Will people be able to archive flash games

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Will people be able to archive flash games Sept 24, 2020 18:28:40 GMT via mobile

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Post by Deleted on Sept 24, 2020 18:28:40 GMT

So I recently looked into the adobe flash shut down at the end of 2020, that means every single flash game will disappear from the internet, which made me wonder if it’s even possible to archive them at all if people can’t use flash, does that mean that archive.org will have every single flash game taken down? I’m actually kinda starting to worry about all my favorite flash games becoming lost to time.

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Post by loneranger on Sept 24, 2020 19:05:39 GMT

There is a page that is preserving everything related to flash such as games, this page is called bluemaxima.org/flashpoint/

But most likely some flash games are already lost and archive.org does not preserve flash files

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Will people be able to archive flash games Sept 24, 2020 19:15:54 GMT via mobile loneranger and serpentnight like this

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Sept 24, 2020 19:05:39 GMT loneranger said:

There is a page that is preserving everything related to flash such as games, this page is called bluemaxima.org/flashpoint/

But most likely some flash games are already lost and archive.org does not preserve flash files

Well that’s a relief!

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Will people be able to archive flash games Sept 25, 2020 21:47:21 GMT dogpolygonrt66 likes this

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Post by SakuranBow on Sept 25, 2020 21:47:21 GMT

Once flash gets shut down, the games themselves won't disappear, browsers just won't be able to play them anymore. Unless the file gets deleted, you should still be able to download it (most of the time they're easily located by looking into the site's source code) and play it locally by using a flash projector (which can be found in adobe's website).
And of course there's also Bluemaxima's Flashpoint, as loneranger mentioned, but I'd say that having a flash projector as well might come in handy.

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Will people be able to archive flash games Sept 25, 2020 23:55:05 GMT dogpolygonrt66 likes this

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Post by tpfsv on Sept 25, 2020 23:55:05 GMT

Sept 24, 2020 19:05:39 GMT loneranger said:

archive.org does not preserve flash files

I don't think this is true, especially in the 2000s archive.org usually didn't grab Flash files but nowadays it seems to do so, and I've played Flash games through the Wayback Machine before.

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Will people be able to archive flash games Sept 26, 2020 5:09:51 GMT

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Sept 25, 2020 23:55:05 GMT tpfsv said:

Sept 24, 2020 19:05:39 GMT loneranger said:

archive.org does not preserve flash files

I don't think this is true, especially in the 2000s archive.org usually didn't grab Flash files but nowadays it seems to do so, and I've played Flash games through the Wayback Machine before.

I thought that was not possible? Every flash file I find in the wayback machine is not preserved.

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Will people be able to archive flash games Sept 26, 2020 21:18:08 GMT

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Post by GrigioGuy on Sept 26, 2020 21:18:08 GMT

There was this Flash game I used to play long ago, and would love to play it again. It was the "Scoop!" ice cream game with Buster on the "Arthur" PBS Kids website. They removed it in 2018, I found out. I wonder if the "Flashpoint" site would have it?

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Will people be able to archive flash games Oct 2, 2020 8:10:17 GMT via mobile

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Post by sonikkua on Oct 2, 2020 8:10:17 GMT

Sept 26, 2020 21:18:08 GMT GrigioGuy said:

There was this Flash game I used to play long ago, and would love to play it again. It was the "Scoop!" ice cream game with Buster on the "Arthur" PBS Kids website. They removed it in 2018, I found out. I wonder if the "Flashpoint" site would have it?

Sadly I remember it not working even back in 2014. I think they axed the Swf for it to make room in servers

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Will people be able to archive flash games Oct 3, 2020 1:07:39 GMT

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Post by rarenogginstuff on Oct 3, 2020 1:07:39 GMT

Does anyone have an archived copy of Little Tikes Safetytown? It's a flash-based game that was on both the official Little Tikes website, and the old Nick Jr Playtime website. It was about helping Cozy Coupe drive safely through town by answering safety questions. It was no longer on Nick Jr's website as of 2009 or so, but I think it was on their servers at static.nickjr.com till it was deleted in 2017. I checked the Wayback Machine and various other internet archives (Including Time Travel Memento Web), but to no avail. If anyone has this game archived or knows anything about it, please let me know. Thanks!

