When Flash Games RULED the WORLD - Warfare Series

[@SideComment24]

"Air support. Air support. Air support." Its fire support.

[@hiader9240]

no

[@sunnyd1722]

It comes from the air, so it’s close enough.

[@spazmonkey2131]

Starts from the ground​@@sunnyd1722

[@sundancetitan5675]

@@sunnyd1722no it comes from the ground and flies through the air by that logic shooting a bullet into the air would be air support

[@sunnyd1722]

Ahem, I’ll drink to that

[@davidgrunga]

These games were ones that I’d come back to for years and years after I found them as a kid. Con Artists were truly great devs being able to do what they did in Flash

[@Drebolaskan]

Its a shame they couldn't transition as gaming technology and new consumer habits developed so blindingly fast these past few years, but they will forever be the undisputed legends of our childhood

[@Christian-zj2us]

Supposedly they’re coming to steam

[@SerfinBird]

Im pretty sure it wasnt a team it was just Chris conlin or conlon (i cant remember how its spelled) and he made the first few games by himself. He might have had some help with the last stand union city and the games after that.

[@khoaanh2224]

For a studio named Con Artist Games - I have never been scam by them. What a surprise.

[@TheLovelyScrub]

Haha it's funny you mentioned that! I had a similar statement on my other con artist games related video . I mentioned how they made a successful Kickstarter games, as uncommon as that is, and their name is con artist games lol

[@jepeve]

The actual con artist would probably called themselves Honest artist

[@thomasdubbeldeman3864]

Just one point of clarification. All of the fire support abilities in Warfare 1917 are from Artillery fire not aircraft.

[@TheLovelyScrub]

Youre right, good call! They do call them *fire* support in 1917 afterall

[@JeremySmith-j9d]

All I remember from the game was GIVE IT TO EM

[@henryhamilton4087]

Fun fact : For a short period of time there was a multiplayer, modern war version of Warfare series called Warfare : Online It was pulled from steam a few months after early access and never came back. It was excellent though

[@RedFox8171]

That sounds amazing I never heard of that

[@unitalieon6183]

@@RedFox8171 I played a few matches of it, it was pretty fun ngl.

[@keepsmiling7645]

I loved it for the time being. Still miss it to this day

[@GaryHamad]

What hooked me to these is The Sounds, The Sounds of Guns, Machine Guns, The Tanks Tracks Rolling in, The Artillery Shells, God The PTSD just hearing The Artillery The Sounds of PTSD

[@TheLovelyScrub]

lmao

[@jonathansibrian695]

GAS GAS GAS

[@cheshirecatastrophe9089]

You NEED to try foxhole, if youre looking to expand on that PTSD - I mod it with all the ww1 mods i work on with an artist, who models them and publishes them on nexus. I use a sound mod that adds the screaming artillery, that actual players are firing onto my position with. Anyone into any kind of expanding on that full blown war feeling needs to...

[@GaryHamad]

@cheshirecatastrophe9089 Epic, I don't have PC now so I might just gone with Gameplays

[@AbdullahDaniyal-d6k]

The closure of flash games is one of the hard broken tragedies in gaming history.

[@BenZedrene]

Flash Gaming will rise again!

[@Kjrov]

I remember switching regularly between the Warfare 1917 and 1944, Mud and Blood, Strike Force Heroes, Feudalism, Madness Interactive, and Swords and Sandals... Man, this takes me back. Watched your Last Stand video, and was hoping you'd do another one just about this series. Con Artist deserves all the praise. Keep up the fantastic work.

[@BigSnoopa-nh1yf]

Mud and Blood, that’s a name I’ve not heard in a long time

[@DavidEason-ui5ty]

@@BigSnoopa-nh1yfit’s on steam now

[@ArielYoursTruly]

Strike force hero's was a great game

[@carlblack8574]

​@@BigSnoopa-nh1yfLoved that game, it trully was a PTSD simulator. Do you remember the jumpscares we had when we saw a Wespe appear? Or when you read the message "V-1 Blitz, seriously".

[@piratebadass3779]

Just so you know, I had to take a screenshot of your comment because of how many legendary games you’ve got, I’ve got to add I hate traffic though

[@TuanAnhLeIV]

These two game are pretty much my childhood and play big part in me becoming a war history enjoyer.

[@derptomistic]

Three riflemen in one trench was always the surefire way to stop any advance Until they brought in a tank, then you hope that fire support can deal with them..

[@ensey.]

