The Flashpoint Archive is a big project to preserve old web games (Adobe Flash based games, animations etc).
It has a really cool video about what it does on its website: https://flashpointarchive.org/
Go check it out. It's literally a treasure trove of old games.
Here are some screenshots:
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gandalf_der_13te@feddit.org · 56 pts · 3d
Even better: i just saw this:
you can even download a personal copy of all the games on the entire archive! for those of us who make backups of things.
platypode@sh.itjust.works · 27 pts · 3d
If you want to help them find more old games to archive, there’s a tool you can run on your old computers to find delisted games in your browser cache:
https://flashpointarchive.org/datahub/Recovering_Files_from_Browser_Cache#Flashpoint_Cache_Dumper
Note that there are always privacy/security considerations when running random internet software to scan your files.
hexagonwin@lemmy.today · 10 pts · 3d
this is fucking cool. quite impressive how they even made custom tools for this!
ChunkMcHorkle@lemmy.world · 13 pts · 3d
There is a game I used to play in the late 90s and aughts that was simply stupid but fantastic for stress relief, and I still think about it even though it's been possibly fifteen years or longer since I played it. Just checked the archive and it's there.
I had no idea this even existed until now. Many thanks.
skisnow@lemmy.ca · 10 pts · 3d
And you're not going to share?
ChunkMcHorkle@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 3d
Woobies. A librarian turned me on to it when I told her I'd gladly listen to more audiobooks but I hate just sitting there, having nothing to do with my hands. She told me to ignore how it looks and just do it. She was right. I still miss it when I'm just listening to music, or did until today.
Of course I went and played it immediately, lol.
ArmoredThirteen@lemmy.zip · 10 pts · 3d
Flashpoint is amazing. I'm in game dev school and every time someone comments about missing old browser games I show it to them. Seen a couple people get excited to tears being able to play childhood games they thought were gone forever
VieuxQueb@lemmy.ca · 2 pts · 2d
They also have a linux version of the launcher/manager
gandalf_der_13te@feddit.org · 1 pts · 8h
understandable 🥲
skisnow@lemmy.ca · 8 pts · 3d
oh cool they have Parameters
https://flashpointarchive.org/view?id=8e2e3955-66d6-434b-b48b-87df5fa73d3c
LongLive@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 3d
Significance?
spizzat2@lemmy.zip · 5 pts · 3d
No, but they have Insignificance.
skisnow@lemmy.ca · 5 pts · 3d
None. I just used to play it a lot during the 2000s, I think it was featured on b3ta. It's a good relaxing timewaster.
bajabound@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 3d
Zombo.com has been preserved, nothing else matters.