Walt Disney games seekers can find many Free Disney Games online if they take the time to look. Fan favorites from Mickey Mouse to Hanna Montana are waiting to be played and interacted with online. There are numerous choices in the games and, if you have a favorite, there are shortcuts to find them.

Disney is one of the major entertainment corporation with movies, television, and theme parks so naturally their reach extends into computer entertainment. While Disney offers many games for sale, it also offers some games for free or sample demos of games for sale. The free games are all built into the brand names that Disney sells so well. A few sites also offer games that have the Disney characters. Often they are flash games that have characters like Mickey Mouse or Captain Jack Sparrow added.

There are two types of games available from Disney online or other places. The first are simple games that range from toddler play to complicated puzzles. The games are compliments to shows from the Disney Chanel or characters from Disney Movies. Many toddler games can be found at Playhouse Disney. http://tv.disney.go.com/playhouse/games/index.html While the more challenging games that pre-teens teens to adults might find interesting are at Disney Chanel Games. http://tv.disney.go.com/disneychannel/games/index.html Flash Games can be found at places like Dan-Dare.org.

The second is Disney online environments. There are free memberships available to try out the games before you spend money to join the community. There are four active environments which are and one more yet to come online called Club Penguin, Toontown online, Pirates of the Caribbean online and Pixie Hollow. Cars is to be launched in the near future.

All you need is a computer with a good Internet connection. The games vary from simple flash to ones with more graphics so expect load time to vary. Most games play very easily with a mouse so there is no need for a joystick.

For the virtual worlds the system requirements are greater.http://piratesonline.go.com/#/help/faq.html

PC System Requirements

• Windows 2000, XP, Vista
• 800 MHz or faster processor
• 512 MB RAM
• 32 MB 3D graphics card
• DirectX 9 or better
• 700 MB free disk space
• Broadband Connection (recommended)

Mac System Requirements

• OS 10.4.6 (Tiger)
• PowerPC G4 or any Mac with any Intel processor
• 512 MB RAM
• 700 MB free disk space
• Broadband Connection (recommended)
• Two Button mouse (recommended)

Sites with Disney Flash Games

• Dan-Dare.Org has a group of Disney flash games.http://www.dan-dare.org
• PlayTHQ.com has a demo of “Wall-evideo Game” http://wall-e.playthq.com/

Additionally, at the Main hub for Disney Games they have the games grouped in several ways: Disney Games by characters, Disney Games by shows, and Disney Games by game type.http://disney.go.com/games/#/games/