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==Games== |
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Miniclip has a variety of games, categorized in several genres, like puzzles, action, shooting, and many other types of games. |
Miniclip has a variety of games, categorized in several genres, like puzzles, action, shooting, politics and many other types of games. Most games are downloadable and usable on your own websites or message boards, while others have free game demo downloads to let the user play a trial before purchasing the full game or code to unlock more features. Games include: Pizza Hot, Milk Shake, Trial Bike, Club Penguin, Heli Attack, On The Run, Raft Wars, Papa Louie, and other games. Currently, the game with the highest number of players on each day is Club Penguin. It should be noted that in number of total players on all servers, [[Runescape]] has the most players - however, many players have switched from playing it on Miniclip's browser to the official site. |
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==2008 Miniclip USA Election Poll== |
==2008 Miniclip USA Election Poll== |
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Revision as of 16:15, 22 March 2008
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Type of site | Internet games, E-cards & Animations |
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| Owner | Robert Small |
| Created by | Miniclip Ltd. |
| URL | http://miniclip.com/ |
| Commercial | Yes |
| Registration | Free |
Miniclip is an award-winning online company known for their browser-based games. The site was first launched in 2000 by Robert Small. Small was fresh out of university when he founded the company with Tihan Presbie in 2001, and today provides cartoons and Ecards alongside their selection of games that are classic as well as new creations. It is the world's largest online games website, with 43 million unique users per month and is also the largest privately held website on the Internet.[citation needed][when?] Its popularity originally arose from a game called Dancing Bush. Most games are created in Adobe Flash Player or Shockwave. A few are written in Java. Miniclip currently offers content in English, Romanian, French, Spanish, German, Italian, Korean, Japanese, Chinese, Portugese and Czech.
Games
Miniclip has a variety of games, categorized in several genres, like puzzles, action, shooting, politics and many other types of games. Most games are downloadable and usable on your own websites or message boards, while others have free game demo downloads to let the user play a trial before purchasing the full game or code to unlock more features. Games include: Pizza Hot, Milk Shake, Trial Bike, Club Penguin, Heli Attack, On The Run, Raft Wars, Papa Louie, and other games. Currently, the game with the highest number of players on each day is Club Penguin. It should be noted that in number of total players on all servers, Runescape has the most players - however, many players have switched from playing it on Miniclip's browser to the official site.
2008 Miniclip USA Election Poll
Miniclip is running what may be the largest USA 2008 Election Poll collecting over 22 million votes so far. The poll is located in the Miniclip Presidential Paintball game. The game has received many more plays than any single election related video on Myspace or Youtube according to the play statistics shown on those sites [1]. There are other political games on Miniclip including the Campaign Game.
Forums
Most new releases are given their own sub forum where players can share tips and offer help to other players. In some cases, game developers (noted with a bold blue name) will aid in assisting the players. Forums designated for specific games that do not receive active posts for longer than two months are deleted, and discussion moves to the category "Other Miniclip Games".
Like most other forums, Miniclip also houses general discussion forums where users can chat about music, movies, video games, and sports, hold a debate, share and critique artwork, or tell a joke. Making sure the forums are problem free is a dedicated staff of moderators (noted with a bold orange name) that quickly respond to reports and violations. Overseeing the entire forum is a staff of administrators (noted with a bold green name), employees of the Miniclip company. There is also a separate forum devoted entirely to Miniclip's most popular game, Club Penguin.
Online Security Issues
Several security firms reported in 2005 that some Miniclip users had installed a DLL "miniclipgameloader.dll" which contains the hostile code identified as "Trojan DownLoader 3069".[1][2] Removal tools are available. Reports in 2006 from the same security vendors show the same file as not containing hostile code.[3][4] In 2006, the security firm Sunbelt Software reported that Miniclip installed "high risk" malware called "Trojan-Downloader.CR64Loader".[5] On September 1, 2006, the United States Computer Emergency Readiness Team issued an advisory concerning Miniclip.[6]. "The Retro64 / Miniclip CR64Loader ActiveX control contains a buffer overflow vulnerability. This may allow a remote, unauthenticated attacker to execute an arbitrary code on a vulnerable system. ... Although the ActiveX control is no longer in use by either retro64.com or miniclip.com, any system that has used certain pages of these web sites in the past may be vulnerable." None of these reports showed any hostile activity.
Players
A new addition to the Miniclip website is the player's channel (http://www.miniclip.com/players/en/). Here you can create your own account and design your own "Mini-Me". You may then compete against other people on some specially selected Miniclip games for high scores. The more challenges that are won, the higher the player's star rating becomes. If you accomplish a high score you can also be given awards which are displayed on your player page.