Gaming Sites:
Abstract Funhouse
Just when you thought you'd seen enough Shockwave games, along comes the Funhouse. Links to all the biggies are here, from Shockwave Whack-a-Mole to Celebrity Slugfest! Check out this list if you're low on ideas for shocked fun.
Bat Page Game Room: Bats Bats Everywhere
Personal site crusading for the protection of bats makes learning about the flying mammals fun for kids. Puzzles, bat poem magnets and an echolocation game all use interaction to educate children about the noble animal.
Blip
Goofball games abound at this multimedia site for grown-ups. Try your hand at the Perambulator GP or join a multiplayer game of Sumo! in the lounge.
Bucking Bronco Game
The challenge is to keep the bronco rider on the horse for at least six seconds, and that's no easy feat with this hard-riding, quick-moving Shocked horse. Play as often as you like; this female rider is as tough as they come.
Build-a-Monster
Choose varied body parts from animals and aliens to build a kooky monster all your own. In the style of the Dadaists' Exquisite Corpse parlor game.
Cartoon World's Cosmic Conflict
Your mission here is to save the world from alien invaders and have fun. There's a lot of fun animation here as well.
Crop Circle Game
You can make your own crop sircles here. Just move your mouse over the field and fly in your spaceship.
Fun 'n' Games: Bombpop.com
Home of the original Bomb Pop popsicle has an ice cream truck full of multimedia games to put kids in good humor. Try puzzles, quizzes and creative challenges.
Games, Puzzles & Activities
A jumble of Java games for kids young and old is waiting on this page from a Fox television station in Alaska. Click for classics such as Tetris and PacMan, or go for Marbles Solitaire, Car Jam and the Lion King Puzzle.
Games: Adveractive
Multimedia company presents a wide range of interactive games. Try mind games, sports games, puzzles and action games. Also with games for kids.
Games: Fox 4 Kids Club
Television station from Anchorage, Alaska, offers interactive online games for kids, from classics like Chinese Checkers to original creations. At last visit some highlights included Build a Cake and Elephant Hex.
Games: WorldVillage Kidz
Interactive amusements such as SaltWater Swim, UFO Attack and Netris -- an online version of Tetris -- will alternately challenge kids and give them the giggles.
Gillette Clinic Game
Play doctor online with this interactive game that helps kids learn about what and who belongs in a doctor's office. Drag and drop crutches, hypodermic needles and health care professionals into a photo-realistic medical environment.
Great Habitat Match-Up Game
An animated science lesson for kids from the folks at the educational publishing house Scholastic. Learn what a habitat is while visiting the homes of assorted flora and fauna.
Hop Pop Town
Rabbit and Raccoon offer three theme-based activity packs for little ones to help develop their creativity. Each activity includes three animated, engaging exercises: finding and listening to sounds, creating music and writing.
Java Duke vs. the Brick Wall
The whole point of this little Java game is to bash our hero around with a paddle. Hit him just right and he will begin to knock out bricks in the wall. Watch out for special bricks and other surprises.
Just for Fun: Kidscom
For kids of all ages, this site offers a selection of fun online games. Includes old classics like hangman, but also features some new fun Shockwave and puzzle games.
Just for the Ride: P.O.V. Interactive
The object of this multimedia game is to keep the cowgirl on the bucking bronco. As in a real rodeo, you only have to hold on for six seconds -- not as easy as it sounds.
Kellogg's Shockwave Games
Looking for tons of fun that everyone can enjoy? Then you've come to the right place! The Kellogg's Clubhouse Games Page is a Shockwave-powered extravaganza that's sure to excite your whole family.
Kid's Domain Online Games
Loads of games -- from the purely fun to the educational -- are targeted to preschoolers and elementary-age kids. Two of the standout offerings are the Impressionist, in which kids can create paintings with dots, and the word game Pluck a Pearl.
Kidland Games
Kidland's got board games -- JavaGammon, Battleship, checkers and more -- and it's also got arcade games -- Muncher, Pacman, pinball, Pong, Space Invaders and more. If that's not enough, click over to Hangman or I Spy.
Kids Zone Games
Welcome to Marshal Moo's Game Zone. There is a long list of games to choose from ranging from tic-tac-toe to Dr. Seuss.
Leamington Kids Game Site
Kids from around the world can play interactive games at the Web site of a small town in Ontario, Canada. Children of all ages are invited to try their hands at online games like Knockout, Frogs and Apple Picking.
Lemonade Stand
Even if last summer's stand didn't net a single dime, you can still try to prove your business savvy with this version of the classic kid's moneymaker. In this game, you're responsible for paying daily rent on your stand and can advertise for customers.
