Gaming
10 popular Google Doodle games you need to play
- What is a Google Doodle?
- Here are the 10 most popular Google Doodle games you need to play
- Cricket
- Pac-Man
- Hip-Hop
- Soccer 2012
- Rubick’s Cube
- Basketball
- Scoville
- Coding for carrots
- Halloween 2016
- Garden Gnomes
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Dimapur, March 7 (EMN): We have sorted out a top ten list of the most popular ‘Google Doodle‘ games so that you won’t have to.
What is a Google Doodle?
A ‘Google Doodle‘ is a special temporary art that replaces the Google logo on its search home page to commemorate special occasions. Initially, Google doodles were just static images with a hover text describing the image or the special occasion.
In January 2010, the first animated Google doodle honoured the 367th birthday of English mathematician, Sir Isaac Newton.
The first interactive Google doodle game was launched by Google to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the 1980 arcade game Pac-Man.
Here are the 10 most popular Google Doodle games you need to play
Cricket
Google released the cricket doodle game to commemorate the 2017 ICC Champions Trophy. This interactive doodle game is quite simple and highly addictive. It lets you play as a cricket batsman and the goal is to score as many runs as you can.
Pac-Man
This is the first interactive doodle game that Google released on May 21, 2010, to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the classic arcade game, Pac-Man. The doodle game was made in collaboration with NAMCO. The game features the Pac-Man’s original game logic, graphics, and sounds.
Hip-Hop
This is one of the most interesting interactive doodles that you can play. Released on Aug. 11, 2017, to celebrate the 44th anniversary of the birth of the Hip-Hop genre of music, this doodle game lets you mix and scratch records with an interactive turntable. Unleash your inner DJ with this one.
Soccer 2012
This is another sports-themed interactive doodle game that Google released in 2012. Soccer 2012 lets you play as an animated goal-keeper and the game revolves around stopping the opponent score goals against you. You can use your mouse to position yourself and right-click to save a shot.
Rubik’s Cube
This is Google‘s interactive browser-based version of the popular Rubik’s cube puzzle game. Use the keyboard or the mouse to solve the game.
Basketball 2012
If you have watched Stephen Curry and want to throw some sick 3’s, this doodle game is for you. Use the space bar or mouse button to control the ball and score. The goal is to score as many as you can within 24 seconds.
Scoville
This popular doodle game was released to celebrate Wilbur Scoville’s 151st birthday. Use your mouse to throw ice-cream on the hot chillies once the slider comes to the centre.
Coding for carrots
This doodle game was released on Dec. 4, 2017 to celebrate 50 years of kids coding. The goal of the game is to collect carrots on the way using code blocks by guiding the rabbit.
Halloween 2016
Unleash your inner Harry Potter with this doodle game. You play as Momo, a black feline who has mastered the art of doodle magic. Defeat the ghosts by drawing symbols labelled on the top of the ghosts.
Garden Gnomes
This doodle game was released by Google on June 10, 2018, to celebrate garden gnomes and their significance in Germany‘s history. The goal of the game is to launch clay gnomes as far as possible by controlling the catapult with your mouse or the space bar.