I remember as a 10 or 11 year old kid always doing 1917 skirmish mode and I'd always only enable riflemen, assault, and officers and no support for either side. 5 trenches. I'd sit and watch them take potshots at each other from opposing trenches, replacing soldiers only when the whole unit was killed. One officer and two riflemen squads with a roving assault unit for when I wanted to spice things up. I always used to win on morale after just sitting watching and imagining what was happening in greater detail, making up orders the officers would give to the silver star squad leaders and whatnot. I haven't played in over a decade. Same for 1944, on the map hedgerows or large town I'd enable only machine gunners, officers, and infantry and just watch basically

[@canatack9596]

man, if only we got a Warfare 1960 based on the vietnam war/cold war… would’ve been dope

[@Awootistic]

If you didn't know, they made a 3rd Warfare called "Warfare Online" and it is on steam. It is more akin to Warfare 1944 with the 3 lane system but it is in the modern current-day conflict setting with your typical US vs. RU faction. Sadly (or maybe for some of you, fortunately) the servers are closed and the service is no longer continued. This is sort of their own fault though. They really turned up the dial on the free-to-play, pay-to-win model. So much things has changed like troop types and support call-ins are much more dynamic but also locked. Naturally, you can unlock it by cash. They got greedy and make it unbearable to play. It's gotten so bad it's Wargame's levels of greedy such as premium accounts granting you more exp and resources. So naturally people left that game because it wasn't a single player game but a pvp game. It was sad as the game itself was made well and polished real good since it made the leap from 2D to 3D. At least they learned that lesson the hardway and Last Stand Aftermath was none of that.

[@Corrello88]

@@Awootistic I'd say if they made any warfare game nowadays the micros will find their way into them unfortunately, but holy hall this game series has potential, there is a game called "mud n blood" its on steam used to be a flash game now their working on a Vietnam version of it.

[@OperatorMax1993]

I know right ? I also made a comment including various wars that a new Warfare game could be set on (Arab Israeli wars, Russian Ukraine war, Yugoslavia wars, Iran Iraq war, certain wars in africa like the South African Border War, etc.) Would be interesting to see the vehicle variety (IFVs and APCs other than just tanks), even jets and helicopters

[@senoreunicornio3227]

My god the sounds where just perfect, i can still hear the rain and the shells falling i'm the trenches. What a throwback

[@latewizard301]

Played tons of Warfare 1917 as a kid, because we had just learned about WW1 so pretty much everyone were playing it. I can just imagine if Battlefield 1 was out at that point. Didn't play much of Warfare 44, because i was more interested in the first game and also started playing RS at the time.

[@0pallll]

Happy they're coming to steam someday

[@IowanMatthew683]

God, how nostalgic! These type of very well designed flash games got me through high school. Thanks for the memories!

[@Troglodytarum]

Ah yes, the famed world war 1 air support mortar.

[@TheLovelyScrub]

Precisely!

[@Darknezz530]

Warfare was my favorite game to play back in the day especially 1917 as i just made custom battles to just spam mass infantry and a machine gun section

[@glitchyrandom8101]

Bro gave me childhood flashbacks

[@TrueMortalGaming]

I used to LOVE playing this game in the computer lab in the middle school library, fondly love remember being able to beat both games as the Germans.

[@Red19487]

I just finished watching your video on TLS a few hours ago and now you got another covering Conartistgames. I like your format so far and cant wait to see more from you covering some of the most nostalgic flash games from the 2000s if you ever do such as Sift Heads or Echoes Stranglehold

[@Drebolaskan]

Man, Pyrozen was up there with ConArtist back in the days. Top of their crafts

[@ArielYoursTruly]

This was one of many games that grew my love of war history and history. learned of the word "morale" from this game. I also used to play the hacked version to see how much I could put on the screen. this is honestly a classic to me.

[@abrandenburg10]

This triggered the deepest piece of nostalgia in my mind

[@LZS.8649]

This game was simple, fun and had endless replay ability! I wish they made a remake.

[@TheLovelyScrub]

well not so much a remake, but a remastered version is coming to steam in the form of a legacy collection. you can wishlist it now!

[@sunnyd1722]

Warfare 1917 was one of my favorite games in my childhood. I remember playing it for hours on my grandma’s thick laptop. The sounds are imbedded in my memory. I didn’t learn about 1944 until just this year!

[@snipingflute4346]

Thinking back, these two were my top browser games back in the day. I’ve also played Terrirtoy War, Sherwood Dungeon, the Shift Heads series (way too adult for younger me in retrospect), some rag doll game where you just continually beat up a reskinnable character, and eventually Reich of Darkness/Relic of War (my absolute favorite).

[@i_f4ntomzz956]

I've been looking for this game for 8 years and no luck until now Thank you

[@thestrangechannelofjeff7426]

I'll never forget the sounds of warfare 1917 .

