To celebrate the relaunch of MarioSonicGames.com, here are six excellent Mario and Sonic games that you can download and play for free (Flash games in .zip compressed files):
Super Mario Bros.: Paper Mario World
(View it and play it online here: Paper Mario World Online)
Sonic the Hedgehog: Sonic Abstracta
(View it and play it online here: Sonic Abstracta Online)
Sonic the Hedgehog: Sonic Matchit
(View it and play it online here: Sonic Matchit Online)
Sonic the Hedgehog: Amy's Whack-A-Nik
(View it and play it online here: Amy's Whack-A-Nik Online)
Sonic the Hedgehog: Sonic Sky Chase
(View it and play it online here: Sonic Sky Chase Online)
Sonic the Hedgehog: Sonic Sky Chase (2nd Version)
(View it and play it online here: Sonic Sky Chase (2nd Version) Online)
Because all the games are written in Flash, in addition to being able to play them on your PC, you also can upload them to your own website for your visitors to play online if you wish.
To use the downloads and play the games, click on any of the links above, then select "Save" for the .zip compressed file that will be downloaded, and select a folder on your computer to save the .zip file into. Once the .zip file has downloaded successfully, unzip it and then you can play the game by double-clicking on the .htm file that was unzipped. (Note that the .htm file is an offline webpage that runs the .swf file which is the actual Flash game - you don't need an active internet connection to run it.)
To use the games in your own website, simply upload the .htm webpage files (which you may want to modify to your own site's style first) and the .swf Flash game files to your webspace, link to the .htm files from you site's home page, and you and your visitors can then play the games in your site. Enjoy! :-)