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Posted by helloplanets 21 hours ago

Flashpoint Archive – Over 200k web games and animations preserved(flashpointarchive.org)
318 points | 78 commentspage 3
Wowfunhappy 16 hours ago|
Can anyone recommend sone Flash games to try out?
tetris11 13 hours ago||
Attak by JohnnyTwoShoes[0,1], is one of the standout games from that era: super-saiyan type battles using an underlying physics/ragdoll engine with fully destructible buildings and terrain.

Half the strategy was digging out an underground bunker to shield yourself from your enemy's 500m vertical drop attacks. It was an incredible feat of programming for the time.

The game unfortunately is in that final tiny percentage of AS3 games with missing features and thus does not work with ruffle yet, I suspect because the game was so cutting edge.

0: https://flashpointproject.github.io/flashpoint-database/sear...

1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CTiO6o-NERw

popcar2 13 hours ago|||
Some of the recommendations here are good classics, but if you're looking for some REALLY good ones:

* Sonny 2 (really in-depth turn based RPG)

* Fancy Pants Adventures 1-3 (2D platformer)

* Larry and the Gnomes (Beat 'em up)

* Interactive Buddy 2 (Fun simulator toy)

* Final Ninja Zero (2D platformer)

* Bubble Tanks 2 (Twinstick shooter)

These really take me back...

Wowfunhappy 2 hours ago||
> * Fancy Pants Adventures 1-3 (2D platformer)

Whoa, the animation in this is mesmerizing. I just beat world 1 and 2 in one sitting. Thanks for sharing.

as1mov 15 hours ago||
Somebody already mentioned the Winnie's Homerun Derby. I also have fond memories of playing:

* N - https://archive.org/details/nv-12

* Ball Revamped - https://archive.org/details/1100_ballrevampedv2

* Mind Fcuk - https://archive.org/details/tf_20210127

* World's hardest game - https://archive.org/details/the-worlds-hardest-game_202310

* Canabalt - https://archive.org/details/canabalt_202012

* (If you're from one of the commonwealth countries) Stick Cricket - https://archive.org/details/stickcricket_flash

There's honestly a ton more, you can download the archive and go through the various community lists in there. I've spent a few evenings just having a few drinks and playing some old games! :D

j45 9 hours ago||
It’s amazing how one tech, as imperfect as it may have been allowed so many types of creators to simply create.

It’s staggering to imagine that beginners, novices and experts all built these things in the same interface. No stack, build processes, or more.

Western0 9 hours ago||
no native linux support
wiredpancake 3 hours ago|
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rvba 12 hours ago||
Does this contain MOTAS (mystery of time and space) point and click game?

That game was fun and had some really nice music

WumboSpasm 7 hours ago|
Yes it does: https://flashpointproject.github.io/flashpoint-database/sear...
vee-kay 15 hours ago||
Thanks for the archive, but the site needs to be mobile-friendly.
WumboSpasm 7 hours ago|
Hi, website dev here. I admit the current website sucks in terms of usability (I designed it many years ago when I had no concept of responsive design). At the moment I'm working on a complete overhaul of the site that will look much nicer on mobile devices, among other things.
gethly 8 hours ago||
it's legit if has this https://ooooooooo.ooo/?id=7de223e4-745d-6f7e-a209-3219931b4f...
Jordan-117 8 hours ago|
That site (9o3o) is actually a web frontend for Flashpoint, so totally legit!
Der_Einzige 16 hours ago||
Most of the good flash games later turned into something you could buy on steam. Great example of this was mud and blood, which has a proper steam based continuation.
oceansky 16 hours ago|
I wouldn't say most, but a good chunk yes.
dvh 16 hours ago||
You now hear Age of War soundtrack.
SilverElfin 19 hours ago||
Nice. Glad to see someone is doing this. Everyone on HN hates on things like Flash, but they were genuinely innovative technologies that showed the world what was possible online. And the content was unmatched. The Internet today can’t compare.
nottorp 18 hours ago||
I hate html, wasm, css, javascript as much as flash when they're used to waste my battery, cpu and ram with pointless effects when I'm browsing.

Love them when they're either getting out of the way of my content or used to make a great game.

oceansky 16 hours ago|||
I think people hate(d) working with it and the security flaws it had.

I don't think I've seen people hating the content created with it.

shevy-java 18 hours ago||
> Everyone on HN hates on things like Flash

That's clearly not true. Is that a rhetoric expression? Because I just wrote about Flash games being great - and I wasn't the only one doing so either.

phucnet 14 hours ago|
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