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I have not added back any flash games as of yet, server space is a BIG consideration.

My question is a simple one, what flash games would you like to see added, I know that with 18000 games added before, there were many many games that were never even played once, so let me know what games you would like to see re-appear here

Personally I don't feel there's much point in adding Flash games anywhere anytime. Their maximum shelf life is surely just one year, so why not all start early and focus purely on HTML5 ?

I think everyone is crazy that the games will cease to function in 2020.  There are several projects going on to preserve and keep the games functioning afterwards.  Plus, it's not like they are going to remove the software from your computer.

 

I would say the games will fade out over time, but it will be very gradual.  From everything I've read, it will be several years at the earliest.

 

Here's one project that is collecting the games and has a player: http://bluemaxima.org/flashpoint/

 

It's offline, but still, the effort.

 

If you search for it, you'll find a lot of projects out there.. from editors, to players.  I am 99% sure there will be (or already is) an open source solution to playing Flash games, I just haven't looked that much.

I am with tubsock on this one.. I never did figure the Flash Games would just stop playing, there is always something or someone out there to revise a way..

Found this so copied it lol 

 

Hmmm.... I don't think it's going to be quite as apocalyptic as you state, but I do believe that players will have to use a workaround of sorts.  But if you simply left as they are , the games should still work.
 
As many players are probably already aware of, Flash games use .SOL files to save game statuses for players, and those files will go into a particular folder on your hard drive.  Allegedly, Chrome had already stopped saving those .SOL files a while back, but Firefox continued to do so, until they broke with Firefox 64.  I can personally confirm the issue on Firefox (currently on version 65.0.2).  The good news is that the .SOL saving issue is said to be confirmed as fixed for Firefox 66, so when that rolls out all the Firefox players will be able to save their .SOL files again.  The bad news: if you need to have your save game cravings satisfied now, you have to revert to one of the Firefox 63.x versions.  (For security reasons, it is recommended that you not revert to a previous version.)
 
Logically, it should follow that if Flash support is getting cut off next year, then the way to avoid being unable to play Flash games is to simply refuse to update your browser.  I'm already planning for that day of reckoning, and when it comes I plan to simply not update my Firefox browser so that I can continue to play Flash games.  Firefox will then just be my gaming/entertainment-only browser, and for anything really important, I'll use Chrome and keep that browser updated.

 

I should have acknowledged my "source" it was DA or doughtaker sorry .

 

 

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I play a lot of mahjong games and a few card games. I have hundreds in my favourites list elsewhere and yes they are all flash 😛 🙂

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