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AnimateArchive (old versions of Adobe Flash)

66 points by unleaded 3y ago

stepupmakeup 3y ago
It's the actual flash creation software, not flash players or flash games for anyone curious. They seem to just work on Windows 10 without needing to look up workarounds, but they crash often in my experience.
Brajeshwar 3y ago
Wow! I have a lot of memories and nostalgia with Flash. I started when a colleague kinda forced me to do Flash (I think version 4), where I stumbled on ASFunction, which changed the whole game. I ended my relations with Flash after I got my name in the About - Credit Screen. Let me try to install the latest version to see where things are. :-)
Dwedit 3y ago
"No Copyright infringement intended" The ultimate get out of jail free card.
- DaiPlusPlus 3y ago
  Unregistered Hypercam2
stevebmark 3y ago
Has anyone tried to load old Flash files with these? Will give it a try, I always regretted not converting some of my old Flash projects into YouTube videos, etc.
- ericswpark 3y ago
  You might have some luck with Ruffle.rs
  - tombert 3y ago
    I have been immensely impressed with the progress that Ruffle has made. I think the entire Homestar Runner site is powered by Ruffle now, and it seems to work totally fine.
nazgulsenpai 3y ago
So weird you posted this because I stumbled upon it organically 2 days ago when I thought I needed it to modify an SWF file. Installed CS5 in WINE before realizing I couldn't import an SWF directly. Then I found JPEXS Decompiler[0] that allows for full modification of SWF files! [0]https://github.com/jindrapetrik/jpexs-decompiler https://github.com/jindrapetrik/jpexs-decompiler
- duskwuff 3y ago
  flasm and flare [1] may also be of interest to you. [1]: http://www.nowrap.de/flasm.html http://www.nowrap.de/flasm.html / http://www.nowrap.de/flare.html http://www.nowrap.de/flare.html
  - Dwedit 3y ago
    I used to use SWFMILL as well, also SWFCOMBINE.
AndrewSwift 3y ago
If anyone is interested, I am trying to bring back the spirit of Flash with a project to build animated websites with Adobe Illustrator. See svija.com for details.
- CharlesW 3y ago
  > …I am trying to bring back the spirit of Flash with a project to build animated websites with Adobe Illustrator. Out of curiosity, why is Adobe Illustrator better for this than Adobe Animate (née Adobe Flash)?
  - AndrewSwift 3y ago
    You can build a whole website, not just the animations.
    - philwelch 3y ago
      You could build a whole website in Flash too. Many did.
      - AndrewSwift 3y ago
        I did too — that's why I started this project. But the question was about Adobe Animate.
kgeist 3y ago
I remember playing around in Flash 4 and the site skips versions 2-4. I wonder why they're skipped.
- unleaded 3y ago
  Not sure, you can get flash 4 from winworld though
- aleph_minus_one 3y ago
  I guess because the creators of this website don't have files of these Flash versions lying around.

66 points by unleaded 3y ago

It's the actual flash creation software, not flash players or flash games for anyone curious. They seem to just work on Windows 10 without needing to look up workarounds, but they crash often in my experience.

Brajeshwar 3y ago

Wow! I have a lot of memories and nostalgia with Flash. I started when a colleague kinda forced me to do Flash (I think version 4), where I stumbled on ASFunction, which changed the whole game. I ended my relations with Flash after I got my name in the About - Credit Screen. Let me try to install the latest version to see where things are. :-)

Dwedit 3y ago

"No Copyright infringement intended" The ultimate get out of jail free card.

DaiPlusPlus 3y ago
Unregistered Hypercam2

stevebmark 3y ago

Has anyone tried to load old Flash files with these? Will give it a try, I always regretted not converting some of my old Flash projects into YouTube videos, etc.

ericswpark 3y ago
You might have some luck with Ruffle.rs
- tombert 3y ago
  I have been immensely impressed with the progress that Ruffle has made. I think the entire Homestar Runner site is powered by Ruffle now, and it seems to work totally fine.

nazgulsenpai 3y ago

So weird you posted this because I stumbled upon it organically 2 days ago when I thought I needed it to modify an SWF file. Installed CS5 in WINE before realizing I couldn't import an SWF directly. Then I found JPEXS Decompiler[0] that allows for full modification of SWF files! [0]https://github.com/jindrapetrik/jpexs-decompiler https://github.com/jindrapetrik/jpexs-decompiler

duskwuff 3y ago
flasm and flare [1] may also be of interest to you. [1]: http://www.nowrap.de/flasm.html http://www.nowrap.de/flasm.html / http://www.nowrap.de/flare.html http://www.nowrap.de/flare.html
- Dwedit 3y ago
  I used to use SWFMILL as well, also SWFCOMBINE.

AndrewSwift 3y ago

If anyone is interested, I am trying to bring back the spirit of Flash with a project to build animated websites with Adobe Illustrator. See svija.com for details.

CharlesW 3y ago
> …I am trying to bring back the spirit of Flash with a project to build animated websites with Adobe Illustrator. Out of curiosity, why is Adobe Illustrator better for this than Adobe Animate (née Adobe Flash)?
- AndrewSwift 3y ago
  You can build a whole website, not just the animations.
  - philwelch 3y ago
    You could build a whole website in Flash too. Many did.
    - AndrewSwift 3y ago
      I did too — that's why I started this project. But the question was about Adobe Animate.

kgeist 3y ago

I remember playing around in Flash 4 and the site skips versions 2-4. I wonder why they're skipped.

unleaded 3y ago
Not sure, you can get flash 4 from winworld though
aleph_minus_one 3y ago
I guess because the creators of this website don't have files of these Flash versions lying around.