Flash Game Preservation (AKA Life after the Death of Flash) | Flashlight

[@2leftthumbs]

I had so much fun gathering footage for the crazy amount of Flash games featured throughout this video! I tried to include as many of my favourites as I could, plus some that people recommended. Did I include one of your favourites? Is there a Flash game you love that didn't make it into the video? Lemme know!

[@mr_willybilly]

Frame by frame scrubbing is possible on KZbin with the comma and period keys

[@frosteymau]

can you make one about eyezmaze a lot of grow games i played when i was a kid are from there they have eyezmaze.com

[@kimi1522]

Maybe you were trying to not include characters made by bigger complaines, but Super Mario 63 was definitely on of my favorites.

[@cutedogsweetsugar]

Man, you included favs I forgot about! If I had to pick one you didn't show that I adore, it's a little known game called Charger Escape. You help a horse escape its stable by turning it into an alicorn.

[@PersonWhoExists50306]

Oh my heck you featured Red Remover.

[@Arella17]

I always forget how hard the devs for Newgrounds have worked to make the site user and creator friendly

[@2leftthumbs]

It's a never-ending, seemingly thankless job. And they've been doing it with their heads held high for decades!

[@blllk8189]

Adobe: We're going to- Newgrounds: SHUT

[@STB4G]

*what is a kinemaster again?*

[@rubiks_20]

It is a video editing software

[@tlg6958]

@@STB4G bruh thats so off topic :/

[@ProfGamingSoReal]

@@tlg6958 did you know being random is funny?

[@DWithDiagonalStroke]

@@ProfGamingSoReal yes.

[@Mael_Str0M]

“Carefully, he’s a hero.”

[@AMemeFromHeaven]

Yes, flash is a hero

[@chickenseason1285]

we won’t tell nobody

[@adagames75]

I have a question he said there is hope but the flash will like the olds one

[@shapensquid248]

He's not a hero... He's a legend

[@ryanswistakryanswistak5779]

You copey

[@KorporalKReephdmkiytrecv69]

Tom and Mike, they deserve a free pass to heaven for creating this.

[@realroforb7676]

Korporal K. Reep I just requested Ultimate Flash Sonic

[@realchoodle]

channel must be blowing up if ur here now lol

[@syrusgrove8682]

I am so happy that so many flash games are going to make it past 2020 so that means that swords and souls will make it. WHOO-HOOO!

[@NeonGSP]

realRoforb good

[@thatoneguy9582]

don't forget about BlueMaxima

[@insouciantFox]

The fact that I have played 3/4 of the games shown yells me exactly what kind of childhood I had.

[@arthurjeannin3357]

The best kind!!

[@wandowander9360]

The great ones

[@purelyconstructive]

Hahah! Right! A lot of familiar games there.

[@dad5draco]

Same.

[@meatloaf_gaming1016]

Yeah I had like 1/4

[@Tatsu0ni]

That's a FLASHback to the childhood

[@2leftthumbs]

Eeeyyyy

[@theinfinitecrafter]

@@itsalwaysnugget it's ok friend

[@theinfinitecrafter]

@@itsalwaysnugget :)

[@maizjsj]

I hate this joke and I love you for it

[@connorbeith3232]

It's not necessarily game-related, but i'm certainly worried what the end of Flash means for the Wayback Machine since a lot of old websites relied on Flash; some sites on there are already husks of their old selves due to outdated versions of Flash.

[@alifnajwan6834]

I'm also thinking the same thing. If only Adobe gave some sort of Flash Player substitute for usage ONLY inside the Wayback Machine.. that would be enough. Fine, just let Flash Player die in normal websites, but I really hope Adobe make a way for the Flash-driven site in the archive to be accessible for years to come.

[@uzefulvideos3440]

Those websites would still show up, just without extra animations, image slideshows or whatever Flash was used for.

[@plasmachicken]

Have you watched the video? ruffle would most likely solve that

[@freedustin]

@@uzefulvideos3440 so basically the whole site...

[@uzefulvideos3440]

@@freedustin no?

[@randomguy-tg7ok]

Adobe: Yeah we're gonna be shutting flash down eventually. Newgrounds: Who wakes me from my slumber? What's the proble-oh okay yeah I'll get right on it

[@em5345-]

Newgrounds Player is the greatest thing we ever got in Newgrounds in years

[@killernyancat8193]

@Fine Wine What?

[@Bulba413]

@Fine Wine what's what?

[@BuetifullPersun]

@Fine Wine it is a website that is based and redpilled

[@killernyancat8193]

@Fine Wine It's one of the biggest websites for Flash games and animations. Started in the early or late 2000's if I recall correctly. Look it up

[@carykh]

I feel like I actually played at least 50% of the games shown in that montage. Which is pretty crazy. As someone who got started with animation/games through Flash on Newgrounds, I'm really relieved to see so many people's efforts to save Flash. And actually, I didn't know about Ruffle before this video, but now that I've heard about it, it looks very promising!

[@AeroN0va]

hello there.

[@LoveKeepsGiving]

DUDE! Newgrounds was suuuch a godsend. Endless amounts of new creations - Games, animations, Website Buttons/interactions...Such a treasure trove.

[@sirk603]

Why did I expect you to be here? Haha

[@TomMaster]

Cary, I didn't expect u to be here lol! I just found this in my recommendations.

[@zachdoesanimations.]