[@ujangprakoso2925]

2:48 despite having bombs to bombard enemy trenches, assault teams are not actually that strong in particular against trenches and they still need fire support in order to match the defensive trench fire.

[@Russell970]

bro this game is so nostalgic I remember playing it like over 10 years ago as a kid who just discovered the internet XD

[@feasibilyheretical]

Thank you for reminding me of this game, it's one of the many Ioved as a kid and would occasionally remember but couldn't remember the name of it.

[@nguyenduythang7598]

there was a battle lane flash game that i forgot the name, both side have similar troop, riot shield, molotov, rpg, explosive van and some more, you win by destroying enemy team

[@TheLovelyScrub]

sounds interesting!

[@spinosaurusiii7027]

These games are the reason I'm addicted to company of heroes 2 (the CoH series having been a very clear inspiration for these games)

[@TheLovelyScrub]

Yeah I need to get back into CoH! I really enjoyed one of them, i cant remember which one it was though unfortunately

[@spinosaurusiii7027]

@@TheLovelyScrub Was the campaign good? It's 1. (Americans, Brits, Germany) Was the Multiplayer good? It's 2. (Soviets, Germany, Americans, Brits) Was is neither? It's 3. (Americans, Brits, Germany)

[@ronaldmcdonald3340]

So much time playing these games at school with my friends when I should have been doing homework lol

[@railunao]

this channel takes me back to my childhood and I AM LOVING IT. Great content as always!

[@TheLovelyScrub]

Thank you so much :)

[@kiarime]

Con artist game is just an amazing game

[@TheLovelyScrub]

Agreed! The Last Stand, Warfare, Age of War, and one more game (not sharing until video is done) were all my absolute favorite Flash games growing up

[@yarneverminnen]

Goated games ngl. Watching this memory was a memory flood. Thank you ❤️

[@jed949]

Armor Games was my safe haven back then. And this is the game that I alwasys go back to

[@TheLovelyScrub]

Yeah I feel that dude

[@perl_kristi23]

I remember playing the warfare series to my old windows 7 computer.

[@Shell_shocked_boi]

I love playing these games when we have down time in class! I can't wait for them to come to steam!!!

[@rudysmith1445]

I really preferred 1917 to 1944, it just felt SO much more immersive. My only issue was how the timers reset for EVERY UNIT when you deployed one, so you’d often only get a few tanks to play with in every match while the enemy mogged you with their own tanks, but that’s just me.

[@the.innkeeper97]

Raze was THE multiplayer game when I was a kid. Used to play with my friend all day long.

[@matthewsaleh1410]

I remember when I came Back to this era of flash games and I had the power of knowledge and arcadeprehacks on my side

[@Devinn504]

This just brought back so much nostalgia!

[@neofulcrum5013]

Warfare 1917 and 1944 were my favorite flash games.

[@Narelon]

I've been trying to remember the name of Warfare: 1917 recently! I played it years ago, but couldn't remember the name, so thank you!

[@sonicANDtailsfan157k]

Definitely a W developer, Con Artist is, so what's your next flash game that you'll be discussing, or do you take requests?

[@TheLovelyScrub]

I'm always open to suggestions! Especially if it's one I've played before. I've got a much bigger project in the works right now, it's going to take a considerable amount of time to finish, so I'll need smaller projects to do in the meantime. Thanks for the comment! 🙂

[@isaiahjames3926]

@@TheLovelyScrub stick war... do stick war!!!!

[@sonicANDtailsfan157k]

@@isaiahjames3926 I second this, I was about to suggest the some of the many games by Nerdook, ex. Cat God vs Sun King 1 & 2, zombies took my daughter, vertical drop heroes and many more.

[@Historyreader23]

​Oh! In that given case, ever thought of the Sonny games? Perhaps Colony or Sinjid? Huge games right thwre, at least regarding being showcases of flash that punched above their weight

[@XSilver_WaterX]

Is the Madness series on that list?

[@jacksoncronk3623]

These two games were my childhood man they played a big role on me and my longstanding interest in history great series

[@schishne7546]

Ahhh, I remember this series. I was too young to understand wtf I was doing in terms of strategy but it was fun as fuck.

[@jacksonpalmer8955]

I so wish someone would have taken these games and made a full game with a big campaign and story to them 😭

[@Auras.22]

0:07 just reminded me strike force heroes exists lol Great games, nice story, you should make a video about them

[@TheLovelyScrub]

Theyre actually on my to-do list!

[@dylanlewis5113]

I spent hours playing these games as a kid. So many memories.

