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Welcome to the GameZone

The GameZone features several games for your enjoyment and edification. To play them, you need a Web browser that can handle Java applets.

Select a game:

Slime Volleyball

Enter the Slime Universe to play a wacky game of volleyball.

NEW: Sudoku!

Give your brain a logic workout.

Chomp

Taking a big bite isn't always the best strategy in this two-player game.

Coins in a Line

Try a deceptively simple, two-player game involving a row of coins.

Race Track

See if you can make it around a curvy racetrack and across the finish line without crashing.

Falling Blocks

Shift and rotate falling blocks to fill out lines and earn points.

Traffic Jam

Can you get a car out of a jam in a parking lot? NEW: Choose from 40 different puzzles.

Cribbage

An exciting card game that blends strategy, chance, and simple math.

Chemical Concentration

Test your memory and knowledge of the names of chemical elements, their symbols, and their atomic numbers.

Hoppers (Square Peg Solitaire)

Can you jump and remove pegs until there is only one left on this square board?

Famous Scientist Hangman

Discover the name of a famous scientist or inventor before the molecule man disintegrates completely.

Puzzles

NEW: GridWorks

Use logic to solve pattern-matching puzzles. Choose from 48 puzzles—from beginner to expert.

Coin-Sliding Puzzles

Slide coins on a square grid to get from one arrangement to another.

Mixed-Up Letters

Rearrange the tiles so that they are in alphabetical order, sliding one tile at a time into a vacant cell.

SNK Word Find Puzzles

A collection of our science-related word find puzzles for you to print out and do.

Games at Other Web Sites

  • NEW: Food Force
    There's a major crisis on an island in the Indian Ocean. Millions of people are starving. Produced by the United Nations World Food Programme, this exciting video game gives you the chance to use your game-playing skills to save the day. Free download (227 MB).

  • NEW: The Game of Pig
    Play the dice game "pig" against the computer.
    Todd Neller, University of Gettysburg

  • Drop Digit Drop
    Compete to make number palindromes. Requires a Web browser that can handle Shockwave.
    TriMathlon/A K Peters

  • Torus and Klein Bottle Games
    Tic-tac-toe, mazes, crosswords, and chess on the surface of a doughnut.
    Jeff Weeks/Key Curriculum Press

  • Element Hangman
    Jefferson Lab

  • Mining for Minerals
    San Diego Natural History Museum


Talk Back: Do you have any comments about these games? Are you interested in creating a game for us? Send your ideas to gamezone@snkids.com.

 

 
 
 

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