MY GOD! HOW DID I FIND YOU IN THE COMMENTS! I WATCH ALL YOUR CHANNELS VIDS

[@sweetsakuma]

if this fails then we can safely say that we've lost club penguin for the 3rd time

[@Phoenix-yk7ne]

I actually know of several efforts to move club penguin to html5. Club penguin rewritten has an extension so it can run without flash, and new club penguin is converting to html5. I believe the army community has something in the works as well.

[@aneanderthalscout37]

@@Phoenix-yk7ne yeah I’ve heard that they’re rewriting the code for club penguin rewritten when I’ve asked that if card jitsu water and snow will be released in a few years

[@littlemacisunderrated412]

Wait where can I play club penguin

[@Phoenix-yk7ne]

@@littlemacisunderrated412 There's various private servers and remakes. Club penguin rewritten, New CP, Cparmies, and a lot more lesser known ones.

[@AmyTheMeower]

If you're more of an old school Club Penguin player, CP rewritten is for you, if you joined the community around the years of 2012 or later, I recommend New CP, and if you want a kinda different Cp, it's CParmies, I personally prefer New CP, it's the most similar to Club Penguin when I played it (all versions have a free membership so if you were worried about memberships there's that)

[@Shyguymask]

Flashpoint also helped me experience one of my childhood games again (Rapuzel's Escape). After hours of searching for the game's name I tried playing it, but no matter where I tried the game was sadly broken. Then when Flashpoint came around and I requested they add the game, they managed to make it playable again in the process!

[@AubreyGal]

ayyyy, shyguymask! Good content you make!

[@BurritoMaster]

Me too :'( rip my childhood

[@BlueMaximaC099]

You're welcome :P

[@zacharyyoungblood7013]

I thought I'd find you here. I love your content!

[@stefanandrejevic2570]

Yes

[@senza4591]

I feel like 2020 is just spitting in my face at this point. Ive been having a much larger than average identity crisis dealing with the inevitability of my loss of youth and childhood, and now flash is being killed. Basically my whole childhood. Felt like a slap in the face, or salt in the wound.

[@dragonator1012]

Wow its the complete opposite for me... At the end of last year and beggining of this year i got sonic unleashed again a game i haven't played in like 8 years. And then like 4 months in i got spongebob battle for bikini bittom a game i haven't played since i was like 4

[@wta1518]

I still remember play a flash version of Angry Birds on Internet Explorer 6

[@user-gd7wr4cx4l]

Exactly the same thing is happening to me right now

[@Kj_thegreatest0]

Well said.

[@ananthibala91]

I think we all know that Childhood > Teenage + Adulthood + Elderhood

[@jaysanj152]

The fact that they are willing to preserve NSFW Flash and animations is enough for me to support their work.

[@TheAechBomb]

not just nsfw even, there's some NSFL stuff in there too

[@wtfbros5110]

Thank God, how can i live without my MNF games

[@startheriw]

Bruh

[@derakino999]

Crimson comics games?

[@ghostnoodle9721]

@@derakino999 Ofc

[@FatherTime89]

The Library of Congress has a whole building and staff dedicated to preserving old movies and TV shows which is awesome. I wish they would put that same amount of effort into preserving video games including flash games, maybe even more just because if it's something like an MMO then you need server code and a server to run and not just a copy of the game. They don't do nothing but it seems like most of the effort is coming from pirates, emulator makers and people in the community.

[@xyannail4678]

No, because video games bad! In all fairness it's sad that when we grow up we will regret and blame the oldest boomers for thinking that our latest generation childhoods didn't deserve to be preserved because they most than likely think that if it is on the Internet it will never disappear. Heck, I'm worried about programs that simulate experiments that use Flash, and because the college teachers may not even know that it's going to shut down they will be left dumbfounded and then they will shift the blame onto students to try to run simulations without being able to go to labs due to Covid.

[@l0k048]

@@xyannail4678 tell me the difference between a game and a movie

[@xyannail4678]

@@l0k048 Did you just only read the first part of my comment or are you trying to imply something about how games won't disappear like movies haven't because people will keep having them stored?

[@l0k048]

@@xyannail4678 no i'm not ..you now what? sorry for the comment i didn't even fully understood yours

[@SuperDuperSeb]

@@xyannail4678 Nice try, "covid" is fake.

[@pipsqueek89]

watched this with a tear in my eye, probably played 95% of the games shown

[@thisguyispeculiar]

I had no consoles my entire childhood as they weren't as popular here. I spent days on these flash games. I'll never forget them. 😔 👊

[@blueteam2488]

I used to play mobile games and flash games as little kid

[@NoReplyAsset]

sooo true. I bought my first console at 19 years old :P

[@PokeMaster22222]

Just like how PuffballsUnited has moved his games to Steam, with an appropriate price tag, I'd happily pay for other ex-Flash games to make the jump - Achievement Unlocked series, Upgrade Complete series, This Is The Only Level series, etc.

[@KrystalKlearrr]

14 bucks for all the classic Henry Stickmin games of our childhood revamped plus a totally new one? thats a fuckin steal! And we can be sure the fandom will continue to thrive :>

[@hotbucketofwater9681]

♡ Krystal Klear ♡ about the first thing you said, I hope your joking.

[@KrystalKlearrr]

@@hotbucketofwater9681 wdym?

[@alexbubble6952]

Oh my god, this is me. Those 3 are my favorite of the bunch, and its a bit weird seeing someone with the same likes in flash games as me. BTW, Achievement Unlocked 1 and This is the Only Level 1 both have Pico-8 versions that you can play on retroarch or something similar. In case you didn't know.

[@PokeMaster22222]

Also Tactical Assassin series and Learn to Fly series. Those too; didn't remember the second one until now.