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Will people be able to archive flash games Oct 3, 2020 10:07:26 GMT

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Post by dogpolygonrt66 on Oct 3, 2020 10:07:26 GMT

Sept 26, 2020 5:09:51 GMT PikaFusion said:

Sept 25, 2020 23:55:05 GMT tpfsv said:

I don't think this is true, especially in the 2000s archive.org usually didn't grab Flash files but nowadays it seems to do so, and I've played Flash games through the Wayback Machine before.

I thought that was not possible? Every flash file I find in the wayback machine is not preserved.

It usually didn't archive flash content that connected back to another server or another page for source content. As far as stuff like old YT videos before they moved on from flash, and a lot of flash-based webpages, they were archived in some form (just usually you have to stitch them back together).

This is so sad, can we hit 50 likes?

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Will people be able to archive flash games Oct 3, 2020 10:15:37 GMT

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Post by dogpolygonrt66 on Oct 3, 2020 10:15:37 GMT

Sept 26, 2020 21:18:08 GMT GrigioGuy said:

There was this Flash game I used to play long ago, and would love to play it again. It was the "Scoop!" ice cream game with Buster on the "Arthur" PBS Kids website. They removed it in 2018, I found out. I wonder if the "Flashpoint" site would have it?

web.archive.org/web/20071031184928/http://pbskids.org/arthur/games/scoop/scoop.html Is this the game? Seems to work.

This is so sad, can we hit 50 likes?

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Will people be able to archive flash games Oct 3, 2020 22:04:53 GMT

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Post by GrigioGuy on Oct 3, 2020 22:04:53 GMT

Oct 3, 2020 10:15:37 GMT dogpolygonrt66 said:

Sept 26, 2020 21:18:08 GMT GrigioGuy said:

There was this Flash game I used to play long ago, and would love to play it again. It was the "Scoop!" ice cream game with Buster on the "Arthur" PBS Kids website. They removed it in 2018, I found out. I wonder if the "Flashpoint" site would have it?

web.archive.org/web/20071031184928/http://pbskids.org/arthur/games/scoop/scoop.html Is this the game? Seems to work.

Yes, that's it! It says "this plugin is not supported," though...

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Will people be able to archive flash games Oct 4, 2020 6:17:44 GMT

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Post by dogpolygonrt66 on Oct 4, 2020 6:17:44 GMT

Oct 3, 2020 22:04:53 GMT GrigioGuy said:

Oct 3, 2020 10:15:37 GMT dogpolygonrt66 said:

web.archive.org/web/20071031184928/http://pbskids.org/arthur/games/scoop/scoop.html Is this the game? Seems to work.

Yes, that's it! It says "this plugin is not supported," though...

Download Pale Moon browser. Most modern browsers don't have much flash support and those that do might not have shockwave support.

This is so sad, can we hit 50 likes?

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Post by mrjayden on Jun 25, 2021 22:21:04 GMT

Sept 24, 2020 19:05:39 GMT loneranger said:

There is a page that is preserving everything related to flash such as games, this page is called bluemaxima.org/flashpoint/

But most likely some flash games are already lost and archive.org does not preserve flash files

Also you can use Adobe's official Flash projector, you can download it here (Get the normal version for your OS, not the one that says "content debugger"

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Will people be able to archive flash games Jun 26, 2021 11:14:01 GMT

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Post by thegrassguy on Jun 26, 2021 11:14:01 GMT

Oct 3, 2020 22:04:53 GMT GrigioGuy said:

Oct 3, 2020 10:15:37 GMT dogpolygonrt66 said:

web.archive.org/web/20071031184928/http://pbskids.org/arthur/games/scoop/scoop.html Is this the game? Seems to work.

Yes, that's it! It says "this plugin is not supported," though...

I tried it on Flashpoint and it worked exactly how I remembered it 10 years ago.

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