is based on a solitaire layout (but also lets you compete against three other players). Grump features colorful graphics and nice sound. Note: this game requires the free Macromedia Shockwave browser plugin.
GameCricket.com
If you enjoy the game of cricket, this site is a must. Here, you can play a free online statistical simulation of a one-day cricket match. You can also use this site to predict the scores and results of one-day international cricket games.
ImpressiveGames.com
At this site, you'll find a nice selection of free, chat-enabled online games that you can play in your browser. Categories include action, adventure, puzzles, sports, and more.
GoodWebGames.com
Here, you'll find a fun collection of free online games in Java and Shockwave format. Game types here include arcade, action, classics, puzzles, racing, shooting games, slots and strategy.
HalfTimeGames.com
At this site, you'll find a fun collection of free online games that you can play in your browser. Game categories include arcade titles, shooting games, board games, sports games, and more. The site includes such classics as Pac-Man, Space Invaders and Tetris.
WickedGoodGames.com
This site offers a fun collection of free online games that you can play in any browser. Here, you'll find Flash, Java and Shockwave games, as well as downloadable titles. Games are also available here for MSN TV/WebTV users.
Games2Go
At this site, you'll find over 150 free online games, including such arcade classics as Pac-Man, Space Invaders and Tetris. Game categories here include adventure, casino, puzzles, sports, trivia and more.
ReallyFunArcade.com
This site offers lots of free, entertaining online Flash games that you can play in your browser. Game categories include action, puzzles, sports, shooting games and classics. New titles are added here each Thursday.
AAAFreeGames.com
Are you bored? This site has the cure: loads of fun, free games that you can play in your browser. The dazzling, multimedia games here can be quite addictive. Titles include action, strategy, puzzles, sports and arcade games.
Arcade Outpost
This fun directory rounds up almost 500 free games in a variety of categories, including action, casino, classic, puzzles, racing, sports and strategy. The games here are in Java and Macromedia formats (which means you can play them in your browser, without having to download anything).
Stan's NetChess
This free service lets you play chess games online via a graphical interface, with your moves updated automatically. No Java or downloads are required to play at this human vs. human site.
The Quest for Yap
This free, multi-player space strategy game is a lot of fun. Here, you go head-to-head with other online players, testing your skills in various tasks such as trading, diplomacy and warfare.
AFunZone.com
Are you bored and looking for some fun? This site offers loads of fun, free activities, including over 800 online games. Here, you'll also find over 2,000 brain teasers, as well as puzzles, quizzes, IQ tests, trivia, contests and more.
MSN Gaming Zone
Looking for some real, live competition in free online gaming? If so, this site is hard to beat. Microsoft's cutting-edge gaming center is the biggest resource of its type on the Web. Membership is free. Games here include classics such as backgammon, bridge, checkers, chess, cribbage, go, hearts, reversi and spades.
Zone.com offers a much-improved interface, which features a real-time display of the number of people playing different games. This feature makes it easier to locate opponents to compete against.
Among Zone.com's more helpful features is its free ranking system, which shows you how you stack up versus the competition.
DOS Games Archive
Got a few hours to kill? This entertaining site serves up a nice roundup of over 200 classic computer games from the 1980s and 90s. The games here include freeware, shareware, demos and public domain titles.
Abandonline.com
This site offers a cool roundup of "abandonware" games (abandonware refers to software that has been discontinued or abandoned by its original copyright owners). Here, you'll find many blasts from the past, including Commander Keen, Duke Nukem, Lemmings, Lord of the Rings, Zaxxon and many more.
Halo 3 Forum
This gaming forum is a good place to hang out if you're a fan of Halo 3, Microsoft's popular video game for the Xbox 360 console. The site includes info about cheats, tactics, strategy, and more. A Halo 2 forum is also available here .
Clutu
A fun free online crossword puzzle game that you can either play by yourself, or with friends. Clutu features a bookmark option that lets you save incomplete games to finish later.
