Flashpoint Archive Other names BlueMaxima's Flashpoint Original author(s) Ben "BlueMaxima" Latimore Developer(s) Community contributors Initial release Zero / January 15, 2018; 7 years ago (2018-01-15 ) [ 1] Stable release 12.1 (
Salamander )
/ October 27, 2023
; 22 months ago (2023-10-27 ) [ 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/
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] Archive Team .[ 10] [ 11] [ 12] gigabytes , to be used by simulating the Internet.[ 13] [ 14]
It is named after and focused on Flash, but also supports Shockwave ,[ 15] Silverlight , Java , Unity Web Player and many more,[ 16] 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
↑ 1.0 1.1 "News – Flashpoint Archive" . flashpointarchive.org . Archived from the original on 27 November 2023. Retrieved 29 November 2023 .↑ FlashpointProject/FlashpointSecureTools , retrieved 29 January 2024 ↑ FlashpointProject/FlashpointProxy , retrieved 29 January 2024 ↑ FlashpointProject/launcher , retrieved 29 January 2024 ↑ FlashpointProject/FlashpointUltimateUpdater , retrieved 29 January 2024 ↑ Flashpoint Launcher 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 .
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