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"Fire up your time machine and visit your 12-year-old self. Tell him that all the computer games he's saved his hard-earned allowance for will one day be free. Stick around to watch him cry, but try not to create any time-space paradoxes \u2014 we've got gaming to do.\nBelow, check out our list of official remakes, ports and offers of classic video games that found new life on social platforms and free sites.\nHave we missed any? Share your favorites in the comments.\n\n\n10 Classic Video Games You Can Play Online for Free\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n1. The Oregon Trail\n\nThe game that made dysentery fun was released as a Facebook app last February, much to the delight of grown-up school children everywhere. It's now social, of course, but the decision whether to ford the river is all your won.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n2. Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego?\n\n\nFrom the people who brought you The Oregon Trail comes another classic bout of edutainment. That criminal mastermind Carmen Sandiego is on the loose again, this time on Facebook, and it's up to you and your friends to use geographical knowledge to bring her to justice.\nAlso, now you've got Rockapella in your head.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n3. The Sims Social\n\n\nThe Sims was a blockbuster franchise that kicked off in 2000 and spawned no less than a bajillion sequels, add-on packs and spin-offs.\nAdd a Facebook game to that list. The Sims Social quickly became the fastest-growing game on the network when it launched last summer.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n4. Civ World\n\n\nThe Mac Daddy of strategy gaming landed on Facebook over the summer, this time with a social twist.\nWhile you could always play other Civilization games online with friends, the unique social layer of Civ World makes it imperative that you optimize your research, diplomacy and military efforts in tandem with Facebook pals.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n5. Age of Empires Online\n\n\nThe venerable Age of Empires franchise from Microsoft hit the company's LIVE gaming platform this year, and you can join the real-time strategy melee for free.\nWhile some stalwart fans lamented the offering's \"cartoonish\" graphics, the social features and horde of new gameplay options satisfied many players looking for a free strategy fix.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n6. Quake LIVE\n\n\nId Software, the company that defined the modern first-person shooter with games like Wolfenstein 3D and Doom, also had a mega hit with Quake in 1996.\nQuake's online community remains passionate to this day, and id breathed new life into the aging title with Quake LIVE, a free, web-based portal where fans can frag each other online to their hearts' content.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n7. Dungeons &amp; Dragons: Heroes of Neverwinter\n\n\nForgotten Realms is a longstanding game world for tabletop Dungeons &amp; Dragons that found its digital legs in 2002's Neverwinter Nights from BioWare.\nAfter a successful sequel and the birth of a strong modding community, the franchise has made the leap to Facebook with an experience more reminiscent of the board games than the PC versions.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n8. Team Fortress 2\n\n\nBeloved multiplayer FPS Team Fortress 2 was made free-to-play by Valve last summer, and new players flocked to the addictive title.\nThe game is supported by downloadable content: hats and other accessories that let you customize your character, but don't affect the competitive balance.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n9. Asteroids Online\n\n\nAtari has been busy getting its classic back catalog onto the web. A free portal lets you play updated versions of the old console standbys, including the inertia-bending Asteroids.\nYou can also check out the free iPhone and iPad app, Asteroids: Gunner.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n10. World of Warcraft\n\n\nPerhaps a \"modern classic,\" depending on your perspective (the game was released in 2004, after all), Blizzard announced last summer that new adventurers could play for free up to level 20.\nTread with caution, though. It may not be so easy to quit when it comes time to pay-up for a subscription.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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