

Video game developers developed hundreds of free online video games using Shockwave, publishing them on websites such as Miniclip and. Various graphic adventure games were developed with Shockwave then, including The Journeyman Project, Total Distortion, Eastern Mind: The Lost Souls of Tong Nou, Mia's Language Adventure, Mia's Science Adventure, and the Didi & Ditto series. ĭuring the 1990s, Shockwave was a common format for CD-ROM projectors, kiosk presentations, and interactive video games, and dominated in interactive multimedia. Shockwave supports raster graphics, basic vector graphics, 3D graphics, audio, and an embedded scripting language called Lingo. Adobe then acquired Shockwave with Macromedia in 2005. MacroMind originated the technology Macromedia acquired MacroMind and developed it further, releasing Shockwave Player in 1995. Such content could be viewed in a web browser on any computer with the Shockwave Player plug-in installed. Developers originate content using Adobe Director and publish it on the Internet. Adobe ShockwaveĪdobe Shockwave (formerly Macromedia Shockwave and MacroMind Shockwave) is a discontinued multimedia platform for building interactive multimedia applications and video games. Selecting a region changes the language and/or content on to be confused with. We recommend getting in touch with them and for help with the transition. Harman, can assist Enterprise customers identify solutions for their content. It will provide support and security updates for customers who require commercial support options beyond the EOL date. Also, the major browser vendors are integrating the open standards into their browsers and deprecating other plug-ins, such as Flash Player.Īfter 2020, Adobe’s long-term distribution partner, Harman will be the official enterprise distributor for Flash Player. Most websites have since long switched to HTML5, which is a more efficient and secure coding option.


Open standards such as HTML5, WebGL, and WebAssembly can serve as viable alternatives for Flash content. Chrome and Firefox have already published their projections around when they'll stop supporting Flash. At most, they provide an 'allow once' option to allow Flash.

(end-of-life date).Īll major browser vendors, block Flash Player making it difficult to view Flash content. Adobe will stop updating and distributing Flash Player after December 31, 2020.
