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Note: These games use Macromedia (now Adobe) Flash, which will need to be enabled in your browser. You can find the latest version of the free Flash Player here , if you do not want to install the Yahoo Toolbar at the same time, make sure you untick the box on the download page.


Online Flash game -- Cubilus.

Cubilus is a twenty level puzzle game.
To complete a level, you must move each block to its corresponding symbol. You move blocks by dragging them with the mouse pointer, but once they are in motion, they will not stop until they meet a wall, or another block.
The controls below the game window allow you to select a specific level and clicking the Cubilus logo, resets the current level.

A nicely made little game. Some of the levels are quite tricky and tax the old grey matter. I like how you can select your level, so you don't get permanently stuck, if one level defies solution. Definitely worth trying if you enjoy a quick puzzle.

Note: you will need Flash enabled in your browser and loading time is less than one minute on a 56k connection.

http://lightforce.freestuff.gr/cubilus.php

Online Flash game -- Timebot v1.1

In Timebot you control a robot, that must operate switches to open doors and create bridges, so that it can collect all the gears in each level and open the exit.
But doors and bridges only activate when a switch is depressed, when the robot moves off the switch, the door closes and the bridge disappears. So the robot must jump back in time, so that its earlier self can operate switches for its current self. Confused yet?

The game is harder to explain than play and after you complete the first of the twelve levels, you will understand what is happening, although later levels do get confusing, when it's necessary to use more than one past version of the robot.
Timebot is an original idea for a puzzle game and certainly makes you think. I'm currently stuck on level eleven and finding the game both enjoyable and frustrating (level eight is tricky and initially seems unsolvable).

Note: You will need Flash enabled in your browser and loading time is less than one minute on a 56K connection.

http://www.onemorelevel.com/games.php?game=649

Online Flash game -- Phit.

Phit is a simple to play, but challenging puzzle game. You are presented with a variety of blocks and must fit them all into the yellow area of the screen.
You start with a few large blocks and progress to smaller and more oddly shaped blocks.
There are one hundred levels, which you can play sequentially, or you can jump to a specific level. Once you have finished all the levels, the game can devise (it takes a while) new levels on the fly.

During play you can undo moves and if you get really stuck, you can reset the level. I found the best strategy is to try and fit the large and oddly shaped blocks together first and then fill in with the small blocks. There is more than one answer for most (if not all) levels. The number of moves and time elapsed are displayed, although there is no highscore table.
If you enjoy puzzles and brain teasers, you should find Phit entertaining.

Note: You will need Flash enabled in your browser and loading time should be about a minute, on a 56k connection.

http://www.armorgames.com/games/phit.html

Online game -- Bloxorz.

In Bloxorz, you control a rectangular block, which you must drop down a hole at the end of each stage. As you travel through a stage, you are helped by switches, which will raise bridges. But hindered by orange tiles which will collapse, if you stand your block upright on them.

If you fall off the tiles the level restarts and on completion of a level you are given a password, so that when you return to the game, you can continue from where you left off.
Bloxorz is a challenging and difficult game, so far I have only reached stage 7, of 33.

Note: Bloxorz is rather a large download for dialup users at 2.14Mb (approx 8 minutes loading time on 56k) and the game has to fully load each time you revisit it, which is a pain.
You will need Flash enabled in your browser.

http://www.albinoblacksheep.com/games/bloxorz

Orbox B -- A Flash puzzle.

A very nice mind game that gets harder with every level, the objective is to find your way to the exit, destroy all the bombs, activate all the sensors, or all three!

Control is via the cursor keys, with space to restart a level when you get stuck, a password is provided for each of the thirty levels you complete.

All the standard features of this type of game are present, angled blocks, teleporters etc and although instructions are minimal, even novices should have no trouble understanding the game.

The later levels get very tricky and should keep even seasoned puzzlers entertained and occupied for some time.

Loading takes less than a minute on a 56k connection.

http://www.arcadecabin.com/play/orbox_b.html

Online Flash game -- Frog Puzzle.

To complete this brainteaser, just move the frogs on the left, to the right and the frog on the right, to the left.

You make frogs jump by clicking on them and a frog can jump either to the next stone, or over a frog, providing that there is an empty stone to land on.

Loading time under one minute on a 56k connection.

http://www.albinoblacksheep.com/flash/frog.php

If you can't solve the puzzle, the solution is in the box below, just highlight it to see the text.

JigZone, online jigsaws.

An online jigsaw site with a large selection of pictures, choose from animals, flowers, and nature scenes, to name but a few.

You can set the number of pieces in the jigsaw and you can opt for traditional style pieces, or something a bit more exotic, like the bird pieces I have chosen in this picture.

The time you take to complete the puzzle is displayed, along with fastest that anyone has completed it and the average time.
You can send a friend a puzzle of your choice, this arrives as an email link.

Note: You will need java enabled in your browser.

http://www.jigzone.com/

Net, a Flash puzzle.

If you enjoy visual puzzles, you should like Net. The aim of the game is to power all the devices on the screen, power must also flow through all the power lines.

The power comes from the grey block, this can be rotated using the mouse to connect with any available outlets, you then rotate the wires and devices to complete the circuit.
The picture to the right shows a completed circuit, the black lines block energy and have to be worked around.
The game is very difficult, so far I have only managed to complete a few games on the junior level, the only advice I can give, is to start with the devices near the edge of the screen that can only be connected one way.
Loading time, about a minute on a 56k connection.

http://www.jurjans.lv/stuff/net/FreeNet.htm

Flash Puzzle -- The Package.
An interactive puzzle made with Flash, you have to solve several problems to defuse the bomb, good luck.

Note: Press "begin" on the side of the box to start.

http://www.onemorelevel.com/games.php?game=254

Online Flash game -- Wordy.

Wordy is a variation on the popular Tetris game. To remove blocks you must spell words, by clicking on adjacent letters. Long words and words with difficult letters, such as Z, score more points.

Words must be at least three letters long and no more than eight letters long (eight letters, is that all!).

You create words, by clicking on letters and double clicking on the last letter of the word.
Every ninety seconds you progress to a new level, with more starting blocks.

Quite a tricky game this one, requires quite a bit of concentration and even then, there just isn't a word available to save you sometimes.

Loading time, a couple of minutes on a 56k connection.

http://www.joytube.com/wordy/

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