WorldOfFreeGames.com
This fun site serves up a collection of almost 500 downloadable freeware games. Categories include action, adventure, strategy, RPG, side-scrolling, puzzles, board games and more.
DynoDownloads.com
Here, you'll find a nice selection of free games that you can either download or play in your browser. The site includes game descriptions and reviews. Categories include arcade, action, puzzles, card games, and more.
NeedCheat.com
Need a helping hand finishing your favorite video game? This site offers over 800 pages of free cheat codes for classic and new games for all the major gaming platforms. New cheat codes are regularly added here as well.
Cheatbot.com
A handy and well-organized resource for gamers, Cheatbot.com serves up a big archive of free cheat codes, guides, and hints for over 50,000 games on more than 75 platforms.
Arcade Nut
This family friendly site offers a nice selection of Flash format games for all ages. Game categories include sports, action, oldies, arcade and puzzles.
FreeGames.WS
This site offers a fun collection of free games in Java and Flash format. Categories include board games, puzzles, action, arcade, etc. The site features a roundup of classic games, including Pac-Man, Mahjong, Worms, Space Invaders and more.
Sudoku Monkey
This site is a must for fans of Sudoku, the popular logic puzzle game. Here, you can sign up to have a free Sudoku puzzle delivered to your E-mail daily.
CheatBook-DataBase
Do you need some help in tackling tough computer games? This freeware cheat codetracker offers a roundup of hints and cheats for over 5,500 PC games. The program is easy to use. (For Windows).
AAACheatcodes.com
Do you need help finishing your favorite video or PC game? This site offers thousands of free cheat codes for all major gaming platforms. Here, you'll also find hints, tips, and walkthroughs for thousands of video and computer games. New cheat codes are regularly added here as well.
Gem's Games
This site is a good place to go for freeware and abandonware games. Each game is reviewed and rated on a 1- to 5-star basis. Titles here fall into three categories: DOS games, Windows games and "Full Versions."
AFunZone.com
Are you bored and looking for some fun? This site offers loads of fun, free activities, including over 800 online games. Here, you'll also find over 2,000 brain teasers, as well as puzzles, quizzes, IQ tests, trivia, contests and more.
Qmpeople
Looking for new friends? This site offers a fun, free social network, with members from around the world. Qmpeople offers chat, games, videos, and other fun activities. The site is available in various languages.
MSN Messenger emoticons
Do you use MSN Messenger (the free, popular instant messaging client)? Then check out this site, which offers loads of free goodies to help you make the most of Messenger, including thousands of emoticons and avatars. You'll also find hundreds of add-ons, skins, tricks, secrets, and free downloads here.
FunMunch.com
This site offers loads of fun freebies, including online games, ecards, videos, wallpapers, jokes, poems, funny pictures, and holiday-themed freebies.
MobbyMonster.com
This site offers lots of free goodies for your mobile phone. Here, you'll find reviews of mobile phone screensavers, software, themes, utilities, wallpapers, and more.
My Fun Mail
At this free, fun site, you can easily design a custom cartoon E-mail, which you can then send to your friends. E-mail categories here include Fun, Sports, Sorry, Sexy, and more.
FunnyTreat.com
Looking for a laugh? This site offers a big roundup of fun freebies. Here, you will find funny pictures, videos, games, jokes, MySpace goodies, and more.
Printable Sudoku Puzzles
At this site, you'll find a fun collection of free Sudoku puzzles that you can output to your printer, or play online. Sudoku is an increasingly popular logic-based puzzle game.
Caricature Zone
Here's a fun free site that lets you easily create custom cartoon caricatures. The site also has a "Warp Java program" that lets you transform your photos into wacky images. There's also a big collection of caricatures of the rich and famous, as well as games and more.
