A variety of websites are using this technology to bring back Flash games. The popularity of this flash game resulted in Super Mario Flash 2 years later, along with dozens upon dozens of hacks for both versions.
Ruffle, an open source emulator built in part by a former Newgrounds employee, makes it possible to play these games without the security problems Flash had late in life. That history disappeared from the web when Flash stopped working. These sites are also an important piece of video game history-some indie classics, including Meat Boy and VVVVV, started life as free Flash titles. One group does miss Flash, however: casual gamers.īefore smartphones and app stores, the best place to find quick, free games were sites like Addicting Games and Newgrounds, which offered up all sorts of Flash-based games. Most of us didn't mourn the buggy, overused service, which was a security nightmare and a frequent cause of browser crashes by the time it died. Every major web browser disabled the infamous plug-in back in 2020 (the main thing we all remember about that otherwise uneventful year).
