What is Browser game?
A '''browser game''' is a [[video game]] that is played on a [[web browser]]. It is different from other video games in that it usually does not need any other [[software]] to be installed on the user's computer. Most games use technologies built into the web browser, such as [[HTML5]], WebGL, and WebAssembly, with plugins, like [[Adobe Flash Player|Flash Player]] and [[Java (programming language)#Types of Java programs|Java]], being more popular until the mid-2010s.<ref>{{Cite web|first=Erik|last=Costlow|date=March 15, 2021|title=The End of Applets|url=https://www.infoq.com/news/2021/03/end-of-applets/|access-date=2021-10-02|website=InfoQ|language=en}}</ref> Some games also need to run [[Computer programming|code]] on servers (meaning they do not run on the user's computer), often [[Massively multiplayer online game|massively multiplayer online games]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1580474/20080128/index.jhtml |title='Super Mario' Crossed With 'Guitar Hero,' In GameFile - Video Games News Story |publisher=www.mtv.com |access-date=2009-02-27 |archive-date=2009-03-31 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090331112923/http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1580474/20080128/index.jhtml |url-status=dead }}</ref> == References == {{reflist}} [[Category:Browser games| ]]