• The blind can play games, too.black video games controler or games pad image by Warren Millar from Fotolia.com
  
  According to studies by the Consumer Electronics Association, gaming isn't restricted to the stereotypical male teenager anymore. However, many wonder how the blind can enjoy this popular, but very visual, form of entertainment. The answer is provided by developers like BSC Games, which produces video games custom made, from the top down, for the blind.
  
  

Troopanum 2

• Troopanum 2 is an arcade game similar to games like Space Invaders. The game is played by listening to alien ships as they try to land to the left and right of the player. The player must navigate to the ship's position, at which point he will hear a "lock on" sound and can fire to destroy the ship. The game is lost as soon as four alien invasion ships land successfully. There are a total of sixteen levels, climaxing it a fierce battle against the evil "Lord Vector" himself.
  
  

Deek Out

• Deek Out is a free game from the same company that produces the commercial game Troopanum. You are trapped in a room with a deadly robot and must avoid him at all costs. You can only detect the presence of the robot by the sounds it (and the traps it occasionally sets) makes.
  
  

WinFrotz TTS

• WinFrotz is not a game in itself, but rather a program called a "Z-machine interpreter" that allows the user to play a special genre of text-only games called "interactive fiction games" or "text adventures." Hundreds of games are available free, ranging from fantasy classics like "Zork" to fan-made games like the 2003 IFComp winner "Slouching Towards Bedlam." Best of all, most of the games are free and since the games are all text, "Text-to-Speech" engines can easily dictate the games to the players.
  
  

23 Bricks

• 23 Bricks is a two-player computer strategy game in which each player takes turns picking up bricks from a pile of 23 bricks. The winner is the player who takes the last brick. The is played from a text-based console and works with any text-to-speech software that supports the console, such as JAWS and "Window-Eyes."