Issues with Flash games not loading.

download the swf directly maybe.

Downloaded one and installed swffileplayer and it says "no shockwave flash object installed please go to http://getadobe.com/flashplayer to install... so uh...

actually surprised opera still supports flash. I imagine that will go away eventually. Kind of sad since there's so much out there. Guess emulators are the way to go nowadays. Retrobat is awesome for this type of old school stuff... bud don't think it does swf files?

 

Yes, you can download swf files from that and many other sites what you need though is a flash player. Flash is a security risk so I think you may be right. If you download a swf file and go to https://ruffle.rs/demo/ you can drag a locally saved swf file in there to play em. Not sure how the browser extensions work but the demo page works fine.

ok, installed the extension and it does let you play the swf files on that site in other browsers other than opera... but for local files you'll need that demo thing I think. I have not messed with flash in many years but think I have an old macromedia version of it in some educational book from way back before Adobe bought it in the first place. However newer versions of it that most swf files online use that were based on Adobe likely won't run in old stuff like that.

According to https://www.swfmax.com/how-to-install-flash-player you have to have the Flash.ocx Active X component to run locally. That is what the security risk thing is I think. Follow these directions if you dare, but it could be opening you up to a security risk. Sucks that old school ways of doing things create security holes. I miss file sharing with android tv but that too is a security risk due to smb 1.0 Cannot go back in time so adapt we will. (seriously though if you are in to old school games like that site has loot in to emulation since I think you'll find a much bigger sea to find fish in than relying on old swf files someone cobbled together)

It's really sad that big sharks like Adobe buy up little companies like Macromedia and use up the IP they bought and then cast it aside a few years later.... Same thing happened with Kaydara and it's fbx file format and motionbuilder sofftware that Autodesk bought out. I loved those old school animation programs before the giant megacorps came along and had their way with the little guys, making cost to get the programs and access them gigantic and confusing...

interesting reading over at How to use apps that rely on ActiveX in 2021? : flash (reddit.com) Seriously though think about what you are doing before you go messing with this stuff. If they deleted it due to being a security risk do you really want to reinstall it bypassing their suggestion to get rid of it?

Also, if you want other games, etc. try Internet Arcade : Free Software : Free Download, Borrow and Streaming : Internet Archive - internet archive has emulators on their site that allow you to play on most any browser without you having to install anything local (*although figuring out the controls can be fluky.... which is why local emulators and roms are the real way to go in this sort of thing*)... flash had it's time. That time is over. Some places are now using new html to replicate what swf files used to be able to do but it's a slow process converting over all that stuff, and many developers just don't have the desire to redo all that work. They were sold on the idea that flash would be around forever since Adobe bought it and got the rug pulled out from under them.

 

Out of interest... does this work? (Don't worry it's safe - it's an old entropia animation someone made years ago). If nothing else, Media Player Classic/CCCP seems to play it. http://fluffy.spacetechnology.net:5000/pe/PEPromo.swf

On the subject of flash games... I always feel sad that we no longer have the old Entropia themed forum games that used to exist... like Slap Marco XD

Wistrel

(yes this was an actual game not something we did verbally - ok we did that too but well... ya know :D)

 

http://fluffy.spacetechnology.net:5000/pe/PEPromo.swf

works fine. Click on it to download it from any browser. After it's in your download folder go to Ruffle Web Demo and drag the swf file over there to see it.

Several years back there used to be a lot of swf players out there but I think they all relied on that active x thing so now most of the local players don't work but this ruffle thing seems to be an ok workaround for now.

 

Wow thanks! I was interested to see what Internut found but that site looks super handy! It might help me with something at work too which as been on the list things to look at "one day".

Ah Alien Hominid by Tom Fulp from good old Newgrounds! That sure brings back memories. Great animation but quite hard!

Any idea what that site is doing? Is it converting the swf to something more modern to run it? I don't have flash on my browser these days.

 

Doing more research - Firefox 84 was the last version that allowed flash... if you can find an older version to download than 84 it should still work in theory... of course Microsoft has done away with the active x stuff so no clue if it'll really work on windows versions but maybe?... For Linux it might?