The World Opponent Network (WON) operated in its original form, more or less, from 1996 until about 2001. WON then went through many changes until the last of the WON-based game servers shut down in 2008. See the main WON article for its complex history after 2000.
WON provided features for online game serversprimarily for multiplayer gamesfor matchmaking and chat. Games that used these features were tagged as "WON Enabled" in the WON downloads database. While this database ultimately included hundreds of titles regardless of WON capabilities, this is a list of only the WON-enabled titles (with some exceptions as noted below).
A sister feature of WON, called "WONswap," allowed for user-created DLC sharing. While many titles supported by WONswap were also WON enabled, this was not always the case and this list does not include WONswap-only titles. For example, StarCraft is not in this list because, even though it appeared on WONswap, the game itself was served by Battle.net instead of WON.
Most of these games used WON game servers to enable online multiplayer capabilities. A few, however, such as Shivers II, just used some of the other WON features such as chat (for chatting while playing solo) and puzzle sharing. This list also includes WON-enabled demos of retail games that were, essentially, free online multiplayer mini-games.
While chess.net for Windows (1999) is a retail game that was linked to from WON.net (eventually replacing/outlasting Power Chess), it is not included in the list below because there is no indication that any chess.net products were WON enabled.
Nested references from notes above: * † ‡ **
Games announced as coming to WON.net but never appeared.
This is a list of all free/ad-supported, browser-based/download-on-demand games that were featured on WON.net. Some are WON enabled (such as ARC and Silencer); some not (such as the single-player "Quick Games"); some difficult to tell after the fact. Hence, all free games are included here as the list is not very long.
The PrizeCentral.com games are not listed here (which could be the topic of its own list). Likewise, games that appeared after the breakup of WON.net into Flipside.com and, later, UPROAR.com also are not listed here. These games came with the acquisition of WON.net by Havas (who had also acquired PrizeCentral.com and other properties). It is not known that any of these later Havas-acquired games are WON enabled.
The instant messaging games are not included here (which appeared in download.won.net in Sep 2000, and later on Flipside.com). Even though some like IM Backgammon are tagged as WON Enabled in the downloads database, they are built upon ICQ and not WON (and have no known WON components).
| scope=col style=min-width:8em | Title | scope=col | Release date | scope=col | Developer(s) | scope=col | scope=col | SIGS/WONlaunch date | scope=col | SIGS/WONshut-down date | scope=col | Online fate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Absolute Zero | Eye One | Eye One | Offline | ||||||||||
| Acrophobia | Berkeley Systems | Berzerk.com | Offline | ||||||||||
| Roof Rats | Berkeley Systems | Sierra Attractions | Feb 2000 | Offline | |||||||||
| Any Given Sunday Trivia Challenge | Jellyvision | WON.net | Feb 2000 | Offline | |||||||||
| ARC | Hoopy Entertainment | Hoopy Entertainment | Offline | ||||||||||
| Berkeley Systems | Sierra Attractions | Oct 1999 | May 2000 | Offline | |||||||||
| Burning Metal | Eye One | Eye One | |||||||||||
| chess.net for Java | Eplay Network | chess.net | Aug 2000 | ||||||||||
| Cosmic Consensus | Berkeley Systems, Electronic Hollywood | Berzerk.com | Jun 1999 | ||||||||||
| Roach Invaders | Electronic Hollywood | WON.net | |||||||||||
| Loco | Electronic Hollywood | WON.net | May 1999 | Feb 2000 | |||||||||
| Get the Picture? | Berkeley Systems | WON.net | Offline | ||||||||||
| Manic Media | EPG Multimedia | LAUNCH Media | May 1999 | Oct 1999 | Offline | ||||||||
| S.P.I.T.E. | EPG Studios | LAUNCH Media | Gameplay | ||||||||||
| Silencer | beta only | Mind Control Software | WON.net | Feb 2000 | Offline | ||||||||
| SnowCraft | Nicholson NY | Nicholson NY | May 1999 | ||||||||||
| SpiritWars | Kellogg Creek Software | WON.net | |||||||||||
| Stock Market Challenge | Sierra On-Line | Sierra On-Line | Apr 1997 | Offline | |||||||||
| The Cypher | EPG Multimedia | LAUNCH Media | Gameplay | ||||||||||
| Trivia Blitz | E-Pub | UPROAR.com | Feb 1999 | ||||||||||
| What's the Big Idea? | Berkeley Systems | Berzerk.com | Jun 1999 | Offline | |||||||||
| Wordox | WON.net | WON.net | Offline | ||||||||||
| YOU DON’T KNOW JACK Sports the netshow | Berkeley Systems, Jellyvision | Berzerk.com | Offline | ||||||||||
| YOU DON’T KNOW JACK the netshow | Berkeley Systems, Jellyvision | Berzerk.com | YDKJ Offline |
The Hoyle series of games evolved from retail to free on WON and, as such, are difficult to classify in the other lists here. Hoyle retail games started much like all the other retail games here until it was announced that the servers for the retail and demo versions would be shut down in favor of the new free versions. The new free versions were dubbed the "Hoyle Channel." It was also announced that future Hoyle retail games would work with the Hoyle Channel for online play--only with more features (such as choices for backgrounds and card graphics) plus the usual array of offline features and games. Thus, here is a detailed list of the retail releases, plus a simple list of the free games (due to version evolution of the free games being unknown, and staying in sync with the retail releases anyhow).
