# Snowed in Doper needs games sites - QUICK! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 22, 2000, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snowed-in-doper-needs-games-sites-quick/13014 "2000-01-22T15:24:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![kellibelli](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e480ec/32.png) [@kellibelli](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kellibelli)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2000, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snowed-in-doper-needs-games-sites-quick/13014/1 "2000-01-22T15:24:00Z")
Help! The kids are driving me nuts, I am all Acro-ed out, and I dont feel like Yahoo-ing…where can I find some cool games? Is there a place to play trivial Pursuit, Scrabble, Monopoly…any of the classics? I will be back later, I am returning to my searches… ---
**Author:** ![BoBettie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4af34b/32.png) [@BoBettie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BoBettie)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2000, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snowed-in-doper-needs-games-sites-quick/13014/2 "2000-01-22T15:41:00Z")
[http://www.station.sony.com/](http://www.station.sony.com/) Trivial Persuit, Wheel of Fortune, Jeopardy! Enjoy! Zette * * * Love is like popsicles…you get too much you get too high. Not enough and you’re gonna die… [Click here for some GOOD news for a change](http://www.binghamtonpress.com/binghamtonnews/local/Sanews5.html)[Zettecity](http://www.angelfire.com/ny3/zettecity/index.html) ---
**Author:** ![handy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b5a626/32.png) [@handy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/handy)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2000, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snowed-in-doper-needs-games-sites-quick/13014/3 "2000-01-22T16:16:00Z")
[www.uproar.com](http://www.uproar.com)[www.games.com](http://www.games.com) ? ---
**Author:** ![Sealemon88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c68b51/32.png) [@Sealemon88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sealemon88)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2000, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snowed-in-doper-needs-games-sites-quick/13014/4 "2000-01-22T16:43:00Z")
[www.shockrave.com](http://www.shockrave.com) has a few good ones. [www.mplayer.com](http://www.mplayer.com) is good, when it’s working. 🙂 * * * You say “cheesy” like that’s a **BAD** thing. ---
**Author:** ![kellibelli](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e480ec/32.png) [@kellibelli](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kellibelli)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2000, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snowed-in-doper-needs-games-sites-quick/13014/5 "2000-01-22T17:14:00Z")
[cartman] Ah love you guys![/cartman] I found a grest scrabble place in mirc, and got my ass kicked in a major friggin way by a crarming man from Belfast… i love the internet! ---
**Author:** ![Drain\_Bead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e47774/32.png) [@Drain\_Bead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drain_Bead)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2000, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snowed-in-doper-needs-games-sites-quick/13014/6 "2000-01-22T17:34:00Z")
[www.gamesville.com](http://www.gamesville.com) [www.boxerjam.com](http://www.boxerjam.com) [www.bezerk.com](http://www.bezerk.com) (although I think you already knew about that one) * * * “Buffalo Bills? Oh, yeah. The guys that always snatch defeat from the jaws of victory.” --WallyM7 ---
**Author:** ![Cabbage](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f07891/32.png) [@Cabbage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cabbage)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2000, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snowed-in-doper-needs-games-sites-quick/13014/7 "2000-01-22T22:48:00Z")
I always liked the old arcade games from the 80’s that you never see anymore, and you can play them on the computer now. You can get an emulator to run the games at: [www.vintagegaming.com/](http://www.vintagegaming.com/) (I use Mame, myself, it runs the most games), and you can get the roms for the games at [www.mame.dk/](http://www.mame.dk/) They have about 2000 arcade games there. ---
**Author:** ![Jophiel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jophiel/32/66_2.png) [@Jophiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jophiel)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2000, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snowed-in-doper-needs-games-sites-quick/13014/8 "2000-01-22T23:26:00Z")
For more fun with old games, get yourself a C= 64 (Commodore 64 to you folks who got into computers around the PC-Comp. 486) emulator at: [http://ltd.simplenet.com/c64/](http://ltd.simplenet.com/c64/) I’d recommend the CCS64 myself… Then head off to: [http://www.c64database.com/](http://www.c64database.com/)[http://arnold.c64.org/](http://arnold.c64.org/)[http://www.emucamp.com/c64/](http://www.emucamp.com/c64/) For all of your gaming needs! A great and cheap way to play ancient games (from the 80’s) like Tapper, Toy Bizarre, Park Patrol and more! Sort of midway between the truely ancient Atari 2600 games and today’s “takes 167k just to play Solitaire” PC world. * * * “I guess one person can make a difference, although most of the time they probably shouldn’t.” ---
**Author:** ![meara](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/df705f/32.png) [@meara](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/meara)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2000, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snowed-in-doper-needs-games-sites-quick/13014/9 "2000-01-23T16:27:00Z")
For classics (backgammon, checkers, crossword puzzles, etc.) try: [http://www.pogo.com/](http://www.pogo.com/) ---
**Author:** ![Patty\_O\_Furniture](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/96bed5/32.png) [@Patty\_O\_Furniture](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Patty_O_Furniture)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2000, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snowed-in-doper-needs-games-sites-quick/13014/10 "2000-01-23T16:38:00Z")
[www.zone.com](http://www.zone.com) is my choice. They have the following free games: Ants Backgammon Bridge Checkers Chess Cribbage Euchre Go Hearts Reversi Spades Trivia The following retail games (you have to go buy the CD for about $12.95, then you play for free): Rainbow Six Age of Empires II Rogue Spear Age of Empires Age of Empires: Rise of Rome Jedi Knight: Dark Forces II MechWarrior III Quake II Links LS 2000 Combat Flight Simulator The following “Premium” Games (don’t know what that means, but it sounds expensive": Allegiance Asheron’s Call Bridge Club CyberStrike 2 DragonRealms Fighter Ace GemStone III Hercules & Xena Tanarus I spend most of my time in Spades, where there are usually _thousands_ of people playing. They also have a neat rating system so you can tell if people have a tendency of dropping out of games, & you can decide not to waste your time starting a game with them. Hope to see you there!