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Forgive me if this is a stupid question or a bad place to ask, but I still occasionally go back and play some of the old classic flash games from the internet d

Forgive me if this is a stupid question or a bad place to ask, but I still occasionally go back and play some of the old classic flash games from the internet days of yore. Pandemic, Nekogames Parameters, Alien Hominid, etc... Will there still be a way to play those games once all the browsers and operating systems pull the plug on flash?

EamonnMR 6y ago
Ruffle.rs and Gnu Gnash are decent emulators, plus Newgrounds had its own player you can install. If you have flv files you can upload them to the internet archive and if you set it up properly, they will be playable with ruffle.rs in the browser, no plugin needed. https://blog.archive.org/2020/11/22/flash-back-further-thoughts-on-flash-at-the-internet-archive/ https://blog.archive.org/2020/11/22/flash-back-further-thoug...
- samizdis 6y ago
  I don't have a copy of my favourite cartoon from years ago - The Pygmy Shrew - but there is a "ruffle-ised" version of it here: https://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/699 https://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/699 However, I can't download the file to upload it to the internet archive. Any tips? (It is, actually, available as a vid file on YT, too, but the original was an flv - here is the YT version: https://youtu.be/d5LA3i_XrVU https://youtu.be/d5LA3i_XrVU )
  - ThatPlayer 6y ago
    Searching the source code for swf real quick gets me https://uploads.ungrounded.net/0/699_Pygmy_Shrew_1.swf https://uploads.ungrounded.net/0/699_Pygmy_Shrew_1.swf You can also use your browser's dev tool's Network tabs to watch it download the swf file when you hit play.
    - samizdis 6y ago
      Yes. Thanks for that.
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yenwodyah 6y ago
Along with Ruffle, there's also Flashpoint, a project to curate an archive of every flash game and animation on the internet. (https://bluemaxima.org/flashpoint/ https://bluemaxima.org/flashpoint/)
cmehdy 6y ago
You could always use an older version of a browser for the specific purpose of playing those games. It's not great but it works (I have done that with an old version of Firefox for java web applets)

EamonnMR 6y ago

Ruffle.rs and Gnu Gnash are decent emulators, plus Newgrounds had its own player you can install. If you have flv files you can upload them to the internet archive and if you set it up properly, they will be playable with ruffle.rs in the browser, no plugin needed. https://blog.archive.org/2020/11/22/flash-back-further-thoughts-on-flash-at-the-internet-archive/ https://blog.archive.org/2020/11/22/flash-back-further-thoug...

samizdis 6y ago
I don't have a copy of my favourite cartoon from years ago - The Pygmy Shrew - but there is a "ruffle-ised" version of it here: https://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/699 https://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/699 However, I can't download the file to upload it to the internet archive. Any tips? (It is, actually, available as a vid file on YT, too, but the original was an flv - here is the YT version: https://youtu.be/d5LA3i_XrVU https://youtu.be/d5LA3i_XrVU )
- ThatPlayer 6y ago
  Searching the source code for swf real quick gets me https://uploads.ungrounded.net/0/699_Pygmy_Shrew_1.swf https://uploads.ungrounded.net/0/699_Pygmy_Shrew_1.swf You can also use your browser's dev tool's Network tabs to watch it download the swf file when you hit play.
  - samizdis 6y ago
    Yes. Thanks for that.

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yenwodyah 6y ago

Along with Ruffle, there's also Flashpoint, a project to curate an archive of every flash game and animation on the internet. (https://bluemaxima.org/flashpoint/ https://bluemaxima.org/flashpoint/)

cmehdy 6y ago

You could always use an older version of a browser for the specific purpose of playing those games. It's not great but it works (I have done that with an old version of Firefox for java web applets)