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'''BlueMaxima’s Flashpoint''' is an ongoing preservation effort for games designed in commercial web frameworks. Named after Flash (which Adobe says it will discontinue in 2020), the maintainers have preserved over 14,000 games since its inception. The full list of games is available via the [http://bluemaxima.org/flashpoint/datahub/Game_Master_List "Game Master List"] on their wiki. Flashpoint covers games (and tools) developed in Adobe Flash, Adobe Shockwave, Unity Web Player, Java Applets, Microsoft Silverlight, ActiveX, 3DVIA Player, 3D Groove GX, PopCap Plugin, and HTML5.
Flashpoint (and every game in it) was originally released as one gigantic download until a system was developed to download these games on-the-fly. The full download (which, upon completion, requires no further internet connection to use) has since been retroactively titled "Flashpoint Ultimate", and the "lite" version was given the name "Flashpoint Infinity". When the limitations of Launchbox started to show, a discrete launcher was developed.Flashpoint currently does not have a built-in updater, but the team says a differential updater will be available in the next version.<ref>[https://bluemaxima.org/flashpoint/datahub/Help_Wanted_List Help Wanted List]. Datahub. "We've figured out the details of a differential updater, and are working on squashing the remaining bugs and improving the user experience. An updater for Flashpoint Ultimate will be released soon."</ref>
==Download==
* [https://bluemaxima.org/flashpoint/downloads/ '''Official Release'''] (May contain newer versions of Ultimate, Infinity, and CoreWindows)
:* [https://archive.org/details/Flashpoint6.3 Flashpoint 6.3 Ultimate] ([https://unstable.life/Flashpoint%206.3%20Ultimate.7z.torrent Torrent]) - The full package, ready for use offline. 138GB 178GB download, 158GB 202GB extracted. You'll want to use a download manager and the latest version of 7-Zip.
:* [http://bluemaxima.org/flashpoint/Flashpoint%206.3%20Infinity.zip Flashpoint 6.3 Infinity] - Games download as you choose to play them. A minimalist build - not all games are available, only Flash games will work out-of-the-box, and logos and screenshots must be downloaded separately. Use the Upgrades on the home tab to add the other tech and better images. 200MB download to start.
:* [https://drivebluemaxima.googleorg/flashpoint/Flashpoint%20Core%204.com/open?id=1qoQc32vQ7nnTmYMle1uCpluYenY61Biy 7z Flashpoint Core 34] - A lightweight copy of Flashpoint with one game per platform. If you want to learn the platform / tinker with it. 575MB download.
* [https://unstable.life/owncloud/s/HYpZ4O4JMAebfjR Experimental Linux version] - The maintainers are looking for Linux testers, see [https://bluemaxima.org/flashpoint/datahub/Help_Wanted_List the second item on this wiki Linux_Support Linux Support] - Datahub page] for more infoabout Linux support.
* [https://drive.googlegithub.com/driveFlashpointProject/folderslauncher/1aimlroob9KdZWOKEWVLg1y0zFVxn6jnD Test builds of the releases Flashpoint Launcher], for non-Windows Launcher binaries (including Darwin, i.e. macOS). Requires users to manually point to the Infinity repository in Standalone builds of the config fileslauncher on GitHub.
==Overview==
* [http://bluemaxima.org/flashpoint/changelog.txt Changelog]
* [https://bluemaxima.org/flashpoint/datahub/Main_Page The Datahub], their wiki
* [https://bluemaxima.org/instance_archive/ instance_archive();] - A similar project for games made with RPG Maker.
* [https://bluemaxima.org/kahvibreak/ Kahvibreak] - Another project for [[Cellphone_emulators#J2ME_.28Java_2_Micro_Edition.29|J2ME]] games.
