Best Point and Click Games

Point and click games came on the adventure gaming scene with the launch of Apple Macintosh. They succeeded text based adventure games in which a gamer is allowed to interact with the game environment with the help of simple text commands such as 'Collect the key' or 'Open the door' to further the game. The command is interpreted by a program called parser and it's used to respond.

They brought change in this by allowing the gamer to use the context sensitive mouse. Now, all he has to do to interact with the game is to move the mouse cursor to an object of the game and click to use it. Their adventure games suffered a setback when the computers acquired more processing power which enabled the graphics designer to come up with advanced action games and allowed the online games to be played between gamers.

Flash-Based Cursor Games
Advancements in computer hardware which culminated in creation of video game consoles such as Nintendo DS and Wii games, along with the infusion of fresh blood in the flanks of the graphics designers made it possible for the point and click games to regain their lost glory. These devices enabled the players to respond to the game environment in new and creative ways. Some of the new breeds of game designers thought it worth their while to invest their time in creating the best cursor games to be played on the new gaming devices. Outcome of their efforts can be seen in games such as Johnny Rocketfingers, that was created with the help of Adobe Flash software. This is one of the flash-based games that literally challenges the intuitive skills of the gamer in dealing with the objects presented by the game on the screen.

Best Cursor Games
Following is a list of the best games, most of which powered these games into the limelight:

• Monkey Island 1 and 2
• Grim Fandango
• Full Throttle
• Day of the Tentacle

Best Cursor Games of 2010

• Agent 079
• The Curfew
• Dawn
• Flower Insect
• Nightmare Adventure 4
• Space Oddity
• Scene of the Crime
• Panda's Bigger Adventure
• Alice is Dead 2
• Daymare Town 3
• Fog Fall 3
• Reincarnation: The Clergy of Unholy
• The Dream Machine
• Loom
• Loondon
• The Dreamerz

Scary Point and Click Games
For fans addicted to horror, be it a game or a movie, the following list is worth going through:

• Orchestrated Death
• Monster Basement 2 Walk through
• The Holes
• Abandoned 2
• Crime Evidence 2
• Dead End's Hotel
• Haunted: Trapped Soul
• Inculcation
• Exmortis 3

Point and Click Flash Games

• Holiday Sim
• Snail Bob
• SleepWalk
• Storm Winds
• Reed Chronicles
• Johnny Why Are You Late
• Insanity 2
• Mini Scientist
• Busta Brain
• Witch
• Zombies Surrounded

If you own a video game console then you should search for one of the good point and click games on priority basis. These games, especially escape games which challenge you to escape from a room or a house having as much as 16 rooms, are really good. There are so many websites on the Internet where you can download demo versions of these games as well as for free.