Angry Birds Bookmarklet: Play Angry Birds, Fruit Ninja Live on Any Website

In 2011 you could play Angry Birds or Fruit Ninja live on top of any website. This post looks back at the angry birds bookmarklet games from Nokia Argentina, shows our videos of them running on QOT, and lists the ways you can still play these games, or a similar bookmarklet game, today.

Quick answer: The Angry Birds and Fruit Ninja bookmarklets were a 2011 Nokia Argentina promotion and were removed soon after, so they no longer work. Today you can play Angry Birds 2 and other Rovio games, and Fruit Ninja or Fruit Ninja 2 from Halfbrick, on your phone. For the fun of smashing a web page, the Kick Ass bookmarklet game still works in desktop browsers.

What Was the Angry Birds Bookmarklet?

Angry Birds and Fruit Ninja were two of the most popular mobile games of the time, and most of us were addicted to them. Nokia Argentina took them to a new level. They created bookmarklets that you dragged to your browser’s bookmarks bar. You then visited your favourite website, clicked the bookmarklet and started playing.

The twist was that the game played on top of the web page itself. Besides the green pigs and the fruit, the birds and the fruit blade flew across the website, slicing and smashing the page and creating some funny scenes.

Our Videos: Angry Birds and Fruit Ninja Live on QOT

Nokia removed the bookmarklets from its site, but we recorded videos of them running on QuickOnlineTips.

Angry Birds live on QOT

Fruit Ninja live on QOT

Can You Still Play the Angry Birds Bookmarklet?

No. The original bookmarklets were a short-lived promotion and their code is no longer hosted, so the old links do nothing. Be careful with any site claiming to offer the “original” bookmarklet: a bookmarklet runs JavaScript on the page you are viewing, so only use ones from sources you trust.

What to Play Instead

• Rovio (external site) games: Angry Birds 2 and the other current Angry Birds titles are on the official app stores. Our post on the Angry Birds Facebook game explains what became of the browser and Facebook versions.
• Halfbrick (external site) games: Fruit Ninja and Fruit Ninja 2 are Halfbrick’s official slicing games for mobile.
• Kick Ass (external site): a long-running bookmarklet game that lets you fly a small ship over any web page and blast it apart, which gives the same “destroy the website” fun.

How to use a bookmarklet game

1. Show your browser’s bookmarks bar.
2. Drag the game’s button from its official site to the bookmarks bar.
3. Open any web page and click the bookmark to start the game. Reload the page to restore it.

Bookmarklets work best in desktop browsers. Mobile browsers make them hard to run, so on phones stick to the official game apps.

Want to put a game on your own page instead? See how we tried to embed Angry Birds on a website, and our older guide to playing Angry Birds online.

FAQ

Does the Angry Birds bookmarklet still work?

No. It was a 2011 Nokia Argentina promotion and was removed, so the bookmarklet no longer loads.

Is it safe to use a bookmarklet game?

Only from a source you trust. A bookmarklet runs code on the page you are viewing, so avoid unknown copies.

Where can I play Fruit Ninja today?

Halfbrick offers Fruit Ninja and Fruit Ninja 2 as official mobile games.

Does the bookmarklet change the website for other people?

No. It only changes the page in your own browser tab. Reloading the page brings it back to normal.