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Flashpoint Archive
Other namesBlueMaxima's Flashpoint
Original author(s)Ben "BlueMaxima" Latimore
Developer(s)Community contributors
Initial releaseZero / January 15, 2018; 8 years ago (2018-01-15)[1]
Stable release
12.1 (Salamander) / October 27, 2023; 2 years ago (2023-10-27)[1]
Repositorygithub.com/FlashpointProject/launcher/
Written inTypeScript, PHP, C++, C#, C[2][3][4][5]
Operating systemMicrosoft Windows, macOS, Linux
LicenseMIT (launcher),[6] proprietary (engines, games)
Websitehttps://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] 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]

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

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  1. 1 2 "News – Flashpoint Archive". flashpointarchive.org. Archived from the original on 27 November 2023. Retrieved 29 November 2023.
  2. ↑ FlashpointProject/FlashpointSecureTools, Flashpoint Archive, 30 December 2023, retrieved 29 January 2024
  3. ↑ FlashpointProject/FlashpointProxy, Flashpoint Archive, 30 December 2023, retrieved 29 January 2024
  4. ↑ FlashpointProject/launcher, Flashpoint Archive, 28 January 2024, retrieved 29 January 2024
  5. ↑ FlashpointProject/FlashpointUltimateUpdater, Flashpoint Archive, 24 January 2024, retrieved 29 January 2024
  6. ↑ Flashpoint Launcher, FlashpointProject, 9 December 2021, archived from the original on 11 December 2021, retrieved 11 December 2021
  7. 1 2 "Ontwikkelaars maken tool om 38.000 oude Flash-games te archiveren en te spelen". Tweakers (in Dutch).
  8. ↑ "You Can Now Play 36,000 Saved Flash Games Offline Ahead of Flash Browser Support End". HYPEBEAST. 3 February 2020.
  9. ↑ Morton, Lauren (31 January 2020). "Flashpoint launcher is saving Flash games from extinction". Rock Paper Shotgun. Retrieved 7 August 2021.
  10. ↑ "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.
  11. ↑ Prescott, Shaun (3 February 2020). "Thousands of old Flash games have been saved from obsolescence". PC Gamer.
  12. ↑ Kidwell, Emma (2 May 2018). "Flashpoint is archiving Flash games before they disappear forever". Gamasutra. Archived from the original on 5 May 2018. Retrieved 7 August 2021.
  13. ↑ Hoon Chan, Khee (18 March 2021). "Tracing the Sprawling Roots of Flash Preservation". VICE. Retrieved 7 August 2021.
  14. ↑ Grosso, Robert (24 December 2018). "Flashpoint Preserves over 10,000 Web-Based Flash Games; Playable With New Launcher". TechRaptor. Retrieved 7 August 2021.
  15. ↑ "Flash is Dead, but Its Culture Should Live on". 25 October 2020.
  16. ↑ "How to Play Old Flash Games in 2020, and Beyond". 29 February 2020.
  17. ↑ "Supported Platforms - BlueMaxima's Flashpoint". bluemaxima.org. Archived from the original on 20 January 2023. Retrieved 20 February 2022.
  18. ↑ "Downloads - BlueMaxima's Flashpoint". bluemaxima.org. Retrieved 8 September 2021.

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