ForestOfLove.com
At this clever site, you can create a custom message for your loved ones. Here, you "carve" your message onto a nifty-looking virtual tree, which is then displayed on its own page on the site. A free service, ForestOfLove.com lets you send a link with your tree's page to your loved ones and friends.
Free-Avatars.com
A good place to go for free avatars, this site offers nearly 5,000 avatars in over 90 categories. Topics include animals, anime, cartoons, fantasy, holidays, movies, music, sports, and more.
Coloring-Book-Pages.com
Looking for coloring pages for your kids? This site has a nice, searchable selection of almost 2,000 coloring pages that you can output on your printer. Categories include Superman, Yu-Gi-Oh, The Letter People, Scooby-Doo, and more. The site also accepts requests, if you don't find what you need.
AvatarsDB
This site offers a large, organized database of free avatars optimized for use in forums, blogs, Web sites and instant messaging programs. The site also hosts avatars (saving you the trouble of having to find an image hosting service). AvatarsDB offers nearly 40,000 avatars, organized into more than 500 categories.
Public Domain Movie Torrents
This site features a fun collection of free public domain movies, including obscure films, off-beat cinema and cult classics. Movie categories include action, animation, comedy, drama, martial arts, sci-fi, serials, westerns, and more. Films are available in various media player formats, including PSP, PDA and iPod.
Buckaroos
This humor site offers an entertaining grab bag of various fun free items, including games, jokes, cartoons, greeting cards, trivia, funny pictures and videos.
MyComic.eu
This fun free site lets you easily design your own custom cartoon E-mail, which you can then send to your friends. The site is available in English, French and German versions.
HotAvatars.com
Are you looking for avatars? (Avatars are small images that people use to represent themselves in Web forums and chat services). This site serves up a nice free avatar collection, as well as signatures, icons, textures, tutorials and more. You can also store and share your avatars online here.
Live-Webcams-Online.com
This fun site offers a big directory of Web cams from around the world. Each Web cam is extensively described. Web cam categories include astronomy, beaches, colleges, pubs, shops, as well as cities in the U.S. and Europe. There's even a spooky "Ghosts and Paranormal" Web cam section.
Free Sudoku puzzles
This site offers free Sudoku puzzles that you can either play online or output to your printer. Sudoku is an increasingly popular logic-based puzzle game. The puzzles at this site range from easy to mind-bendingly difficult.
AAALyrics.com
This is the place to go if you're looking for the lyrics to your favorite songs. This site offers a searchable database that includes the complete lyrics to over 160,000 songs, from current chart hits to golden oldies. You can browse by lyrics, title, artist or album.
Let's Build A Dollhouse
Would you like to try your hand at building a dollhouse? This site offers free, detailed plans about how to build a dollhouse. The site includes lots of photos and step-by-step instructions. And at this site , you'll find loads of free printable dollhouse wallpaper.
E-Jokes.net
This fun site serves up a big collection of jokes and funny stories. Joke categories include animals, blondes, cops, kids, old age, politics, redneck jokes, and more.
AAAFunnyVideos.com
Looking for a laugh? This site offers a roundup of funny videos that you can play in your browser. Here, you'll also find funny pictures and Flash games.
Schmaili
Liven up your E-mail correspondence with this fun, freeware program that lets you easily insert an animated smiley face into your messages with a simple mouse click. There are a wide range of nifty-looking smiley face characters to choose from here. (For Microsoft Outlook, Outlook Express, IncrediMail, and Netscape Messenger 7.0).
Jokes-Cartoons.com
Looking for some laughs? This site serves up a fun collection of jokes, sorted by category, as well as funny pictures and links to other humor sites.
Poker freebies
Do you enjoy poker? At this site, you can earn free poker products by accumulating "points," which you earn by signing up for various free offers at the site. Products available here include poker chip sets, table tops, card decks, and more. (U.S. only).
Jokes Gallery
Here's an entertaining humor site that's filled with jokes, funny pictures & movies, greeting cards and riddles.
