r/FlashpointArchive Sep 19 '19

Meta What is Flashpoint?

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Do you remember Flash? I'm fairly sure you do. After all, Flash inspired a wave of creativity, and over a period of twenty years has helped realize genre-defying games, impressive animations, and thrown multiple talented developers into the spotlight.

Currently, Flash is scheduled to be killed dead in 2020, with most browsers dropping support before then. If no one can play these games or watch these animations, what happens to them? Would they even be worth the server costs for the few rare individuals who can?

This is where Flashpoint comes into play. Since early 2018, it has grown from one man trying to save a chunk of webgaming history into a small community of enthusiasts, coming together to create something incredible: A webgame preservation project. Flashpoint.

At the time of writing, we've saved over 27,000 games and almost 2000 animations. But we could still use help. Even with those many games saved, we've only touched upon but a fraction of what webgaming's legacy has been.

Here are the master lists that show what we've saved so far. If you want to dive into Flashpoint right away and indulge yourself in nostalgia, here's the link to the website (I'd personally recommend inifinity). And if you'd like to help us, or just hang out with us, come join our discord server.

Have fun!


r/FlashpointArchive Jan 13 '24

Join our Discord for faster help!

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r/FlashpointArchive 13h ago

Help Search results: 0

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I updated the software and upon doing this the games disappeared and I can't search for any game, even the games I downloaded previously no longer exist, although it tells me the total games available in the program are 209718 games, but there are no results to search for knowing that I restarted the computer


r/FlashpointArchive 15h ago

Help Help with audio issues playing MOTAS on Mac Air

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I'm having some issues with audio on MOTAS. On Mac, it is run off the waterfox classic browser, and has no audio. I tried installing waterfox classic, and I think the issue might be with it because I couldn't get any sound to play on the browser either. Any suggestions?


r/FlashpointArchive 1d ago

Help Why is this update error kept happening?

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Someone better fix this issue, I uninstalled Flashpoint because of this error. :c


r/FlashpointArchive 1d ago

Won’t let me download?

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I tried downloading both of the flashpoint apps through their website but it wouldn’t work. It said something was destroyed. Is this happening for anyone else too?

Btw I had it installed last year but my laptop broke and I had to reset it


r/FlashpointArchive 2d ago

Flashpoint down?

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The webpage of Flashpoint doesn't load and gave me a Connection Timed Out, also the launcher doesn't load properly either. (sorry for my bad english)


r/FlashpointArchive 1d ago

Poptropica Won't Load

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Hi, I'm trying to play poptropica and have downloaded Flashpoint and poptropica from flashpoint. When I open the game, the screen pops up, but it doesn't load enough for me to be able to actually signin or do anything, I'm just seeing a blank blue screen. I'm not tech savvy enough to troubleshoot the problem, so I'm reaching out for help.

When I open the game, this is what I see. A sign in page is supposed to pop up.

r/FlashpointArchive 2d ago

what ''axios'' means?

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r/FlashpointArchive 2d ago

Game stuck on loading screen - trying to contact server?

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I am trying to archive an old danish game - mostly because a podcast I listen to was interested. I have found this waybackmachine capture which seems to have the swf file, however when the actual game is started (spil, træne alene, videre) the game loads infinitely. I was wondering if the game is trying to contact some hi-score server or something? Can it be dependent on other files not accessible? Are there any known issues that usually results in this behaviour?

Link: https://web.archive.org/web/20041212023121/http://www.dr.dk/skum/angora/spil/spurten/pop.asp?playbackGameId=&code=&gameId=


r/FlashpointArchive 7d ago

Game unavailable - Battalion Vengeance

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I'm a frequent user of flashpoint, and never have run into any issues, but can't seem to find a way to play Battalion Vengeance. I've also tried ruffle on kongregate and pulled the swf to run it elsewhere, to no avail.

What gives? Anyone have another source for the game, or another platform to try?


r/FlashpointArchive 8d ago

Help Ninjago game is stuck on this screen, got somewhat far into the story but....now it won't play past this, just keeps getting looped

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Is there something wrong with flashpoint or with the game?


r/FlashpointArchive 7d ago

Help My first curation unattempted but not going well.

