

Q: Are you able to add/support this game? It's based on Facebook/is online multi-player.Ī: Probably not.

Q: How do I check whether a game is in Flashpoint? Games with sitelocks won't work there even if they are archived. Wayback is specifically poor at grabbing multi-asset games (games that use more than one file), so chances are that it will not work there. Q: Can't I use the Wayback Machine to play them?Ī: The game has to be archived there in the first place, which may or may not happen. Besides, the capabilities of HTML5 are different from those of Flash, so a game ported to HTML5 will never be identical to the original. HTML5 is an entirely different technology, so it's impossible for them to be converted automatically.ĭevelopers could port them over to the platform, but most will not have the time or resources to do it. Q: Won't the games just be converted to HTML5?Ī: No.

But to ensure that games are preserved and work properly, you'll need to curate them. Q: Can I use Flashpoint to play my own SWF or DCR files?Ī: Follow our Curation Tutorial to add games to Flashpoint! Flashpoint comes with standalone projectors for Flash and Shockwave, and in some cases it will work to simply open an SWF with a Flash projector or open a DCR with a Director projector.
#PLAYING FLASH GAMES OFFLINE ZIP#
Q: Can I have a zip or ROM of a specific game? Can I download just the games I want?Ī: Flashpoint simulates the internet in order to make games think they are playing on their original websites (see the previous answer for a more detailed explanation of that). For more details, see How Flashpoint Works. Those games are less likely to run with just the projector on its own, but Flashpoint also deals with that. Moreover, web games are commonly spread across multiple files rather than just one those are known as multi-asset games. Flashpoint gets around this by running the games through a local server proxy which, simply put, tricks them into thinking they are being played on the original sites they were meant to be played on. Since the projector is not connected to the Internet and cannot identify those sites, those games will refuse to load on it. Q: Why do I need Flashpoint to play the games offline? Can't I just use a standalone player like the Flash Player projector to play them?Ī: Many web games have what is known as a sitelock, which means that they will not work unless they are being played on the original site they were hosted on.