MSN-Emotions.org
This site offers a nice collection of free emoticons (or "emotions") to spice up your correspondence with MSN Messenger, the instant messaging client. The site includes a helpful FAQ, as well as installation instructions. Categories include animals, cars, eyes, flags, hands, smileys and more.
The Coloring Spot
Are your kids bored and looking for something to do? This site offers a huge roundup of free coloring pages on the Web that you can download and output on your printer.
AAAFreeGames.com
Are you bored? This site has the cure: loads of fun, free games that you can play in your browser. The dazzling, multimedia games here can be quite addictive. Titles include action, strategy, puzzles, sports and arcade games.
Super Web Soccer
Relive the action of the FIFA World Cup with this fun, free online game. Super Web Soccer lets you control teams from the recent tournament and it offers joystick support. The game is Java-based, so you can play it in your browser.
Error95 Joke Program
This freeware program is a must-have gag for pranksters. Error95 generates customizable fake error messages for Microsoft Windows. Drive your computer buddies crazy! (For Windows).
Cursor Fun
Here's a fun, freeware program that randomly changes the appearance of the mouse cursor. It allows you to choose which cursor to change, what type of cursor to change it to, and how often you'd like to swap the cursor. Cursor Fun is great for playing a trick on an unsuspecting user, or for those who get bored easily with their desktop. (For Windows).
HeadAche
This freeware prank program lives up to its name. That is: it'll definitely give you a headache. Be sure to view the disclaimer before viewing. You may also send HeadAche as a postcard. (For Windows).
Black Screen
This freeware program will cause your victim's screen to go black or capture the desktop and display a bitmap image. The victim of your prank will then be unable to close the screen without a password. Black Screen can be used as a joke gag or for security purposes. (For Windows).
Fake Format
Drive your friends(?) insane with this cruel prank program. Fake Format is a free utility that when executed, gives the appearance that your hard drive is being formated. Your victim will be unable to stop or close this clever, realistic program. It even creates hard drive noise while it is formatting. (For Windows).
TitanTV
A must for couch potatoes, TitanTV offers a free comprehensive TV listings guide. TitanTV lets you search for your favorite TV shows and the site offers listings that you can customize.
Random Wallpaper Changer
This free utility randomly switches your Windows desktop wallpaper at any interval that you select. It's a stealth program (meaning that it can't be detected). Good either as a prank or if you'd just like to have a new wallpaper automatically displayed, from time to time. (For Windows).
The Finger Prank
Launch this free prank program on your unsuspecting victim and watch their reaction when the Windows cursor changes to a rude gesture that involves the middle finger! By default, this program will switch the standard cursor to a finger every five seconds, but you can configure how often the cursor will change. (For Windows).
Program/WAV Launcher
This free, sneaky gag program offers all kinds of possibilities for driving your buddies bananas. It's a hidden program launcher that'll execute a specified program or .WAV file at intervals that you choose. You can specify when the program or sound file will be launched, as well as how often it'll be launched. Fun! (For Windows).
Crazy Num-Caps-Scroll gag program
I know from personal experience that this prank program can drive someone crazy! This free utility will toggle the Num Lock or Scroll Lock keys at intervals that you can specify. You can set up which keys to toggle and how often they'll be toggled. New version includes command line support for Num, Caps and Scroll Lock. (For Windows).
Clickme
Install this free joke program and it displays a button on the desktop. When your prank victim moves their mouse to click on the button, it moves elsewhere! Lots of fun. (For Windows).
Fake Delete
This exceedingly cruel, free prank program simulates the deletion of all files and folders in your victim's Windows directory. Looks very real, and even experienced users will be unable to detect or stop it. You can select the directory to be deleted. This new version even features the added realism of hard drive noise! (For Windows).
Fake Windows Start Menu
Here's another free gag program to play on a computer user. This is a fake Windows Start Menu that won't respond to the user. It actually takes away the users' Start menu and puts this one in its place. Very realistic. (For Windows only).