[@codygish3427]

You should review the rebuild series

[@RocketHarry865]

Imagine warfare flash games that takes place not just on the western front/normandy

[@Andiandru]

With this level of quality, I thought you'd had more videos. It's sad that they decided to kill Flash instead of upgrade it, but companies are like this.

[@TheLovelyScrub]

Thank you! I am hard at work on this next video, it's a much longer video, like my video on the last stand, so it's been taking a bit of time to edit. However, it will come out this week! And I agree, wish flash stayed around to see the future, but at least we can play our old favorite flash games again

[@edwardvincentbriones5062]

its one of the games i frequently play in my childhood and in browser

[@TheLovelyScrub]

Same!

[@edwardvincentbriones5062]

great!

[@bladescythe6589]

Bruh, I can't unsee Company of Heroes as I watch the video

[@TheLovelyScrub]

Another good game!

[@OscarDirlwood]

I was just thinking of 1917 and how I use to play it a lot as a kid. Im glad its not so esoteric.

[@spookyengie735]

As many already point out, all call-in support are artillery fire and not from aircraft since in 1917, bomber are extremely limited in it capacity and for the most part aircraft was only use for reconnaissance mission and a few air battle

[@TheLovelyScrub]

Correct. I pinned the comment to let people know I was aware of the mistake, thanks!

[@OperatorMax1993]

It'd be actually interesting to see air support if there was a Warfare game around the cold war or modern war period Like jets or helicopters with armaments such as rockets or machine guns

[@Lekirius]

Man i totally forgot about this game

[@matthewjones39]

Ah yes, mortars. My favorite type of air support.

[@dmav522]

I still play both of these on the regular

[@Jarhead20379]

Both 1917 and 1944 are coming soon on steam by con artist games. Just like they did with The Last Stand series

[@Ghoast.]

Loving the flash-games centric channels. Wondering if: Raft Wars, the Viking cutting ice game, karoshi suici** Salaryman, sword and sandals still exist (suggestion)

[@jurgenhabicht3204]

Is there gonna be a video about strike force?

[@TheLovelyScrub]

If I can find a way to play it without it lagging like crazy. I have a relatively good PC and it was basically unplayable when I tested it out. Any suggestions?

[@jurgenhabicht3204]

@@TheLovelyScrub hello, sorry for late answer. I can't really give you an advise on where to play it, I am from Russia and we got some websites which allow you to play it without huge lags. I am on laptop btw (it's trash). Gl with your future videos. This video brought me back when I was 5-6 years old, parents told me to open "Armour games" and play some games. Mine personal favourites were strike force and siegius.

[@chrisidoo]

Would love to see you cover the Endless War series.

[@TheLovelyScrub]

I've added it to my list of games to check out, thanks for the suggestion!

[@samanthablackman4960]

I used to play these games on my dads work computer as a kid, god they're still so good 😭

[@benjaminhariri602]

I loved these games as a kid!

[@Dumpinic]

Did these ever get put on the App Store? There’s a few flash games up

[@TheLovelyScrub]

I think there's a few knock offs, but not this real series. There is however a "Legacy Version" on Steam, but for now it can only be wishlisted as it hasn't released yet

[@JS_360NC]

There are similar mobile games to these, Trench Warfare 1917, and the recently improved Trench Warfare WW1. Both great games imo.

[@waterbears9874]

on wow someone else is talking about these games, i played warfare 1917 all the time in like middle school during my big ww1 phase

[@bigideasrhinomilk4278]

This series is off to a great start, waiting patiently for more

[@TheLovelyScrub]

Thank you! Uploading the next one tomorrow :)

[@daspence2374]

feel like battle gear was sorta the next level of this kinda game

[@ocbwhyte1871]

Watched your first video and loved it despite never playing the last game in the series. If I can make two flash game series video suggestions: -Warlords, starting with Warlords Call To Arms, a very fun fantasy strategy game that also evolved into an RPG like The Last Stand -and the flash series animated like South Park titled “Ray” after the titular player character, Ray.

[@Darkseidsolosfiction]

Make a video about the decision series (decision medieval was my favorite)

[@Tohnakimmo]

Great video once again 5/5 content

[@TheLovelyScrub]

Thank you so much! :) 🙏

[@JaCKal_646f67]

This unlocks memories😢

[@JeremySmith-j9d]

Bro CON YOU GOTTA REALESE THE LEGACY I HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR IT

[@Qrepros]

fianlly someone remembers this

[@sunnyd1722]

I have some more suggestions for S-Tier Flash games, in my opinion. Uphill Rush (all like 20 of ‘em) City Seige Battle for Britain 303 Squardon Strike Force Heroes

[@TheLovelyScrub]

Strike Force heroes is on my to-do list!

