You can now play and watch over 1,000 Flash games and animations on the Internet Archive’s site without having to install a plugin.
As Adobe Flash will reach its End of Life on December 31st of this year, the Internet Archive has announced its plan to preserve both Flash animations and games for future generations on its site. The non-profit, which is known for its Wayback Machine, will emulate Flash content on its site so that users can access it even if their web browser no longer supports Flash. According to the Internet Archive, you can already play and watch over 1,000 Flash games and animations on its site including Homestar Runner and classics such as “Peanut Butter Jelly Time” and “All your base are belong to us”. This done using an in-development Flash emulator called Ruffle which is not 100 percent compatible with all content but can play a very large portion of historical Flash animation in a user’s browser at both a smooth and accurate rate. American archivist James Scott provided further insight on why the Internet Archive has been working to preserve older software in a blog post, saying: “The Internet Archive has moved aggressively in making a whole range of older software run in the browser over the past decade.