[@FatherTime89]

If you really want to help Flashpoint you can curate games for them. They have a tutorial online in their wiki on how to save/curate games for them and they have a discord. I've done it and it’s not that hard

[@zabdicastillo511]

Fun fact: You can look at videos frame by frame on youtube using the " . " And " , " keys on your keyboard

[@joechristo2]

zabdi castillo Fun fact: I already knew that

[@tangosteen]

@@joechristo2 fun fact : i didn't

[@ARandomSpace]

I've known that for a month now, but good tip anyway.

[@unknowngirl2714]

@@joechristo2 They're commenting this because of what Graeme said at 8:43

[@DucksAreEpic]

I was looking for this comment

[@machinedramon3532]

For a long time, Flash games were the only video games I had access to. If it weren't for them, I probably wouldn't have gotten into video games at all. This whole issue has caused a lot of panic for a lot of people, because it taps into the very thing that every gamer fears most - that those experiences that we loved so much, that we were so invested in, might one day disappear. As of now, that problem has been mostly dealt with. But we must ask ourselves - could this happen again? Could this happen... to KZbin? To Google? To... the Internet?

[@amneetthedelicioussandwich8921]

Exactly. The most awful feeling that nothing lasts forever, except our memories enjoying all these things we do! The internet is an awesome thing, and while nothing is truly gone, there’s time where they get hard to access.

[@TheAyanamiRei]

Google isn't so amazing that it needs archiving, except for their special Holiday stuff with their Drawings & Games an such. In terms of KZbin, due to the format, it would NOT be hard for creators to simply download and upload their files elsewhere. These files will be around for a long time most likely. Even if not, it's not like it's hard to convert them using programs. Heck, they already talked about how easy it was to redo Flash Animation, and THAT is going to be FAR more tricky.

[@TheTurtleOfGods]

except html5 games are easier and safer, and will take their place

[@machinedramon3532]

@@TheTurtleOfGods That's not the point. html5 may be superior, but that doesn't mean existing flash games aren't worth saving.

[@felipedaiber2991]

There are two instances of the internet falling apart that dont involve all of humanity dying, a solar eruption and total collapse of the US

[@johnwaterman5608]

8:43 KZbin allows you to go frame by frame using the comma "," and period "." keys while paused

[@KangJangkrik]

Wow just discovered that, thanks!

[@yBryan1]

Bigbrain

[@valerabaglej7437]

БЮ

[@currentlyspeakingbmwmusic1793]

why tf do i not know that

[@thatguybob6088]

Thanks, that'll be useful for those videos where they obnoxiously put a message in one frame lol

[@wellsilver3972]

If you look at coolmath THEYVE CONVERTED ALL, IF NOT MOST OF THEIR GAMES TO HTML5 MONTHS BEFORE THIS VIDEO WAS MADE

[@ikeilledaguy4349]

LETS GO I CAN KEEP PLAYING NOW

[@TtEL]

this video was still in production.

[@dragonator1012]

Oh well they blocked cool math at my school

[@rsireaper]

@@dragonator1012 Just adding an s after to used to get past my old school filters. I'm sure there are other tips that'll help you get past it.

[@pineappleroad]

there are at least 2 games which haven't been converted (run and run 2 have not been converted, but run 3 has been converted)

[@alkimia1791]

Ever since I heard about Flash being dropped completely, I've been dreading the end of 2020. I was afraid that games I played ever since I was a kid would completely disappear. Not to mention all the cool animations I watched like Super Mario Bros Z. The people working on Flashpoint are awesome. They could've made it a profitable service but instead they made it free to make sure they don't take credit for the creators work. I'm also glad that everything on Newgrounds will be alright, but I'm kinda worried about Armor games. I'm downloading Flashpoint right now to take a stroll down memory lane, and to show my younger brothers what they missed out on. :')

[@dream6562]

Its ok if they disappear games were not meant to be preserved forever, they will live on in our memories and that's good enough

[@alkimia1791]

@@dream6562 yeah I guess your right :/

[@Ugh718]

@@dream6562 "Speak for urself,my memory is fucked!" Some random guy(Omid)from the walking dead when being pulled into a train lol XD.Even though,my memory really is fucked...Like,I can't remember what I ate yesterday,or even TODAY as a matter of fact,but I can remember things that happened like 10 years ago?R u freaking kidding me?Then again,that's probably because 10 years ago was like 1000 times better than today,cuz I was still a kid.A mere 10 y o kid...With no expectations...Not a care in the world...Ugh...Man...What I wouldn't give to be 10 again lol

[@timjennings4342]

@@dream6562 Yeah no sorry preservation is eternal. These creators put hard work into what they made and they deserve to have their work last forever.

[@liamsletsplays1025]

BFDI, BFDIA, IDFB, BFBFDI, BFBFBFDI,

[@mishiim]

I just realized in like 20 years they're going to be teaching flash in history class

[@theradioangel9104]

I would actually study or pass then.

[@TheFakeMakotoYuki]

@@theradioangel9104 Boi how old are you

[@1O1neTake]

@@TheFakeMakotoYuki why you asking

[@WadelDee]

What do you mean? It's been like 40 years and they're still not teaching NES in history class?

[@TheFakeMakotoYuki]

@@1O1neTake I thought cuz of the boi people would have seen that as a joke

[@Paragon13]

“Flash will no longer be supported.” Me: “Eh” *Henry Stickmin, Riddle School, Impossible Quiz and like half of Cool Math Games* Me: “AAAAAA-“

[@oakley704]

Henry stickmin already in Steam

[@beacher50_]

@@oakley704 yeah but you have to buy it

[@ofresco2]

coolmathgames made an announcement not too long ago about his games still being in the website and still playable.