[@sunnyd1722]

I could tell. You have good taste

[@urizio]

You could do a retrospective of the Firefox boy and water girl games? It was one of my favorite flash game when a friend was in my house.

[@animeninja2749]

I remember ea made their own version called trenches. Which was a decent take on it. Too bsd they shut that down. It was a good way to play on mobile

[@megalomaniac8724]

What flash game was the one where we put machine gun bunkers/At weapons we could call tanks and stuff like that i think

[@OperatorMax1993]

Honestly it would have been awesome to see more entries in the Warfare series There's various settings, so imagine for Yugoslavia war (Warfare : 1991), Arab Israeli war (Warfare : 1967 or 1973), South Africa border war (Warfare : 1988) or also Iran Iraq war because of ww1 style warfare (Warfare : 1984)

[@TheLovelyScrub]

Agreed!

[@OperatorMax1993]

@@TheLovelyScrub plus it'd still keep the feel along with adding new content For example more vehicles other than just 1 tank such as scout cars, light tanks, etc. having helicopters and jets armed with machine guns, rockets and bombs Plus maybe we could see Russian Ukraine war included (Warfare : 2022) since much like the Iran Iraq war, trench warfare is used too

[@thepurenewb1584]

ahhh yes the "Air Support" Mortar and arty

[@austinblack7991]

Weridly enough warfront 1944 got a app version

[@theprinceofawesomeness]

Hey! I played Warfare. Had no memory what it was called but i have been thinking of it

[@TheLovelyScrub]

Glad I could help :)

[@Corrello88]

Yoo I had poured hrs into this game, there was site called arcade pre hacks that basically cheated every flash game you can think of, some were better unhacked but I digress, this game hacked allowed you to bypass the cooldown buttons leading to a very slow computer but an enormous amount of troops charging to a few trench that had maybe one mg team and riflemen, they would call arty or mortars and the mg would mow down dozens of men, I had wave after wave of men downed due to 2 trenches full of Germans and arty, so I called in probably 20 clicks of arty on them, the game slowed further but all that arty messed them up I sent in another wave and it was a victory, the game was very fun, also I had one game where they called gas right before my mass of troops had time to move and it pretty much killed them all, skirmish was everything.

[@TheLovelyScrub]

That sounds bananas lol

[@danentakoto2701]

I played both games and the Last stand games...i played nothing else on Bubblebox and Armor Games.

[@datonegamer218]

Did you know there was a online multiplayer game that sadly was discontinued.

[@TheLovelyScrub]

I did! i wanted to include in this video, the same way i included Dead Zone in my video on The Last Stand, but i wasn't entirely happy with showcasing it and not having played it, so i decided against using Warfare Online in this video

[@animeninja2749]

Even tho flash games were gone. Im surprised these games are on steam

[@TheLovelyScrub]

Actually you can still play them! I'm not sure how or what changed, but flash games are playable right now. Idk if i had to download a browser extension or not, but go check out armor games or newgrounds!

[@OperatorMax1993]

You can still download them standalone :)

[@myname1715]

I thought I was the only one who liked these games

[@TheLovelyScrub]

Lots of love for the Warfare series, can't wait for the legacy collection on steam to release!

[@atiffayyadh4654]

My fav one is Mud and Blood 2, and Recon MnB3 is available in steam tho!

[@MikeHunt-zy3cn]

The officer is good but also bad. The officer can promote soldiers which improves accuracy and damage, iirc. Alongside a small morale buff. The issue, though, is when the officer dies, you take a decent hit to your morale.

[@reddaniels7011]

I have a feeling the art from The Armchair Historian channel was inspired by this game art style.

[@OperatorMax1993]

He also said it himself he was inspired by Warfare 1917/1944

[@Crosshair9]

Nice!

[@TheLovelyScrub]

Oh hey Crosshair, thank you ! :)

[@ZODIAC_USA]

A good game to cover for you next video is 1066. It has some lore to explore

[@kashimkalinin2524]

You forgot to mention earlier in the vid too the third game that was popular Strike Force Heroes

[@TheLovelyScrub]

i dont think strike force heroes is from con artist games, the 2 in the beginning i mentioned were made by the same developer

[@kashimkalinin2524]

@@TheLovelyScrub oh okay, since you show the armorgames site, I thought you also meant for armorgames games in general lol. Good memories playing in that website when I was young

[@magisterdamask9015]

Blast from the past right here

[@erikmielke9008]

I imagine the artillery flying hahaha