For the most part, bundles are not included in the list, but a-la-carte splits (Hoyle Bridge being a split from Hoyle Card Games for example) are included.
| scope=col style=min-width:8em | Title | scope=col | Release date | scope=col | Developer(s) | scope=col | scope=col | SIGS/WONlaunch date | scope=col | SIGS/WONshut-down date | scope=col | Online fate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hoyle Battling Ships and War | Sierra On-Line | Sierra On-Line | Offline | ||||||||||
| Hoyle Blackjack | Sierra On-Line | Sierra On-Line | Hoyle Channel | ||||||||||
| Hoyle Board Games | Sierra On-Line | Sierra Attractions | Hoyle Channel | ||||||||||
| Hoyle Board Games | Sierra On-Line | Sierra Attractions | Offline | ||||||||||
| Hoyle Board Games | Sierra On-Line | Sierra Attractions | Offline | ||||||||||
| Hoyle Board Games | Sierra On-Line | Sierra Entertainment | Offline | ||||||||||
| Hoyle Board Games | Sierra Entertainment | Vivendi | Offline | ||||||||||
| Hoyle Board Games demo | Sierra On-Line | Sierra Attractions | Hoyle Channel | ||||||||||
| Hoyle Bridge | Sierra On-Line | Sierra Attractions | Offline | ||||||||||
| Hoyle Bridge & Euchre | Sierra On-Line | Sierra Attractions | Hoyle Channel | ||||||||||
| Hoyle Card Games | Sierra On-Line | Sierra Attractions | Hoyle Channel | ||||||||||
| Hoyle Card Games | Sierra On-Line | Sierra Attractions | Offline | ||||||||||
| Hoyle Card Games | Sierra On-Line | Sierra Attractions | Offline | ||||||||||
| Hoyle Card Games | Sierra On-Line | Sierra Entertainment | Offline | ||||||||||
| Hoyle Card Games | Sierra Entertainment | Vivendi | Offline | ||||||||||
| Hoyle Card Games | Sierra Entertainment | Vivendi | Offline | ||||||||||
| Hoyle Card Games demo | Sierra On-Line | Sierra Attractions | Hoyle Channel | ||||||||||
| Hoyle Casino | Sierra On-Line | Sierra On-Line | Hoyle Channel | ||||||||||
| Hoyle Casino | Sierra On-Line | Sierra On-Line | Hoyle Channel | ||||||||||
| Hoyle Casino | Sierra On-Line | Sierra Attractions | Hoyle Channel | ||||||||||
| Hoyle Casino | Sierra On-Line | Sierra Attractions | Offline | ||||||||||
| Hoyle Casino | Sierra On-Line | Sierra Attractions | Offline | ||||||||||
| Hoyle Casino | Sierra On-Line | Sierra Entertainment | Offline | ||||||||||
| Hoyle Casino | Sierra Entertainment | Vivendi | Offline | ||||||||||
| Hoyle Casino | Sierra Entertainment | Vivendi | Offline | ||||||||||
| Hoyle Casino demo | Sierra On-Line | Sierra Attractions | Hoyle Channel | ||||||||||
| Hoyle Classic Backgammon & Cribbage | Sierra On-Line | Sierra Attractions | Hoyle Channel | ||||||||||
| Hoyle Classic Board Games | Sierra On-Line | Sierra On-Line | Hoyle Channel | ||||||||||
| Hoyle Classic Board Games demo | Sierra On-Line | Sierra On-Line | Hoyle Channel | ||||||||||
| Hoyle Classic Card Games | Sierra On-Line | Sierra On-Line | Hoyle Channel | ||||||||||
| Hoyle Classic Card Games demo | Sierra On-Line | Sierra On-Line | Hoyle Channel | ||||||||||
| Hoyle Craps and Blackjack | Sierra On-Line | Sierra Attractions | Hoyle Channel | ||||||||||
| Hoyle Poker | Sierra On-Line | Sierra On-Line | Hoyle Channel | ||||||||||
| Hoyle Poker demo | Sierra On-Line | Sierra On-Line | Hoyle Channel | ||||||||||
| Hoyle Poker demo | Sierra On-Line | Sierra On-Line | Hoyle Channel | ||||||||||
| Hoyle Word Games | Sierra On-Line | Sierra Attractions | Offline | ||||||||||
| Hoyle Word Games | Sierra On-Line | Sierra Attractions | Offline | ||||||||||
| Hoyle Word Games | Sierra On-Line | Sierra Attractions | Offline |
Nested reference from notes above: *