Terri218
Member
I have one old game I am still playing which uses Adobe Flash. All of my browsers except for Internet Explorer could not play this. Yesterday the game wouldn't open on Internet Explorer and I got a message saying Adobe Flash Player is no longer supported and to uninstall it from my computer (which I did). Does anyone have a suggestion for a way to play this game?
Thanks as always.
ChrisS
Administrator
This article is typical of what I've seen: How to Play Old Flash Games in 2020, and Beyond
It, like all the others that I've read, recommends Flashpoint.
From the Flashpoint FAQ:
Does Flashpoint pose any security concerns?
The entirety of our application suite (minus the tech needed to download games via Infinity) can't connect to the real internet in and of themselves. Any changes made with Flashpoint Secure Player are removed once the game is done being played. BlueMaxima has been working with these files on his hard drive for some time, with competent and up-to-date antivirus software. We've done our best to ensure the collection is as safe as it can be. It is worth noting that some antiviruses will detect certain files as being dangerous; in every situation we've come across, this is a false positive.
I haven't used Flashpoint but maybe somebody that has will comment on the functionality.
Suze
Member
I have read about a Flash Player emulator called Ruffle, although I haven't tried it yet: https://ruffle.rs/
mikiem2
Moderator
Back in October 2020 Microsoft released a patch to remove everything *internal* to Windows regarding Flash -- kb4577586 -- at the time saying that it would be incorporated into a cumulative update in the future, *probably* summer 2021. Note that's for Windows itself, and not any of the Flash players you've separately installed. Evaluating Flashpoint or Ruffle, it **might** be worth it to run kb4577586 [it's in the Microsoft download catalog -- catalog.update.microsoft[.]com/search.aspx?q=4577586] to see if either is effected.
Adobe's FAQ regarding Flash is here: adobe[.]com/products/flashplayer/end-of-life.html
R.I.P Flash you had a good run. I still remember trying to find flash games sites to play on school computers that they didn't have blocked lol.
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