[@Paragon13]

【Octavio】 This... does put a smile on my face.

[@DWithDiagonalStroke]

@@beacher50_ don't care. Mah holiday title

[@supper5779]

bye bye flash, we'll miss ya

[@eggnog4266]

The first comment of this video, amen.

[@JustLamperouge]

Flash bid farewell cruel world

[@casisannasisac1720]

Not for me I downloaded EVERY flash game in this world

[@HeidenLam]

Flash will stay in our heart forever

[@demon_xd_]

Script: replace[F]_to_[flash symbol] FFFFFF FF FFFF FF FF

[@bradyexe3238]

It’s sad, all the crappy games we used to play in school when bored af. Gone

[@Pixelcraftian]

Interactivity is amazing with newgrounds animation. I always, and I mean always use the .swf option when I can. Whether flash dies or not, I'll still be using it through the newgrounds player. Can't stop me, adobe! :)

[@aeriumsoft]

^^

[@IAm-zo1bo]

Wait whats the good part about swf aside from games being only in swf

[@aeriumsoft]

interactivity that really blurred the line between games and animation is probably one of the major points

[@Sammysapphira]

@@IAm-zo1bo being able to navigate menus and things or have secret buttons hidden in the animation etc

[@mettaursp309]

​@@IAm-zo1bo The thing swf files did best was portability because most of the big browsers supported flash players. Nowadays there are alternatives that can do the same things as swf files so there isn't really any need to do use them specifically. The biggest reason to support them is backwards compatibility, and the biggest reasons to get rid of support are security and browser code maintainability.

[@skeletonking2501]

I was so scared that all those REALLY obscure flash games I used to play on those semi-shady sites would be history. Thank you Ruffle, very cool!

[@oldrabbit8290]

tbh, if they are REALLY obscure (like, the adult one), you should download these games's sfw file manually, then download flash player debug to play these sfw files on window.. you can find how to download sfw files from the site on Google, but I do recommend using Firefox, since it's the easiest one in my opinion.. it would be quite some work, but a determined guy with about 4 hours should be able to archive everything he need to..

[@TheVegit0]

maybe sfw-chan has an answer for that

[@snwmn4783]

This gave me hope, I searched for a way to play flash games after flash was gone when I realised that today is the 31st of December 2020. I love that so many people are trying to save this.

[@raezad]

its 2020 and fun has just been declared ILLEGAL

[@VikingShip-lw4oo]

Why wanted to play smash bro’s on a school chrome book when I get one and guess I sorta still can idk GeForce now is not block though

[@nac9880]

By who? Emulators and piracy are also ilegal, aren't they? Lol

[@VikingShip-lw4oo]

No super smash flash 2

[@VikingShip-lw4oo]

A flash port of smash for 3ds

[@dragonator1012]

Actully its happening at the begiining of next year so its actaully 2021 declares fun as illegal

[@theemptylegend0]

Aw man, I still remember the days where I gave my customers food poisoning in Papa’s pizzeria

[@TheGoldenM8]

Hmmmmm, so ur monsta?

[@TinNovaKiin]

It seems I found the Flash equivalent to dropping the Baby Penguin off Cool Cool Mountain

[@jonathanwade3882]

Now i see why they made the henry stickmin collection at this particular year.

[@78shaweyes]

R.I.P. Flash You will be forever missed...

[@MGrey-qb5xz]

*F*

[@naciyedemir3761]

*F*

[@BurgerKingHarkinian]

/f/

[@ubern00bkye]

F

[@uzefulvideos3440]

Not really. Flash always sucked.

[@thedoublek4816]

Studying archival sciences and going to spend my next 40 years working full-time as an archivist (I'll start writing my thesis soon), I'm happy to see how much effort the community is putting to preserve this piece of cultural heritage for the future. Yes, flash games are cultural heritage without any doubt, preserving them is therefore an important task, which is sadly overlooked, so the community has to do it on their own, voluntarily and by sacrificing lots free time and relying on donated funds. It's wonderful to see how much love and dedication goes into this huge preservation project. Hopefully we all will overcome any hurdles and get this done.

[@gatetohell9260]

Oh that sounds cool! What is it like working as an archivist? I’ve never really heard about that kind of profession, but it sounds interesting

[@Felishamois]

Are there any contacts you have made that could help this endeavour?

[@GameplayUploaded]

I've spent many years trying to master this one of a kind application, grew up with this, and even mastered all actionscripts from 1-3. Now it's coming to an end but all the valuable things that I learned during the process live on.

[@awesomeblb3407]

Adobe: we will no longer be supporting Flash Newgrounds: oh no you don’t

[@mattisandersson9661]

I have been sitting years thinking it's about time that flash disappears. And now you just trigger a huge nostalgia trip with this video.

[@myowncomputerstuff]

There were so many nostalgic games I worried about the fate of. But simply seeing them in this video for a few seconds gave me a sense of confidence that they'll never be lost.

[@dovji007]

As an animator, I find it really ignorant when people don't differentiate Flash plugin from Flash creation software. When I tell people, that I animate in Flash, they say: "Flash is dead, why are you even using it? Use After Effects instead!" I really can't understand whoose idea was to make an After Effects a new "standard" for animation software. Great video BTW :)

[@SiMeGamer]

Isn't Animate CC the Flash replacement by Adobe?

