Old FLASH Games

Flash games were one of the main options for those who wanted to play on the slow internet in the 2000s. Whether at home or in computer classes at school, they were incredibly versatile for the standards of the time. There was no shortage of website options (NewGrounds, Kongregate, MiniClip, Armor Games, Friv, etc.).

And if it weren't for the internet, there were still CDs that came with gaming magazines and contained hundreds (or even thousands) of games of this type. One example is Digerati, which you can learn more about in this post.

Most of the games were obviously aimed at children, but they had unique and intriguing dynamics. One example would be Raft Wars, which involved an epic battle between two brothers trying to defend their raft from invaders.

There were more complex games and nowadays they would certainly be released as indie games. One example is Harry the Hamster 2 (2006), which involved exploring the world map in search of pieces of an Egyptian golden disc.

It was common for producers to bet on well-known characters and make their own unofficial games. There was no shortage of fake Mario games...

Super Mario Revived (2007?)

Taking advantage of this facility, there were companies that made themed games for their products, as was the case with Froot Loops cereal.

Froot Loops: Black Beak's Treasure Cove! (2007)

One that you must have spent many hours on was certainly the "World's Hardest Game" (2007).

What ended it?

Flash games were still a common option in the early 2010s. However, the decline of Adobe Flash in the face of HTML 5 (Steve Jobs' fault) caused the company to end support in 2020. As a result, many flash games were lost, leaving only those preserved in archives such as the Internet Archive and Flashpoint (the latter is an emulator).

In any case, interest in this type of game had already been declining for some years, largely due to the increase in internet speed and the processing power of PCs, in addition to the popularization of smartphones.

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-See more about the flash games that came on magazine CDs (here)

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