I’d play some appropriately somber music, but all I’ve got is “Shiny Happy People” by REM, which might be sending a bit of a mixed message. With Flash games being one of the first things that got me into gaming, I thought we could all pull an “in memoriam” for some of our favorite Flash games. on the 31 st of December 2020, we wished farewell to one of the most influential software applications developed in the history of the internet, slamming the final metaphorical nail into 2020’s coffin. Now, after twenty-odd years, at 11:59:59 p.m. I’ve seen kings toppled and unknown challengers ascend to glory and back again all in the space of one afternoon (and multiple broken keyboards). For those in the know, Flash’s end was an inevitability as HTML 5 began replacing Flash as a preferred interactive media standard since 2008.īack in my school days, proficiency in Flash games was what kept us alive in the rough gravel playgrounds of Western Australia. ![]() Flash was introduced in the ’90s at the dawn of the modern internet, growing and improving over time until it solidified itself as the industry-standard software. Of course, Adobe Flash has meant so much to people working in a wide range of industries. ![]() ![]() Unfortunately, many of us didn’t find out until the final weeks of 2020. ![]() So, all three of you that had read the announcement had time to prepare. Well, we knew it if we had read the 2017 Adobe blog announcement stating that their Adobe Flash player would no longer be supported by the end of 2020.
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