[@jballs5434]

Blame the people who spread this misinformation then, not the ones who heard it.

[@thrax1831]

@@jballs5434 Why not both?

[@felipealarcon4622]

@@thrax1831 one is the victim of the other.

[@thrax1831]

@@felipealarcon4622 No they aren't, just because someone is to lazy to check something, and accepts any random opinion as the truth, doesn't make them a victim.

[@julienrodriguez2008]

Today is the day Flash shuts down, Press F to pay respects

[@King1A1]

F

[@cheeseboi4217]

the games will still be able to play until the 12th, so have fun with it while you can

[@eduardoavila646]

The sad thing for me, is that several games i liked werent popular, were very obscure and wont ever make to any of these compilations or preservation projects. And i cant even remember their names or find them.

[@amneetthedelicioussandwich8921]

I know how you feel. But you’r be surprised at how many of them are actually on there! And for the ones that are not, there will still be websites (even husks of websites) that still refer to them in one way or another, if that can give you peace- nothing on the internet is truly ever gone!

[@eduardoavila646]

@@amneetthedelicioussandwich8921 Yeah! I actually got really excited for some projects i will defintly download the 500gb one

[@turtleliker64]

same here i decided to look for a website i used to play games on daily & i only have vague memories of it. such a shame we'll probably never get to rediscover them before flash is gone for good

[@eduardoavila646]

@@turtleliker64 In my case i found one of my childhood games, scooby speed. I knew it was a scooby doo game, just didnt remember the name. Guys on reddit couldnt find it either. But i found in flashpoint. Maybe if you know something about them, you may find them there

[@felipedaiber2991]

Make your own then, try searching them back then downloading their files and make them into torrent files!

[@vipersniperpiper6093]

I know that saving all flash games is impossible but that doesn’t mean that they aren’t gonna be giving it their all to save as many as they can.

[@tfwthelsdkicksin6083]

Hell yeah. I'll do anything I can to save them.

[@thrax1831]

@Zwenk Wiel Why doesn't it deserve to be saved tho, the only question should be is it fun, not will people be buthurt about it.

[@thrax1831]

@Zwenk Wiel And i said, i get the quality part, i agree you shouldn't try to save every single .sfw file ever uploaded, but as for taste, its not something that can be objectively judged.

[@thrax1831]

@Zwenk Wiel There actually is a NSFW section already, where they are backing up porn games.

[@DrWalmikPatil]

I sometimes wish that I too could help those Developpers like just think. Under paid, not known too much, hardly cared for these devs still striving to save something. A thing that has been a part of everyones lives, a thing that is a culture. Believe from my deep heart that this culture will not die. even if there are people going for graphics, there are thrice as much people who are going for memories and gameplay and I will contribute as much as I can. Being a web developer I will try to give ideas and concepts and I can't see my precious childhood die. Please support these devs they have to go through a lot to build a thing this big from scratch as it isn't easy. You need to be strong from both outside and inside as the society doesn't care about game devs so they have no one but us and themselves.

[@avadoksorem2854]

The death of Flash. This would have been expected by no one 15 years ago.

[@IAm-zo1bo]

@eatmyasskuro idiot its kinda ur fault if u made your website on flash when it was shit for years Yes sad that the games go but its very buggy and sorry but when was ur website made? Cuz it was exppected for it to die

[@saberhap2639]

@@IAm-zo1bo Don't call him an idiot it's undeserved.

[@kardoxfabricanus7590]

@@IAm-zo1bo Don't call someone an idiot when you can't even spell or capitalize letters properly. Let alone make low tier grug shit arguments for flash's death. *DURR THE BURNING OF THE LIBRARY OF ALEXANDRIA IS KIND OF YOUR FAULT IF YOU MAKE STORAGE FOR PAPERS IT BURN GRUG GRUG REAL SMORT!* This is literally book burning btw, this sets a terrible precedent that can cause massive damage to historical archiving and preservation etc.

[@kardoxfabricanus7590]

@TaxelPalks The Dork You should work on trying to archive it maybe? Try looking up how to possibly, you might still have plenty of time to change its functionality and update it with some form of emulation etc.

[@QaysSyed]

@@IAm-zo1bo You were expected to die but you're still here you mutant

[@BojoJuniorOG]

(Sigh) Fancy Pants, Riddle School, Henry Stickmin. Memories. Oh! And Super Mario Bros Z.

[@c0ppets_]

Riddle games are on gamejolt

[@milkshakedoodles]

Henry Stickmin is on Steam

[@Randomyoutuber-4831]

at least henry stickmin got a steam release, fully remastered with an additional sixth entry exclusive to the steam game.

[@comicbooksbrooks4935]

super mario bros z is on youtube

[@mccookies3664]

At least Henry Stickmin got an official release

[@thefreakybean2495]

I never really got into newgrounds ever but I used to CONSTANTLY play coolmath games and I always worry when these things happen and I’m so happy that people care so much. Thx.

[@ameersantos570]

Everyone's out here mentioning Henry Stickman or Fancy Pants but we're not gonna talk about the real classics like Mario Combat? Sonic RPG? The Fight for Glorton? Papa Louie? Or most importantly... LEARN TO FLY AND SHOPPING CART HERO

[@SpinosaurusStudios_]

Learn to fly? What kinda baby games you playing? Duck Life 4 was the best one.

[@teovinokur9362]

@@SpinosaurusStudios_ LEARN TO FLY WAS THE SHIT duck life was pretty good tho

[@giulioturina2772]

Flight is the best flash game ever made with an outstanding story, gameplay, and a beautiful ending.

