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Oh my gosh I've been following this thread from it's creation and I still have NO IDEA what it's about.
Are you talking about video games that are embedded in a web browser? Or, video games that connect to other plays via the Internet? What is "low specs"? Do emulated games count? How about games in an emulator that runs in a web browser? What genre do you want? How about THE COLLOSAL CAVE ADVENTURE? That can be played online and the system requirements are pretty much any toaster that runs NetBSD.
Whatever. It doesn't matter. The answer to your question is "Tux Racer". In any thread about Linux gaming the answer is always Tux Racer.

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    Oh my gosh I've been following this thread from it's creation and I still have NO IDEA what it's about.
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