All online casinos classify the games offered by them according to categories like slots, table games, video poker and specialty games. This makes it easier to locate the games. But there are players who prefer playing the newly released online casino games or have their favorites. For such players the traditional classification does not help much. Therefore online casino software providers have methods of identifying new and favorite games.

Some software developers have a separate category for new games in the games menu. The new games are listed in this category and also in their usual classification. Microgaming follows this system. The games are listed in the new games category when released. Usually they remain there for three months and then are removed. Sometimes extremely popular games remain in the new games category for a longer period. The software developers Playtech and Vegas Technology also follow this system. Other software providers list the new games in their regular categories but indicate that the game is new by marking it as “New”. Such games are usually not located in their alphabetical position in the list but appear on top of the list. Software providers who use this method include Rival Gaming and Top Game. The software provider Realtime Gaming lists the new games individually alongside the usual games categories, but does not indicate that the games are new. The software provider Cryptologic has a unique system for displaying the new games. These are displayed in a box in the casino client lobby. The box displays the new games under the following tabs: hot games, slots, table games and video poker. The same information is available in the games menu that lists new games separately.

Over the years players develop a liking to certain games that they want to play again and again. Players like quick access to these games without the usual navigation. Therefore some software providers have mechanisms that allow players to save their favorite games under a separate category. Playtech is one of them. The games menu at Playtech online casinos has a separate category for favorite games. The player can select the game from the regular categories or the new games category and click the star symbol in order to store the game in the favorite games category. The software provider Cryptologic has a slightly different mechanism. The favorite games category is not listed in the main games menu but in a box at the bottom of the screen. Players can drag their favorite games from the main menu into this box.

Microgaming also has a favorite games category. It should be more correctly named as a recently played games category. Players cannot transfer games there, but any game downloaded by the player is automatically transferred there. The problem with this is that the player may not like the game after playing it. Also over time the number of games can become very large. Therefore players would have to update this category constantly by removing the unwanted games from it.

There are some other software providers that automatically display the recently played games. Realtime Gaming online casinos do so at the bottom of the casino screen. There is no provision to create favorite games. Cryptologic displays the recently played games in the same box as the favorite games but under a different tab. In the same box Cryptologic also displays the games played most often.