[@supremeoverlord0]

People gotta save Duck Life and Learn to Fly.

[@Ugh718]

How ironic it is that u mentioned Sonic rpg,but not final fantasy Sonic,is it not?Lol

[@petertomov5728]

Age of War... The music in that game will stay with me forever.

[@samvanderstaak7296]

You and me both pal, you and me both. Glorious Morning will forever be the song of my childhood.

[@petertomov5728]

@@samvanderstaak7296 i'll just leave this here kzbin.info/www/bejne/m4q7e2uCndF7fLc

[@Deathboy2442]

Age of war taught me how war really started when i was a kid lol an how it will end my fav part is when they are the christians cause the heal over time which is a lil just a lil op but other than that it was way better than age of war 2 "Let us age brother an remember what we fought for as kids"

[@petertomov5728]

Age of War taught me people rode dinosaurs into war lol

[@cutemartinj]

Thank you for this video. I just saw Curve Ball in your video. That brought back so many memories.

[@ZacharyDietze]

Ah yes, it all comes crashing down in the end of the worst year yet for our modern lives, 2020. *How convenient...*

[@paprika059]

I'm glad you pointed that out

[@acasualmusiclistener7919]

I mean they've been saying this for years

[@DTheAustralian]

@@acasualmusiclistener7919 yeah but 2020 bad /s

[@MugdhaMahdiShams]

@@acasualmusiclistener7919 but it actually happens in 2020. Another one to add to the list.

[@channeldiscontiniued5537]

Isn't it

[@gabrote42]

I mean, I grew up with Flash games and all, but I have never shown Newgrounds the Respect it deserves. Too bad a bunch of animations I know won't get ported. 16:23 there should be a messiah pose there

[@PumpkinSpiceCat]

I still remember playing fire boy and water girl with my brother, they will be missed, and will live in my memories

[@poweroffriendship2.0]

This is going to be the last good bye for my love of Flash games. I will never forget the good times when Friv, Kizi, or Not Doppler used to be my "playground" on the Internet.

[@gingerfool]

I am sad about friv it has so many memories for me

[@GreatPants]

@@gingerfool me too *gets sucked into a black hole*

[@LakesideWoes]

I'll never forget adding numbers to Friv to see what I'll get

[@GreatPants]

@@LakesideWoes why would u do that

[@FriskyD.]

I remember Flonga and Coolmath, aswell as Nitrome, but never actually went to Newgrounds as a youngling

[@Marco_Onyxheart]

This has been coming for a decade or so. Ever since the advent of mobile devices, especially with Apple refusing to support Flash.

[@TheAyanamiRei]

Even IF Apple supported Flash, it was never going to survive as is, with out modern internet. Just the security problems ALONE were worthy of shutting it down.

[@felipedaiber2991]

Well free games on the internet will always be a thing more or less they were just partially replaced with mobile games

[@AmyTheMeower]

8:46 Actually you can also move frame by frame here in KZbin, just use , and . to move back and forward, it's very useful most of the times you need it.

[@SpinosaurusStudios_]

Where my Duck Life homies from coolmathgames

[@dudemydude4969]

Yes

[@Mayorfoxia82]

duck life 8 is out

[@hrishinatahn9816]

Yes

[@senza4591]

@@Mayorfoxia82 sacrilegious

[@clark_johannes]

Yes

[@iaMk69]

I can see it happening in the future.... "Hey dude, you got fancy pants in your collection?" "hmm let me check" "If you do, I'll trade you"

[@felipedaiber2991]

Thankfully torrents allow people to just share files with everybody who gets the link

[@egglord2029]

NOW, THEY ARE GONE... GOODBYE R.I.P: Flash 1996 - 2020

[@Phi_Lix]

That thumbnail has given me such nostalgia to so many fun flash games I’ve played and I’m gonna play some of those now, so thank you Graeme.

[@joechristo2]

Just use the standalone Flash player. It’s an exe file that you can use with swf files to play them. It will still work after the Flash player (web version) gets discontinued and the Newgrounds Player also works just like it. And it’s officially made by Adobe. And also Flashpoint uses it.

[@joechristo2]

You can play ANY flash game FOREVER

[@nikostormkilla]

@@joechristo2 As long as you have the .swf files of the game to play them.

[@mc-zu6bo]

Us Linux users have to ”settle” for the flash standalone debugger because there is no standalone player just peperflash.

[@2leftthumbs]

You have to learn how to rip swf files from sites, which some people might not feel comfortable learning. And we'd have to know that something was in place to keep these archives of games alive. If this initiatives weren't operational, they'd shut down and all those games would be lost

[@cst1229]

@@2leftthumbs And some games have site protection so you need something like Flashpoint (which emulates the internet) for many games.

[@EricE549]

8:44 youtube's video player allows for frame-by-frame scrubbing too. (desktop only, sorry) step 1: pause the video step 2: press *,* to scrub left step 3: press *.* to scrub right

[@douglaspantz]

i would probably watch this video just for seeing all the old games in the background. memories...

[@threedaysgracefanful]

Bro it’s like they’re removing my childhood memories by taking this away from me. That shit hit harder than I thought it would nbs.

[@sandro5535]

Sites like Newgrounds might actually become bigger than ever before since the end of Flash makes people research stuff like this and Newgrounds will have little to no competition now.

