Online Games

Games that are played by players on the Internet are called online games or as Internet games.

The History of Online Games begins in time, which was not played over the Internet. Thus, the so-called Multi-User Dungeon ran through a central computer that could sign the player. In a Multi User Dungeon games are based purely on the text and have no graphical interface.
The first game that was called Massively Multiplayer Online Role Playing Game (MMORPG) and attended by several thousand players, was Ultima Online. It appeared the players into a virtual world to be there to compete with other players and computer characters. Meanwhile, the MMORPG's have developed so as to participate in part, tens of thousands of players in them.

To save the data of the players of online games, are stored on the servers of the gaming companies, the data of the players in a database. In addition, the players of online games are usually distributed across multiple servers in order to thus ensure that a sufficient technical capacity is available.

The online games can be divided into two categories. First, there is the browser games and other online games that are based on a client.
In browser games play the game of Internet users from their browser or via a browser plug-in, such as Java or Flash. The calculation in these games can be held even partially complete on your own computer. However, a combination of the computation on its own computer and the calculation on the server of the agent is possible. In the Browser games are a large online community, pitting the players against each other. However, players can also form alliances and clans. In order to gain an advantage in browser games, players can buy upgrades, however, is the pure play in most cases free. Among the most famous games include the OGame and Travian.

Online Games on different clients