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An original Matica game

Mirkins Muncher

Retro gaming at it's best, no need to insert any coins anymore this one's on Matica.

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Mirkins Muncher

A little internet history

When games arrived in the browser.

1995
Java applets helped turn web pages into places you could play, with games running inside the browser.
The plug-in era ends
Browsers gradually stopped supporting Java plug-ins. Java 11 removed the browser deployment tools; the Java language itself continues.
Today
This original game runs through our browser emulator. You don’t need to install the old Java plug-in.

Our part in that early web

Our Java games began on Smilie.com in the 1990s, before Matica followed. A surviving Smilie archive from 1 June 1997 refers to Mirkin’s Darts; Matica appears in the archive from 11 November 1998.

These games are part of that first wave of web play. We’re keeping them accessible, along with their original pages and history.

Read more: Java’s early tutorial history · Oracle’s applet deployment notes

Developed in 1999 by Mike Manning, known as Myke. Restored from the original Mirkins Muncher class in our Matica archive. Press 1 to start, arrow keys to move, T for turbo, P to pause and Escape to quit.