[@TheRedAppl]

22:46 yoooo THANK YOU. I forgot the name of this game and trying to search up stickman game is pretty useless haha

[@angelaguayo6072]

Yoo me too! Me and my brother would always play against each other and he would wreck me everytime 😂😂

[@supremelordender5705]

Thanks for this man, seriously, this really gives me hope that things are never all bad and that we can always find a way to overcome stuff like this.

[@GreyWolfLeaderTW]

I distinctly remember the explosion of popularity in sites like AddictingGames in 2000 and 2001, all built on flash games made and uploaded to those sites.

[@SnailSnail622]

I was just thinking about how time is almost up for Flash. I'm glad there's still some hope for the games I loved.

[@SeigeOfGods]

I hope the Strike Force Heroes series will still be playable through these methods.

[@me-2626]

YEEEESS! Ill cry if it wont.

[@Givemepd4456]

Same. I hope Raze 2 is playable too

[@lutskeits2804]

Fuck yeah.. But SFH3 was shit. I wonder about SFH4

[@me-2626]

@@lutskeits2804 Tru dat, 1 and 2 are the best

[@SeigeOfGods]

2 is my personal favorite

[@electrobean]

I was really freakin scared at first about all these things dissapearing and now here i am installing flash player, to protecc Scratch 1.4 and 2.0

[@ilusions4]

8:43 wrong.. KZbin and most other players have frame-by-frame scrubbing. On KZbin, press comma or period to go back or forth one frame respectively.

[@felipedaiber2991]

Wow! Why didnt anyone tell me that!?

[@NightRaven5568]

Yea that's wrong

[@ilusions4]

@@NightRaven5568 If you're saying that what I said was wrong, KZbin is kinda screwy. You need to click on some part of the page near the video (like directly below the progress bar or by clicking pause and unpause) before trying this. It's the same issue that makes it so that arrow keys don't allow you to seek through the video and instead control the volume.. just click somewhere in the video player.. KZbin's janky.

[@NightRaven5568]

@@ilusions4 yea you might not believe this but I worded my reply badly I meant "yeah that's wrong" to the video itself I should of worded it better but yea KZbin is very screwy and weird tho

[@ilusions4]

@@NightRaven5568 ahkk fair enough lol. I was 50/50 on whether you were talking to me or the video and I felt it useful to explain that potential bug anyway.

[@Sod1ePop]

WAIT this is the reason we got the henry stickmin collection? That's so nice of puffballs

[@notgoku1466]

Developer's of Flashpoint should receive a free ticket to heaven!

[@mymi46]

"Gentelmen start your deathwatches"

[@Raymuk]

"We have 72 hours to live for most men no time at all... We are not most men we are mercenaries and we have the resources to make thi shours count.. "

[@thetrippedup9322]

72 Hours Later: "It's alright, Soldier! We haven't got the tumours! Everythings going to be all right, so long as you haven't been prematurely deleting flash games." "I have done nothing but prematurely delete flash games for the past 72 hours."

[@Raymuk]

@@thetrippedup9322 Where have you been deleting them!?

[@SuperDuperSeb]

Synchronise* not start

[@Miskamouskamikumouse]

I have been teleporting bread for 3 days

[@xSF141x]

Thank you for shedding light on this wonderful information. I thought all hope was lost and flash would be no more, but after watching this video I have hope again. :)

[@2leftthumbs]

Glad it was helpful!

[@WadelDee]

A few years ago, I started downloading all flash games I liked. One game I didn't find however. It was a game where you control a robot that travels back in time to study humanity throughout history. The gameplay is easy: You just run to the right automatically and you have to turn yourself intangible whenever you are about to hit something because you must not interact with the past. But you can only make yourself intangible for a limited amount of time.

[@WadelDee]

I found it. It's called "Trip Through Time" and it is available on Newgrounds: newgrounds (dot) com (slash) portal (slash) view (slash) 617393 It is not available on Flashpoint at the time of writing. If it's unavailable on Newgrounds, too, when you read this, try the Wayback Machine. There is also a trailer on KZbin: youtu (dot) be (slash) D01NYA7pf_w

[@tamashi4242]

The people who disliked this video didn't have joy growing up.

[@moxuis1120]

No no no... They where crying so hard they miss the like button... Also some of those people dislike the video because flash is shutting down next month

[@zike933]

I remember that when I first tried to play a flash game, there was a link to get flash. If swivel/ruffle links could be made as accessible as that on modern browsers, then I think that would be a very simple and clean solution.

[@toritorer730]

I hope they have the duck's life series, :the game: series, and the Choas faction series

[@samvanderstaak7296]

Ah, Chaos Faction, a man of culture as well I see.

[@sakarihaapala2200]

Cactus McCoy was cool too. How about Nitrome games? Will they be preserved? Like I replayed Mutiny there lately and I had a lot of fun.

[@mr_h831]

There's this site i used to play on every now and again, called "addicting games" their flash games have or will pretty much become non existent anymore. As they stated they must first survive as a website. And i completely understand that. But honestly it made them work heavily on their website, and i can say the general quality of it has improved. But it's a shame that there may be dozens out there like them, that just sorta stop. And become something different. Oh you can still play games there sure, but it's not flash anymore, it's mostly unity. I sure hope more websites get together to try and preserve these epic games. :)

[@sutrblx5546]

Or crazy games

[@mr_h831]

@@sutrblx5546 how about Kizi? Did you ever play there? They were sorta late to the game, but they had alot of the papas pizzaria games. Lol

[@ceciliatavarez5655]

I remember kizi

[@Ugh718]

@@ceciliatavarez5655 I remember(and still play)games on a website called stickgames.com I believe it was?No.Stickpage.com.Yes.There it is.Ever heard of it by any chance?

