Flashpoint Archive
Flashpoint Archive is a project to preserve games and animations playable on web browsers. Major web browsers can no longer run over 100,000 of them due to removing NPAPI support.[7][8][9] An Australian, Ben Latimore, started it in 2018 as part of Archive Team.[10][11][12] A program allows the collection, which is 900 gigabytes, to be used by simulating the Internet.[13][14]
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| Other names | BlueMaxima's Flashpoint |
|---|---|
| Original author(s) | Ben "BlueMaxima" Latimore |
| Developer(s) | Community contributors |
| Initial release | Zero / January 15, 2018[1] |
| Stable release | 12.1 (Salamander)
/ October 27, 2023[1] |
| Repository | github |
| Written in | TypeScript, PHP, C++, C#, C[2][3][4][5] |
| Operating system | Microsoft Windows, macOS, Linux |
| License | MIT (launcher),[6] proprietary (engines, games) |
| Website | https://flashpointarchive.org/ |
It is named after and focused on Flash, but also supports Shockwave,[15] Silverlight, Java, Unity Web Player and many more,[16] as well as frameworks, such as ActiveX. 51 web technologies are preserved.[17]
It is not known if the project is legal, but creators can ask for their programs to be removed.[7]
Flashpoint has two main versions: Ultimate and Infinity. Ultimate has all games and animations from the start, while Infinity downloads their files when needed. There is also a Core version made for adding them, which has a tiny amount.[18]
References
change- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "News – Flashpoint Archive". flashpointarchive.org. Archived from the original on 27 November 2023. Retrieved 29 November 2023.
- ↑ FlashpointProject/FlashpointSecureTools, Flashpoint Archive, 30 December 2023, retrieved 29 January 2024
- ↑ FlashpointProject/FlashpointProxy, Flashpoint Archive, 30 December 2023, retrieved 29 January 2024
- ↑ FlashpointProject/launcher, Flashpoint Archive, 28 January 2024, retrieved 29 January 2024
- ↑ FlashpointProject/FlashpointUltimateUpdater, Flashpoint Archive, 24 January 2024, retrieved 29 January 2024
- ↑ Flashpoint Launcher, FlashpointProject, 9 December 2021, archived from the original on 11 December 2021, retrieved 11 December 2021
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 "Ontwikkelaars maken tool om 38.000 oude Flash-games te archiveren en te spelen". Tweakers (in Dutch).
- ↑ "You Can Now Play 36,000 Saved Flash Games Offline Ahead of Flash Browser Support End". HYPEBEAST. 3 February 2020.
- ↑ Morton, Lauren (31 January 2020). "Flashpoint launcher is saving Flash games from extinction". Rock Paper Shotgun. Retrieved 7 August 2021.
- ↑ "Flash Games As We Know Them Will Die Forever In 2020. One Guy Is Trying To Save Them All". Kotaku Australia. 5 May 2018. Archived from the original on 26 July 2021. Retrieved 7 August 2021.
- ↑ Prescott, Shaun (3 February 2020). "Thousands of old Flash games have been saved from obsolescence". PC Gamer.
- ↑ Kidwell, Emma (2 May 2018). "Flashpoint is archiving Flash games before they disappear forever". Gamasutra. Retrieved 7 August 2021.
- ↑ Hoon Chan, Khee. "Tracing the Sprawling Roots of Flash Preservation". VICE. Retrieved 7 August 2021.
- ↑ Grosso, Robert. "Flashpoint Preserves over 10,000 Web-Based Flash Games; Playable With New Launcher". TechRaptor. Retrieved 7 August 2021.
- ↑ "Flash is Dead, but Its Culture Should Live on". 25 October 2020.
- ↑ "How to Play Old Flash Games in 2020, and Beyond".
- ↑ "Supported Platforms - BlueMaxima's Flashpoint". bluemaxima.org. Retrieved 20 February 2022.
- ↑ "Downloads - BlueMaxima's Flashpoint". bluemaxima.org. Retrieved 8 September 2021.