After nearly 20 years, Yahoo Games is shutting down

I use to love Yahoo Spades with Cases Ladder. It was all Java based. I first started playing on my PowerMac 6100/60 over dialup in 1996.

I can see why they closed it. The idea of running Java in the browser on the desktop is kind of antiquated with everything moving away from both the desktop to mobile and everyone moving away from Java in the browser.

There is a site inspired by yahoo games with multiplayer classic card and board games to play online http://www.playok.com/ If you liked yahoo games, you should like it too.

Wow, I'm really sorry to see it go. I learned to play Bridge there.

I would have assumed Yahoo Games was mature enough that it could pay for itself kept in maintenance mode. Was that not the case, or were the expectations for growth?

Ah! I was just today planning to log in and play Go on Yahoo Games, given the recent news.

I recall the community there being quite active. Does anyone have a favorite online Go site?

First I've heard of it, and I've been online and into games for all those 20 years...

20 years!?!? OMG I am getting old.