Recomp / Preservation & revivals / Web
Flashpoint Archive
Large preservation archive and launcher that keeps web games and animations from defunct browser plugins playable offline.
Emulation-hosted Human-led releasedFacts
- Original
- Web games and animations (Flash, Shockwave, Unity Web and more)
- Platform
- Web
- Method
- Emulation-hosted
- Provenance
- Human-led · Started by BlueMaxima in 2018 what this means
- Status
- released
- Licence
- MIT
- Team
- FlashpointProject, BlueMaxima
- Started
- 2018
- Runs on
- Windows, macOS, Linux
- Needs the original
- No
How to get it legally
Download it from the official repository or website. No original files are needed.
This project was rebuilt by FlashpointProject, BlueMaxima. Facts last checked 2026-10-13.
Sources
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