Type of site Games Owner Created by Yahoo! Commercial Yes Registration Optional Launched March 31, 1998; 19 years ago ( 1998-03-31) Current status Defunct (May 13, 2016 ( 2016-05-13)) Yahoo!

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Games was a section of the, launched on March 31, 1998, in which Yahoo! Users could play games either with other users or by themselves. The majority of Yahoo! Games were closed down on March 31, 2014 and the balance were closed on February 9, 2016. Announced that 'changes in supporting technologies and increased security requirements for our own Yahoo! Web pages, made it impossible to keep the games running safely and securely'.

It was then announced by Yahoo! That its Games section would be dissolved completely on May 13, 2016.

Contents • • • • • • • • Features [ ] The games on the web site were typically or quick games, although some titles required a local download. Many of the games that required a download contained TryMedia Adware. Games also included Yahoo! Video Games, which provides news, previews, and reviews of currently available or upcoming First Party games–and Yahoo! Games on Demand–which provided free demos and full-size downloads of full games for a charge.

[ ] The site featured an ' All Star' system for users, in which a user could pay to get an All Star username. All Star users were able to get extra privileges on Yahoo! Games sites such as disabling.

All Star users did not have playable games without downloading. Games was built on Yahoo!' S acquisition of ClassicGames.com (created by Internet entrepreneur and programmer ) in 1997. The last used Yahoo! Video Games section of the site was formerly known as, from back when Yahoo!

Acquired the web site in 2003. As of May 14, 2016, Yahoo! Games held over 1,400 games, most of which were developed externally. [ ] Games [ ] Board games [ ] Playable online (PO), Downloadable (D), Mobile (M), Skill (S). Archived from the original on 2008-07-13.

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