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4 Classic Games You Can Play Online

Pass the time with these classics

By Stevie NicksPublished 3 years ago 4 min read
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There’s a beauty to classic games that means the evolution of gaming can do nothing to dim their beauty. It’s why they remain adored long after they were first played and why it’s well worth seeking out ways to play them now.

This article picks four classic games that are still tremendous fun to play today and explains where you can find online versions of them.

So, spend a little time learning about these beloved games and then play them for yourself.

Lottery

Lottery games have been played since the Chinese Han Dynasty, with the first keno lottery slips recorded somewhere between 205 and 187 BC. It’s a classic game that’s been around for centuries and you can play it online at some great websites.

While there are a number of different variants, the basic principle of lottery games is pretty consistent. You draw numbers at random, hope you’ve selected the right combination and then earn a prize based on the accuracy of your selection.

The simplicity of lottery games is one of the reasons it’s such a great classic game to play online. You don’t need to spend hours mastering detailed strategies or complex rules. All you need to know is how many numbers to pick and then make your choices. This means lottery games are an ideal way to relax after a long day.

There are many excellent sites you can play lottery games at and Lotto247 is one of the finest. The site offers many different online lottery tickets and allows you to play international variants from anywhere in the world, giving you a range of options for the games you can play and enough variety to keep you entertained throughout the week.

Doom

If you’re looking for a truly historic game that you can play online then Doom is a great option, so long as you have a sturdy stomach.

Doom is possibly the most influential first-person shooter ever. It’s so important to the genre that games of its type were initially called Doom clones. Indeed, it wasn’t until 1997 (four years after its release) that first-person shooter became the most popular term for the genre.

You can play the game online by visiting one of the many emulator sites out there. EmulatorOnline.com is one of the best of these, offering not only the original game but also the follow-up (Doom II) and Doom 64.

If you’ve never played Doom then you’re in for a treat with the game. What’s less satisfying is the film. Starring Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson, Doom scores a lowly 19% on Rotten Tomatoes – frankly, that’s 18% more than it deserves.

Poker

Poker is one of the most played card games on the planet, with some estimating that 40 million people play it on a regular basis. And it’s a classic game that you can play online.

There are plenty of options available for playing online poker but these generally boil down to two choices – online casinos or poker card rooms.

888 is one of the best online casinos you can play poker in. It has some great live options, along with some quality video poker titles. PokerStars is possibly the best-known cardroom and that’s not by accident. It’s simple to use and offers a huge range of poker variants.

It’s a good idea to get an understanding of how to play the game before sitting down at a table. You can find some great poker resources at Vocal, from the rules of the game to some top strategies you can use. All you need to do is search for “poker” and you’ll get a bunch of useful articles in the results.

Carmageddon

Pretty much every gamer knows about Grand Theft Auto – it’s difficult to miss the world’s best-selling video game to date.

But there’s another brutal, car-centric video game released in the same month as the first Grand Theft Auto title that also deserves to be called a classic. Carmageddon is its name and you can play it online.

Like many classic games, the simplest way to play Carmageddon online is to visit an emulator site. PlayClassic.games is one place you can find the game, along with the very first Grand Theft Auto.

There’s no question that Grand Theft Auto won the war for supremacy in the car-violence video game domain. But spend a little time playing Carmageddon and you’ll see it’s a game that deserves much more attention than it generally receives.

The Lottery, Poker, Doom and Carmageddon are just four of the numerous classic games you can play online.

And chances are that if there’s a specific NES, SNES, N64, Megadrive, Masterdrive, Dreamcast, PS1, PS2, or card game that you want to play then you’ll be able to find it.

But try these four first because they each fully deserve their classic status.

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