JavaScript alert gag
If you're a Webmaster and you'd like to play a practical joke on your visitors, then check out this free JavaScript that offers a scary pop-up message that tells visitors they have a computer virus. From The JavaScript Source .
Message Manager
This free gag program allows you to set up a message dialog to be displayed on someone's computer. You can specify the text to be displayed, as well as the type of message box. You can also specify when the message will be displayed, among other options. (For Windows).
Bomb Crash Alert Gag
This joke program simulates the Windows program crash dialog box. And it's difficult to tell that it's a fake! It's easy to use and there is no setup/install involved. Just copy the program to someone's machine and run it. (For Windows).
Open CD gag
Mystify your computer friends with this free program, which inexplicably opens the CD drive. You can change a shortcut on a commonly used application to point to this gag program, sit back, and let the fun begin as they try to figure out what the heck's going on! (For Windows).
Kids' Game House
At this site, you'll find a fun collection of free games that you can play in your browser. Game categories here include action, adventure, arcade, puzzles, sports, multiplayer, and more.
Lapware.co.uk
This site offers a good roundup of free educational games and software for toddlers and small children. The site features both online and downloadable games.
LightUpYourBrain.com
This site offers a nice collection of fun freebies for kids. Here, you'll find free online games for children, as well as a selection of classic children's stories in MP3 format that you can either download or listen to online.
DosGames.com
Classic games never die, they just migrate to this fun site, which rates and reviews various blasts from the past. DosGames.com features excellent, well-researched reviews for games in many categories. Although some of the games here are shareware, many are either freeware or public domain titles.
Mahjonged.com
This site offers an addictive, free 3D version of Mahjong solitaire, a popular game of tactics and strategy. Here, you can choose from six tile sets and a variety of different layouts. The site also offers other mahjong resources, including a rules e-book.
Freeware-Game-Downloads.com
Looking for free games? At this site, you'll find a roundup of freeware and public domain games. Each listing features screenshots and reviews and game categories include action, adventure, arcade, puzzles, RPG, sports, strategy, and more.
Irina Pinball
A fun, challenging freeware pinball game from Denmark that pays tribute to the lovely Russian figure skater, Irina Slutskaya. (For Windows).
Railroad Tycoon
The classic strategy game, Railroad Tycoon, is now available as a free download. This download includes DOSBox (a DOS emulator that lets this 1990 game run on modern computers). Note: to access the game, click on the "Download" section and look for the "Railroad Tycoon" link. (For Windows).
Free-Games-Fun.com
Here's a good freeware games directory that lists and rates games in a variety of categories, including action, adventure, role playing, simulation, sports and strategy.
CyPet
Here is a fun virtual pet game, in which you maintain, feed, and take care of your pet. CyPet features two games that you can play with your pet, as well as support for multiple types of pets. (For Windows).
Free Solitaire
Scroll down the page to access "Free Solitaire," a free collection of 10 solitaire games that features large, realistic card graphics. If you're tired of squinting at the tiny cards in other solitaire games, then this game is for you. You can even use any image you'd like as a card back. Games included are Forty Thieves, Free Cell, Indian Patience, Double Klondike, Montana, Pyramid, Sea Towers, Spider, and more. (For Windows).
Free-Games.as
This easy-to-navigate site offers a treasure trove of freeware games. It includes reviews, descriptions and screen shots of each game. Categories include action, adventure, card games, kids' games, puzzles, sports, strategy and word games.
Grand Theft Auto
The original version of this classic "urban crime game" is now available as a free download from its developer, Rockstar Games. This version of the game has been optimized "for play on the latest and greatest computers." (For Windows).
Winter Scenes Tetris Game
Here's a nifty freeware version of the classic Tetris game that features the sounds and sights of winter. If you like the lovely background winter scenes, be sure to also grab the related Animated Winter Scene free screen saver here. (For Windows).