Which are the popular games that are easily accessible through Google Search?



Pac-Man



This hugely popular game, developed and released in the year 1980, can today be played by a simple Google search of the term Pacman'. When you hit enter, the Google Doodle on Pac Man will appear on the screen and you can click on Play to start the game.



The gameplay is simple. The play area is like a maze, filled with coins. You, as Pac-Man, need to collect all the coins but there will be ghosts all along to stop you from doing so. Therefore, you need to do your best to find your way around the maze, avoiding the ghosts and collecting the coins. Besides, there are special coins (power pellets) which are bigger than the other to help you fight the ghosts. When you chance upon this coin, the ghosts will turn blue in colour. They are rendered ineffective for a brief period of time. Look for more of these coins to protect yourself from the ghosts. And when possible, attack the ghosts when they are blue in colour as this will help you collect extra points. Collecting a certain amount of power pellets will also unlock a special fruit that gives you more points.



Tic Tac Toe



Tired of finding someone to play this classic game with? Worry not, you can play against the computer. As a bonus, you do not have to waste any paper either



Just head to Google Search and type tic tac toe for a quick break. You can choose between the cross or the nought. You will have a 33 grid where you can place each cross during your turn. Once you place the cross the computer will mark the nought on an available free space on the grid. This continues till either you or the computer manage to get three continuous marks horizontally, vertically diagonally.



The game lets you choose the difficulty level between easy, medium and hard. It also keeps a tab of your scores, which can be shared using the share feature on the game.



Garden Gnomes



This interesting game is available in the Google Doodle archives. Doodle released this game in 2018 to celebrate Garden Day in Germany. Somewhat similar to the hugely popular Angry Birds game, Garden Gnomes requires you to fling a garden gnome across the empty green field, sprouting flowers on the way. The goal is to fling the garden gnome as far as possible. Along the way, you can find certain objects that will propel your garden gnome further. There are different types of garden gnomes for you to choose from.



Just key in Garden Gnomes Google in the search bar and you can find a link to the Google Doodle Archive listing of the game.



 



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Which are the best games that are quick-to-play and easily accessible through Google search?



Atari Breakout



The original Breakout game was released by Atari, a gaming company, in 1976. It was hugely popular and a fun game to play. Before, you could go to Google Images and type 'Atari Breakout and the game would appear. But now, you need to type out 'Atari Breakout in the Google Search bar and dick on A feeling lucky Once you do so, the game will pop up on your screen.



Playing the game is simple - There are several bricks laid out on the top of the screen and you need to break them all using a ball. Whenever the ball hits a brick, the brick breaks and the ball starts descending towards the lower half of the screen. The challenge lies in bouncing the ball right back up using the paddle that you can control with the arrow keys or the mouse. The goal is to destroy all the bricks. You do get several turns to do so, but you need to be quick and attentive to win the game.



Snake



Remember the classic snake game that was available on most basic mobile phones and hand-held video games? You can now play the game using Google search with colourful visuals and sounds. All you need to do is to type Play Snake in the search bar and the game will appear on screen. For those of you who haven't played the game yet here are the rules: You are given a grid, which is the play space. And an apple appears anywhere on the grid. You play the role of the snake who needs to devour the apple. You can control the directions of the snake using the arrow keys. Once it devours the apple, another one appears in some other part of the board. As the snake keeps eating apples, it grows bigger in length, making it difficult for you to control it. This cycle continues as long as the player loses. You lose the game of the snake hit against the sides of the play area or if it hits against itself.



The game also lets you customize and play to your liking. You can make the snake move faster or slower, and choose a different fruit as well.



Doodle Cricket



Over the years, Google has brought out some innovative and interactive Google Doodles. One such doodle was for the ICC Champions Trophy 2017. This doodle has featured subsequently for other cricketing events as well.



To access the game, just go to the Google doodle archives and type cricket in the search bar. Alternatively. You can type Google Cricket and the link will appear. The gameplay is simple - You, the batsman, are a grasshopper, and the snails (the computer) are the opponent team. A snail will bowl to you and you need to hit the ball by clicking the mouse button or pressing the Space bar at the right time. If you miss, you are out. As the game progresses, the bowling speed will change. Score as many points as you can doing this. You can even compete with your friends and share the Scores.



 



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