Shizmoo

Once upon a time, there was a website called Shizmoo, which offered some of the most addictive free games around in that era, although I am unable to say when this time happened, maybe around a decade ago?

Kung-Fu Chess is the real time variant of playing chess, instead of playing turn-based, here you could move all of your units in relative time, where cooldowns where included. Not only would you have 1 opponent, but instead 4 players at once could wreck the chessboard into pieces until only 1 king remained.

Sumo Volleyball was arguably the most addictive and competitive game provided by Shizmoo, and it was such a simple concept of mechanics. Simply put, two sumo wrestlers would play volleyball on a beach, and the bizarre mechanic of jumping on the pole in the middle and crashing into your opponent with your weight would sometimes mean a point for the other player. There was a time where I would worship and play this in the weekends.

Mini Golf was less original unlike these two, and I could not even find relevant sources back anymore on the internet. Simply put, you would guide the ball from a top down perspective on various wacky courses.

Nowadays, clones apparently exist for all three games, and I'm about to find and try them out and perhaps update this article later on with them included. But for now, I wanted to remember these very entertaining games in an era where life was a bit more simple for me.