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There arewere various games and [[Application software|applications]] available in [[Windows Live Messenger]] that cancould be accessed via the conversation window by clicking the games icon and challenging youra "buddy".

== Games ==

==Tic-Tac-Toe Classic==

=== Tic-Tac-Toe Classic===

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Tic-Tac-Toe is a game where youthe placeplayer yourplaces a letter (either an X or an O) on part of the board, which consists of a 3×3 grid. The aim of the game is to complete 3 squares in a row, either vertically, horizontally, or diagonally.

=== Solitaire Showdown ===

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This game, included since MSN Messenger version 6, is based on the Solitaire game that is part of Windows. It is online, 2 player, and features 2 decks (a triple deck, and a special 13-card pile). Each player must race to remove cards of the special 13-card pile, and put their cards on the shared piles/suit stacks (e.g. putting an ace of any suit on the pile, but putting 2's of a suit may only be possible after the ace of the suit is currently on the pile, not covered by any other cards). There are eight different suit stacks possible. Other differences between this and normal Solitaire are that not just Kings, but any card can be put on a blank row stack, and there are four black row stacks to put on instead of seven. The game ends if one player removes all cards of the 13-card pile, or when both players are "stuck" and cannot remove/put up any more cards, and manually end the game using the End Game button. This game is similar to the game [[nertz]].

=== Checkers ===

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A standard two-player game of checkers.

=== Bejeweled ===

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A two-player game where pairs of jewels on a playfield are switched to arrange three or more in a line of the same colour therefore removing them from the game. It is played in real time and individually, with scores being compared at the end.

=== Minesweeper Flags ===

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In a twist on the original game, players must now locate flags and whoever has found the most by the end wins (i.e. the first person to get 26 or more mines wins). There are 51 mines on the map. If you findFinding a flag youallows the getplayer to continue,; otherwise it becomes yourtheir opponent's turn. Players get the one-off option to "bomb" a 5×5 area if they are losing, and get all the flags in that area (hence it is possible to get more than 26 mines).

=== Other games ===

in April 2009, the Australian Minesweeper Flags tournament, held by the Minesweeper Flags Federation, MSFF, prior being MSF(website ___domain being negotiated due to conflict with www.msf.org.au , Médecins Sans Frontières), took place in Sydney. The ___location was a warehouse in Redfern, where specific MSN accounts were being created, in order to facilitate a LAN game, where each computer had all fellow LAN computers added on MSN. The competition was strictly watched, due to numerous "hacks" released on the internet, however, no one was caught cheating. There was no monetary prize, only the title, of MSF champion. After many difficult matches, and the final being the best of 21, the winner was LL, initials as they wish to not be fully named, with the runner up being DB. The winner was crowned MSF mach1ne. The runner up, being desperate for the 2010 championship, has publicly revealed their msn on various websites, being [e-mail]. Note that this email is the one used at the competition, particularly taking in mind "mambo", an intertextual allusion to the mambo style of MSF, consequently revealed in DB's playing style.

Other instant games included:<ref> [https://web.archive.org/web/20111223145710/https://zone.msn.com/en/general/article/generalmessengergames.htm Play Games Today on Windows Live Messenger!] </ref> 3D Tic-Tac-Toe, [[Jewel Quest]], Mahjong Quest, [[Quarto (board game)|Quarto]], [[Backgammon]], 7 Hand Poker, [[Mahjong tiles|Mah Jong Tiles]], All Star Bowling, Bumper Stars, Flowerz, Jigsaw Too, Cubis, [[Hexic]], Mozaki Blocks, Sudoku Too, [[Uno (card game)|Uno]], Worms, Tic-A-Tac Poker, [[BrainBattle]], Reversi, Rock-Paper-Scissors, Luxor, and You-Know-It! Trivia.

A number of additional [[Third-party software component|third-party]] games have also been built using the [https://web.archive.org/web/20080118032545/http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa751024.aspx Messenger Activity SDK]. An overview of third party activities is available on [http://gallery.live.com gallery.live.com].

There has been increasing controversy over the validity of the tournament, as MSF has been described as 80% luck. This can be true in casual games, where players often click randomly, to guess mines. In pro circles, clicking a square where a mine is DEFINITELY not present is often the case, as it will not subject them to "cascading". However, this is not advised at home with friends as it may cause hate, and subject you to high rates of game cancelling, due to the time consumption.

===Other games=Applications ==

=== Whiteboard ===

Other "Instant Games" include: [[Jewel Quest]], [[Mahjong Quest]], [[Quarto (board game)|Quarto]], [[Backgammon]], [[7 Hand Poker]], [[Mah Jong Tiles]], [[Polar Express Bejeweled]], [[Cubis]], [[Hexic]], [[Mozaki Blocks]], [[Sudoku Too]], [[UNO (game)|Uno]] and [[BrainBattle]].

Whiteboard opens up a program that looks like Microsoft Paint, but it is shared through two users. They can see what each other draws. This Whiteboard also supports different pages, to allow drawing across many different pages. It is not compatible with Windows Vista. See [[Whiteboarding]]. This is from [[Microsoft NetMeeting]], This will be disabled if people disable NetMeeting in [[Windows Setup]].

=== Application Sharing ===

A number of additional [[Third-party software component|third-party]] games have also been built using the [http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa751024.aspx Messenger Activity SDK]. An overview of third party activities is available on [http://gallery.live.com gallery.live.com].

Application Sharing allows two computers to share an application over the network. This is usually a smaller application, as most computers cannot handle large programs on two systems at once. This is from [[Microsoft NetMeeting]], This will be disabled if people disable NetMeeting in [[Windows Setup]].

==Applications= Web browser ===

===Whiteboard===

Whiteboard opens up a program that looks like Microsoft Paint, but it is shared through two users. They can see what each other draws. This Whiteboard also supports different pages, to allow drawing across many different pages. It is not compatible with Windows Vista.

See [[Whiteboarding]].

===Application Sharing===

Application Sharing allows two computers to share an application over the network. This is usually a smaller application, as most computers cannot handle large programs on two systems at once.

===Web browser===

Windows Live Messenger includes an [[Internet Explorer]]-based web browser that can be started when using the [[Encarta]] robot.

=== Remote Assistance ===

[[Windows Remote Assistance|Remote Assistance]] is a feature of [[Windows XP]] and [[Windows Vista]] which is integrated with Windows Live Messenger. It allows one person to "take control" of the other's computer (with their permission) and is intended for offering computer assistance to friends and family on other computers.

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