Flashpoint Archive

Flashpoint Archive
Other namesBlueMaxima's Flashpoint
Original author(s)Ben "BlueMaxima" Latimore
Developer(s)Community contributors
Initial releaseZero / January 15, 2018; 6 years ago (2018-01-15)[1]
Stable release
13 (Dart Frog) / May 26, 2024; 6 months ago (2024-05-26)[1]
Repositorygithub.com/FlashpointProject/launcher/
Written inTypeScript, PHP, C++, C#, C, Rust[2][3][4][5][6]
Operating systemMicrosoft Windows, macOS, Linux
LicenseMIT (launcher),[7] proprietary (engines, games)
Websitehttps://flashpointarchive.org/

Flashpoint Archive (formerly BlueMaxima's Flashpoint) is an archival and preservation project that allows browser games, web animations and other general rich web applications to be played in a secure format, after all major browsers removed native support for NPAPI/PPAPI plugins in the mid-to-late 2010s as well as the plugins' deprecation.[8][9][10] The project contains over 200,000 applications from over 120 browser plugins, most notably Adobe Flash, which can be installed and played using the provided Flashpoint Launcher and its associated tools.

  1. ^ a b "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. ^ FlashpointProject/FPA-Rust, Flashpoint Archive, 21 January 2024, retrieved 30 March 2024
  7. ^ Flashpoint Launcher, FlashpointProject, 9 December 2021, archived from the original on 11 December 2021, retrieved 11 December 2021
  8. ^ "Ontwikkelaars maken tool om 38.000 oude Flash-games te archiveren en te spelen". Tweakers (in Dutch). Archived from the original on 19 November 2021. Retrieved 7 August 2021.
  9. ^ "You Can Now Play 36,000 Saved Flash Games Offline Ahead of Flash Browser Support End". HYPEBEAST. 3 February 2020. Archived from the original on 7 August 2021. Retrieved 7 August 2021.
  10. ^ Morton, Lauren (31 January 2020). "Flashpoint launcher is saving Flash games from extinction". Rock Paper Shotgun. Archived from the original on 24 January 2021. Retrieved 7 August 2021.