[@flytrapYTP]

@@mr_h831 the Papa games have their own official website.

[@Mixxed_King]

Me: “This year can’t get any worse.” Also Me: “Please.... end my suffering.”

[@IdealIdeas100]

youtube has frame by frame scrubbing. Use the " , " and "." keys

[@yuridbch]

K

[@ElectroBlastLuigi]

The day when Adobe Flash discontinue, many websites will begin to shut down because of lack of activity and money. This is exactly why the features for the Nintendo DS and Wii have shut down. Honestly I hope flash games stay somehow despite the information given in the video.

[@ACBlackJ0ck]

I've still yet to find a mobile game that has come close to have the quality to even most average-tier flash games.

[@2leftthumbs]

I feel that... Mobile games were kind of supposed to be the natural next step, but instead they just became awful... I understand that they literally could not monetize in the same way, and needed to do something different. I just wish they weren't all as awful as they are...

[@JimBOBOLU]

Supercell...

[@starwarstg498]

@@JimBOBOLU yh they make good mobile games

[@andreeaandreea2796]

Mobile games are shit. Not even kids these days play them. They worked and were liked for like, 2 or 3 years. We played flash games for at least 20 without getting bored.

[@jacobandrews9503]

Age of war is on mobile but yeah, i get ya!

[@Dhalucario]

It's kind of disappointing to think about that fact that the future generation might not even know what there is/used to be and what they are missing out on. BlueMaxima is a godsent. I wish them best of luck.

[@skrillah6259]

They might never experience war of ages

[@daemonvanmeir9697]

@@skrillah6259 i don't think i've ever played that either, i played alot of flash games but there were also alot that i skipped, i used to love zombooka lol.

[@skrillah6259]

@@daemonvanmeir9697 War of ages is a must play try it now it's never too late.

[@pizzasteve5825]

I will ween my children on flash games before I let them play all those newfangled games lol

[@RuskiWaffle]

As a kid born way too late to enjoy flash games and lived without using computers for years, I agree. I will miss these games.

[@SuperDuperSeb]

I will forever cherish the software that made all these amazing games possible to the day I die. Such a special little thing.

[@moversti92]

Remember when flash movies had hidden things that showed hidden clips when clicked?

[@redline5725]

F12 -> Ctrl + F -> type ".swf" works on many sites including kongregate

[@thewitheredstriker]

underrated comment

[@AGLubang]

Same, but I like to use Ctrl+U (View Source) more often.

[@Peetfighter]

And what is this supposed to accomplish?

[@thewitheredstriker]

@@Peetfighter you can download the SFws that way

[@Peetfighter]

@@thewitheredstriker Yes, but unplayable.

[@deejmix7510]

Let’s hope strike force heroes 2 doesn’t die. That was hands down one of the best flash shooters ever.

[@PyroPuffs777]

Medic class stand up!!

[@rosanacastroalvesmagalhaes7654]

Wait... Since my childhood I remember a 2d shooter I just can't find... I don't remember name... Please tell me it's this one. My nostalgia hunger would be filled just SO MUCH

[@NewWaveEnthusiast]

Goodbye flash,it’s 11:24pm,we’ll miss you.

[@b33bo93]

8:40 KZbin actually has frame by frame scrubbing! (press the comma and full stop buttons)

[@Chaooo]

Oh man, what I would give to be able to play Swords & Potions 1 again. That game actually felt like you were a shopkeeper without tacking on different genres like Recettear, and without the garbage in S&P2. The Flashpoint preservation list says that there is a revival project going on in a discord since the servers were long since shut down, but I couldn't find any information on that at all. Maybe someone here knows anything?

[@2leftthumbs]

Not that I've heard, but I was never really familiar with that game. That's cool that people are taking these preservation efforts and step further, and actually reviving shut down mmo games!

[@Chaooo]

@@2leftthumbs All we need now is for a community to come together for a "Flashpoint Adult" project. There's a huge repository of adult cartoon and hentai flash games that a lot of people grew up on. Hell, just the other day, my coworker and I were talking about how he still remembers Frank's Adventure from way back in the day. There's a lot of timeless classics that became the backbone for H-games today.

[@2leftthumbs]

@@Chaooo I've always thought it would be funny to do a Frank's Adventure Flashlight episode in a coy way, where I pretend that I've never actually played it myself haha. I thiiiink Flashpoint has a separated adult section? I'm not 100% sure how they are managing that?

[@TheAechBomb]

@@Chaooo last I checked flashpoint was archiving NSFW stuff too

[@TheAechBomb]

their goal was basically to archive

[@mlm628]

Seeing that clip of Fancy Pants Adventures sent me back, bro. I haven't thought of that in like a decade.

[@idkdude1350]

Not first but still here at no comments no views and 2 likes

[@masterzminer]

Flash games were a huge part of my childhood, glad to know there are so many efforts to preserve them!

[@ChillWave8D]

Yes

[@someoneunknown9947]

the point that at the first 2 seconds nostalgia hit my mind coz i grew up with these games. I remember after school rushing to home to do my homework and then opening my laptop and start playing flash games for HOURS. And now Adobe is abandoning flash. I remember many sites, most of them i think from my country coz it had the .gr at end. Flash games helped me to my first steps to English.

[@justL1nc]

2020 taking flash down with it. I have had enough with this year.

[@autisticgamer24]

Max Games, Addicting Games, Coolmath Games, man I haven't seen those sites in years ever since I used to play at school.