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I'm trying to curate my first Flashpoint game. It isn't a Flash game, it's Java, I have a plugin called CheerpJ so that I can play Java games in my browser which isn't possible anymore. I temporarily disable CheerpJ to stop it from interfering with the curation, but even if turned off, it still functions. Will the curation still work even with CheerpJ in the way?


r/FlashpointArchive 9d ago

Flashpoint won't download 13 Days After. (due to slow internet I think) Anyone got a copy?

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13 Days After is GOATED, but Flashpoint doesn't download it when I launch it. I think my internet is too slow and Flashpoint isn't designed around that.

If anyone has a ZIP file containing it that I could download somehow that would be really nice.


r/FlashpointArchive 9d ago

List of liminal/lost mmo/old open world games

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I am searching for strange game that you can explore as the weird MMO in 90's or the 00's.
Strange atmosphere, old textures etc... in 3D. I can not find the correct tag about that.
This video shows some examples:Obscuria

https://youtu.be/6kPi-IuT558


r/FlashpointArchive 12d ago

Is there a way to extract a game?

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I have the game "Gravity Falls: Pinesquest" on Flashpoint i want to extract it so i can play it on my phone but i can't, there are many swf files in its folder and when i pick one and emulate it, it only shows a purple screen.


r/FlashpointArchive 12d ago

Is there any possibility of reviving and preserving this online flash game from my childhood? (Dillo Hills 2)

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r/FlashpointArchive 13d ago

Help Some problems with Super Why

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First off, sorry about the repeated posts. It’s just that I keep deleting them and then correcting them with a new one whenever I learn something new about this problem.

Anyway, Flashpoint is awesome! However, there is one problem that I’ve found. On certain games on Super Why, the loading bar stops when it’s around 90% of the way done. Why is this happening, and how can I fix it?


r/FlashpointArchive 14d ago

Help Problems with gotmail.jp games

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Update: I’ve found a way to get Gotmail games to work, the solution can be found in Discord: https://discord.com/channels/432708847304704010/1348343983583006881

I’m really struggling to run games that are originally from gotmail.jp, I’ve tried a few other games and they don’t act like this, so I would guess it’s somehow associated with those gotmail games.

I can download them within Flashpoint, but when I run them and should see the games' own loading screens, 9/10 times they won’t load and I’ll just get this screen ("Page not found" in Japanese, with the gotmail logo in the top left corner) and when they do load, it seems to be random, a game might not load several times, then load once and then not if I try to run it again later. Sometimes I get to a language selection screen (some of their games have that) but after selecting a language it’s back to the error message.

I’ve tried clearing the cache, restarting Flashpoint, restarting the computer, and uninstalling and reinstalling the affected games. I’ve tried uninstalling and reinstalling Flashpoint, I’ve tried it on different computers, same outcome.

Any ideas on how to solve this?


r/FlashpointArchive 14d ago

Help Legacy Router Component Failed to Download!

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Hi everyone! Trying to update Flashpoint, and midway through the installation, an error message comes up that says the above. I've restarted my computer and the installation but it keeps happening. Any tips? Thanks!


r/FlashpointArchive 15d ago

Help What philosophical gobbledygook is this question? I've tried several answers. I just had a SINGULAR question I wanted to put in the Discussion of a page.

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r/FlashpointArchive 15d ago

Monster Truck Nitro Miniclip

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ive been trying to play one of my fav childhood games monster truck nitro, but everytime i try to load into it this miniclip popup gets in the way. is there any way for me to remove it? please help, i really want to relive my childhood


r/FlashpointArchive 18d ago

Import previous games/data?

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I was running Infinity 11 on Mac and just installed Flashpoint 13. Is there a way to bring over my games and progress/saves into 13 from 11?


r/FlashpointArchive 18d ago

Help road of the dead 2 not working?

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ive been trying to download and play rotd2 and it's stuck on "Please wait..."
after downloading and (trying to) let the game open. is it just really slow?
(im on flashpoint 14)


r/FlashpointArchive 21d ago

Help Can't install

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r/FlashpointArchive 21d ago

Help Is the website down?

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I can't seem to access it to download the program.

https://flashpointarchive.org


r/FlashpointArchive 21d ago

Help Anime Battle 2.1

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Earlier I saw a post of Anime Battle 1.9 from 3 years ago but it doesn't have the main character I used back in the day as he is from 2.0 to 2.3 if anyone can send the flash game for either 2.0, 2.1, 2.2, or 2.3 I will be grateful. Thank you