A Legend Is Born
The company Namco gets the credit for developing the most popular arcade game of all time. Toru Iwatani designed the game over the short time of 18 months (yeah back then one guy could write a game on his own, imagine that today?). Iwatani drew inspiration for his game via a famous Japanese phrase known as 'Paku-Paku Taberu'. This odd sounding name (odd only because it's not English of course) is symbolic of the noise made when one opens and closes their mouth rapidly. After a short 18 months, the game was complete and launched as 'Puck Man'. Strangely enough, it was NOT a big success after launch.
Namco and Iwatani may have developed 'Puck Man' in Japan, but it was Midway who marketed to the United States and saw sales fly through the roof. Nobody had ever seen a game like it before. Renamed to Pac-Man in the US, it became an instant hit. It caught everyone by surprise and even the so called experts overlooked Pac-Man while reviewing arcade games (don't the experts always do things like that?). Keep in mind that we're talking Arcades here not consoles. Atari came after this.

Get your 3-dimensional senses working on overdrive

Turn all the lights out, if you can! Changing a light also changes the lights next to it.

Twist the letters back into shape by tapping on their joints and rotating any extended arms.

Shuffle the numbers into the right order

Find the original among the forgeries before the time is up.

Shift your blobs to squash the opposition.

Break the bottles in the order given, but be careful not to tap the wrong one!

Push the small red box inside the big blue box. Move the boxes by pushing from the inside. A small box inside...

A hybrid of Mastermind and the Android pattern lock. A game you will love to hate. Empty circle means correct...

Sam's calculator got smashed, but some of it still works. Can you help Sam get the answers?

Eric has smashed his calculator, but some of it still works, so can you help him get the answers?

Discover the hidden code! Click, or use arrow keys, to change your guess in each box. (Bulls and Cows is similar...

Discover the hidden code! Click to change your guess in each box. (Bulls and Cows is similar to, but came before,...

Test your memory skills!

Clean up by selecting the right squares.

Tiles of the same color need to be pushed all together. Use keyboard arrows to move.

Match pairs of shapes together. Also try Math Match Game.

Five different connect-the-dot puzzles

Fill in the missing numbers. When all the clues are satisfied you win!

Move the blocks to their matching squares. Click on the blocks and drag them in the direction you want them to...

Simple but challenging logic game. The one that picks the last box wins.

Move using arrows to collect yellow diamonds, 1024 moves to complete ten levels. Use spacebar to switch positions...

The classic Minesweeper game with emojis. Click on safe squares, not on bombs! Right-click to mark where bombs...

Move the little halo on the elastic. Confusing mouse game

A memory game - but you have to match 3 symbols not just a pair.

Remove all colored shapes from the board by joining up the same shapes. Click on a shape and move mouse right...

Try to keep as many apples hanging as you can! Choose mathematics, or dogs, or many more subjects.

Use clock numbers (1 to 12). A number's 'neighbor' (above, below, left or right, except if separated...

Symmetry Jigsaw Puzzles ... from Nature, Mathematics, Art and Engineering

How good are you at getting an exact quantity in a jug? Drag and drop the jugs left or right to fill,...

Simply move the knight (in legal knight chess moves) to every square on the board in as few moves as possible.

Try to beat the computer using only knight moves from chess. A square can only be visited once. If you can't...

Use arrow keys to move to the finish (checkered square).

Can you help make Lightybulb's world brighter by figuring out each puzzle?

Spread the virus by choosing which color to spread it to next. You have a limited number of turns to spread...

Put the pieces together so that the rows and columns add to 30.

Match up the tiles.

Match the tiles to eliminate them. Can only match tiles that are free on the left or right. Very challenging...

How many ways can you make a Dollar (or Pound or Euro ... and more!) Drag and Drop the Coins.

Eliminate as many marbles as you can

Use the clues to solve the mystery. Read Explanation below.

Use the clues to solve the mystery.

Erase all the numbers by matching totals

Test your memory AND your math skills, all in one game!

Test your memory AND your math skills, all in one game!

Lots of mazes to try out! Can print a maze to do later.

Clear the mines, but you may have to take a calculated risk!

Clear the mines, but you may have to take a calculated risk!

How good are your money handling skills? How fast can you give change?

Make four in a line using multiplication.

Move the blocks to match the shape. You have to get them exactly right.

Fill in the missing numbers so that all the totals match.

Use arrow keys to move to the finish.

Move from the bottom to the top by clicking on the type of move. But you can only do the moves you can see straight...

Move the cars around the jammed parking lot.

See if you can match the pattern.

See if you can match the pattern.

See if you can match the pattern.

Jump over the pegs - leave only one.

Recreate the square from the crazy pieces...

Recreate the square from the crazy pieces...

Move the blocks to their matching squares below. Use keyboard arrows to move and push the box you want. Challenging!

Rotate the Pipes. This version has simple graphics but is much more challenging. Connect from left to right (if...

Rotate the pipes!

Rotate the pipes!

Rotate the pipes so the plumbing goes just everywhere. Start from the middle. Click the pipes.

Use your arrow keys to move the tiles. When two tiles with the same number touch, they merge into one. Try to...

Play with photons. Discover how they behave by solving puzzles. With true quantum mechanics underneath!

Build the railway line, but be quick!

Can you make $1.00 from Random Coins? Drag and Drop the Coins.

Lots of random trigonometry problems.

Get these cute little guys to ALL stand up - click and see what happens!

Steal the Gold Coin ... and then escape!

Roll the ball through the maze

Make the big circle match the small circle. Click to rotate.

See if you can solve this famous puzzle in this great version by Eric Lin. Click and drag to move.

Find matching pairs to eliminate them, but only if free to move left or right. Also called Mah Jong Solitaire....

How long a sequence can you remember?

The classic Warehouse puzzle from Japan. 60 Levels.

Move the blocks to their matching squares.

Every puzzle is unique

Play tangrams

Block Levels. Use the telescopes to push and pull the ball.

Use the telescopes to push and pull the ball.

Use the telescopes to push and pull the ball.

Place tents in the grid. Each tree should have one tent next to it (horizontally or vertically). Tents do...

Arrange the falling blocks of different shapes to fill the line. Use WASD keys.

It is Tetris, but the other player gets to choose the blocks! Can be versus another human, an AI, or just random....

Click on maze, then use arrow keys to move the red ball to the blue square. Press Ctrl-key to restart current...

Object of the game is to move all the disks over to Tower 3 (with your mouse). But you cannot place a larger...

The object is to move all the disks over to another pole. But you cannot place a larger disk onto a smaller disk....

Let the computer show you how to solve it

Jump one peg over another into an empty spot, removing the jumped peg from the board. The goal is to finish with...

Figure out the color of the surface by studying the see-through version

Classic word search puzzle, with different size and difficulty options. Also number search!

Classic word search puzzle, with different size and difficulty options. Also number search!

Make the pattern shown. Click and select a tile, then click again where you want the tile to go (vertical or...

Your goal is to move every box once and turn it grey. Boxes may only be moved to a free spot by the number of...