Pioneering Java games for the early web
Born in 1996.
Still here.
Founded in 1996, Smilie is a living piece of the early web, kept largely unchanged since 2004.
Darts and Pool were part of Smilie’s earliest Java games — made for the first wave of playing on the web. Explore that dial-up-era history, then visit SmilieGames and Matica as we bring the games back for modern browsers.
Preserved with affection, and with thanks to co-founders Jonni Ball and Chris Edwards.
You can revisit this story from “About this site” in the bar above.