Ukugembula kwi-Intanethi - Kusuka ku-MUD kuya e-Arcade
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Kepha ukuxhumeka bekungasho ukuthi iWebhu Ebanzi Yomhlaba Wonke. Enye yezinkinga ngokudlala imidlalo ye-console ebhalelwe i-Playstation, i-GameCube noma i-Xbox ukuthi kufanele ube ne-console ukuze udlale. Faka iMacromedia Flash ne-Sun Java, ama-plug-in amabili athandwa kakhulu kwiziphequluli zewebhu. IJava yadalelwa ukuthi ibe wulimi lohlelo lokuwela oluphambili lwendawo eyenzelwe ukusebenza esipheqululini sakho noma ngabe usebenzisa luphi uhlelo olusebenzayo. Uhlelo lokugqwayiza lweMacromedia’s Flash kungenzeka liyi-plug-in yesiphequluli esekelwa kakhulu emhlabeni jikelele. Eminyakeni embalwa nje emifushane, womabili amapulatifomu aqhamuke nendlela ende ende kusuka kumafreyimu wohlobo lwebhola oluyisicaba kuya kwimidwebo emangalisa ngokuphelele ye-3-D.
Akumangalisi ukuthi igagasi lokuqala lemidlalo yesiphequluli sewebhu elinikezwe amandla yiFlash neJava liphinde labhalwa ezinye zezintandokazi ezindala - kusuka kumazinga kuya ku-retro - kanti eminye iyabandakanyeka uma imidlalo eyisilima efana neSwat the Clown. Kubandakanya labo abakhanga iningi lethu ngaleyo minyaka yegolide yama-70s nasekuqaleni kwama-80s, futhi sondla isifiso samanje sazo zonke izinto ze-retro, kepha akuyona imidlalo kuphela yokudlala ku-inthanethi.
Eqinisweni, uzothola konke kusuka emidlalweni yebhodi yakudala efana neStratego kuya kumageyimu wekhasino kuya kumaphazili nama-shoot’em-ups. Abanye bangabadlali abaningi - abaningi benzelwe umdlali oyedwa ngokumelene nekhompyutha - njengemidlalo ye-PC nemidlalo yokududuza. Yimiphi imidlalo edlalwa kakhulu online kulezi zinsuku?
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Imidlalo ye-Retro Arcade ingumzuzwana osondele. Ukulandela ukuthambekela kwazo zonke izinto ze-retro, isizukulwane esisha sonke sithola ubumnandi bokuzama ukwenza amabhlogo awela endaweni ngaphambi kokuba afike phezulu esikrinini, futhi adubule ama-Asteroids njengoba esondela emkhunjini wakho wesikhala. Uma lokho kungantanti isikebhe sakho, kusekhona iPrince of Persia, Frogger, Donkey Kong neminye imidlalo eminingi eyake yanamakhothali namabhawa yonke indawo.
Imidlalo Yendida igqagqana nemidlalo yakudala ye-arcade, ene-Classics efana ne-Tetris, Connect 4 ne-Stratego ehamba phakathi kwemidlalo yebhodi yakudala kanye nemidlalo engcono kakhulu ye-arcade. Zibaleka kumnandi wokumaka amamabula zilandelana ukuze ziphenye izinhlamvu zemali ukusula ibhodi lonke lezinhlamvu zemali zomphikisi wakho ngokuhamba okukodwa eReversi.
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