Filed under: Games, Time-Wasters, Web
Play classic Sierra games online at Sarien.net - Time Waster
by Brad Linder May 7th 2009
Now you can relive the fun with the web-based emulator at Sarien.net. The web site features 6 different playable adventure games that are almost identical to the originals. The main difference is that Sarien.net adds a mostly useless multiplayer feature which lets you follow around other characters as they play through the games. You don't work together to complete your quests, but I suppose if you want to cheat you could hang around and watch other players for clues that will help you advance in each game.
Users can save and restore games online, and the site works with Firefox, Internet Explorer, Google Chrome, Safari, or Opera. Full support for Nintendo Wii and iPhone browsers is in the works.
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So, just how good at time waster games are you? Think you've got the stuff? Well, The World's Hardest Game 2.0 doesn't think you do.
Yes, amazingly, it's possible to have a sequel to a game called "The World's Hardest Game". It doesn't seem logically possible, since if the first one was actually the world's hardest, how could another one come along and share the moniker? It made me doubt the name in the first place. That is, until I tried the game.
The mechanics of the game are very simple. You are a small red square, ...
