Time Waster of the Day: Orisinal, a boat load of great Flash games

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Time Waster of the Day: Orisinal, a boat load of great Flash games

by Victor Agreda, Jr. Aug 16th 2005

I am a huge fan of WarioWare. Little, goofy, quickie games are great diversions for the old-timey gamer in me. And Orisinal is a great example of these. Not only does the site have a bunch of 'em, they are all quite novel in design. For example, "Pocketful of Stars" has you directing a little girl to jump up and catch stars— in her reflection. Many of these Flash-based games originated years ago, back when Flash was at version 4! Don't let their age fool you though, like a fine wine they have aged well. Or maybe my thumbs just can't take the intensity of Metroid like they used to... Either way, be prepared for a high "cuteness" factor (think Hello Kitty on acid).

Tags: cute, ferry+halim, FerryHalim, flash, interactive, orisinal

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

Charleton said 11:05AM on 8-16-2005

This website is evil! All of the games are really addictive and most are of the style in which you earn more time by doing things right, so the more you win, the longer you must play! I once spent 8 hours at theis website before I was able to tear my vision away from the screen. Be warned!

JinFX said 7:08PM on 8-22-2005

lol

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