LifeSavers Candystand
Commercial site is sure to cause cavities from a single visit -- it's that packed with candy pictures, candy games and candy contests. Multimedia activities range from sports games to puzzles and pictures to color.
Magic School Bus Activity Lab
The educational publishing company that specializes in books and magazines for young people invites kids to watch the Magic School Bus blow its top. Players learn science facts as they travel to the center of the earth and back.
Mine Sweep
Even if you've never played the Windows game Minesweeper, you can learn the rules of this knock-off very quickly. The object is to clear the two-dimensional grid of all its hidden mines before the clock runs out, without blowing yourself up.
Muskrat Love: Cupid Attack
February is an action-packed month, with Presidents' Day, Valentine's Day and Groundhog Day all packed into the space of a few short weeks. This little Shockwave game includes them all: Cupid shoots groundhogs and tries to miss presidents.
Nikolai's Web Site
Kids site offers games galore, as well as interactive stories and the chance to communicate with other users.
Online Games: Humongous Entertainment
Kids' site has a bunch of interactive games. Some are sports-themed, while others call for a sharp memory or puzzle-solving spy skills.
Online Games: Kids Domain
Some of the multimedia games here involve characters from popular children's books and television shows. Find games for big and little kids alike.
Oreo: Kids Coliseum
If you are an Oreo lover, here is your chance to play all kinds of Oreo Shockwave games in the arcade.
Pang '96
This nonviolent, two-player game includes a whopping 50 levels of play. The object is to destroy balls by shooting them with a harpoon. That sounds easy until you discover that the balls split into two when they're hit. Watch out for rebound.
Peter Pan vs. the Pirates Game
Walt Disney presents an animated entertainment adventure designed with kids in mind. Young players must guide Peter Pan against Captain Hook and his pirate crew. Play online or download the game file to your hard drive.
Play Some Games
There are some really cool jigsaw puzzles here. You choose the one you want to do from a small selection.
Power of Pixie Dust Game
Help keep Peter Pan's mortal friends Wendy, Michael, John and Nana flying high with healthy doses of Pixie dust at just the right time and place. The online game for kids is a Walt Disney Masterpiece production.
Rainy Day Playhouse
A new game is posted every week to this already game-packed site, and bored kids can choose from arcade, puzzle, strategy and word games, or play them all. If that's not enough, create and send a digital postcard or spend some time with the cartoons.
Roaring Mouse's Arcade
This set of three Shockwave arcade games will appeal to preschool and early elementary players. Slower action and uncomplicated rules of play in Bug Bash, Dino Munch and Splash Speaks can help little fingers become accustomed to mouse movement.
Roshambot
You probably know this game by its real name -- rock-paper-scissors -- and this version adds a techno twist to a schoolyard favorite; the computer uses artificial intelligence to try to defeat its opponents. The more you play, the smarter it gets.
Shark Attack
This interesting Java novelty game has you descending through an underwater cavern at increasing speeds. Sounds easy until you have to start dodging the schools of hungry sharks looking for a little snack.
Slide-O
Slide the tiles to make a picture with Slide-O. It's a fun game with really cute pictures to make.
SnailsRace
SnailsRace is a game for players ages 2 and up, and the object is have your snail reach the finish line before the rest of them. Helpful audio clips will assist the younger gamers.
Snowflake Attack
No batteries are required to play this game that pits you against attacking mutant snowflakes. You have only three lives, and your only defense is an arsenal of fruitcakes. Play online with Shockwave or download a free version of the game.
Spywatch: BBC Education
This interactive comic strip adventure takes kids ages 7 to 9 back to World War II to collect clues, track down spy suspects and improve their literacy along the way.
Stoneroids
Fly a spaceship through this Java-powered game and try to blast the stones hurtling by. Fire lasers with the spacebar and enjoy a satisfying explosion when you hit your target. Look out for aliens, grab the power-ups and don't get your lasers too hot.
The Chipmunks Adventure
Choose either the Chipmunks or the Chipettes and try to keep your balloon out of harm's way while picking up the pink diamonds. Chipmunk music serenades you through your adventure.
Wendy's Trivia Challenge
Visit the Walt Disney Home Entertainment site and log on to this interactive trivia game created with kids in mind. The illustrated quiz consists of questions and answers about the Disney animation classic Peter Pan.
Where's Waldo? on the Web
That popular lurker, Waldo, hides out on the Web, too, waiting for you to spot his telltale stripes. Try out interactive Waldo games, the Waldo chat and the Waldo freebies section.
Yumnasium Game Menu
If you've got Shockwave, you can play these breakfast-cereal games right away; if you don't you can download them. Among other treats, find the Lucky Charms matching game, Cheerios tic-tac-toe and a journey to the Center of Cocoa Puffs.