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|title=Adobe Shockwave Player | |title=Shockwave Player | ||
|developer=Adobe | |logo=Adobe Shockwave Player logo.png | ||
|developer= Adobe Inc., Macromedia, Macromind | |||
|release=1995 | |release=1995 | ||
|discontinued=2019 | |discontinued=2019 | ||
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'''Shockwave''' refers to Adobe's Shockwave Player, which played media | '''Shockwave''' refers to [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adobe_Shockwave Adobe's Shockwave Player], which played media made using [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adobe_Director Adobe Director]. | ||
==Emulators== | ==Emulators== | ||
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!colspan="8"|Desktop & Web | !colspan="8"|Desktop & Web | ||
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|DirPlayer | |[https://github.com/igorlira/dirplayer-rs DirPlayer] | ||
|align=left|{{Icon|Windows|Linux|macOS|Web}} | |align=left|{{Icon|Windows|Linux|macOS|Web}} | ||
|[https://github.com/igorlira/dirplayer-rs/releases {{DirPlayerVer}}] | |[https://github.com/igorlira/dirplayer-rs/releases {{DirPlayerVer}}] | ||
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==Overview== | ==Overview== | ||
Originally known as "Macromedia Shockwave", before being acquired by Adobe in 2005. | |||
Shockwave was a common tool for making CD-ROM games and kiosks, and at its peak, 44% of users had Shockwave installed. Calling both plugins Shockwave was confusing, but increased Flash's popularity, and Flash eventually overshadowed Shockwave except for a while; its native 3D capabilities had been relevant until Flash 11 introduced Stage3D, making Shockwave redundant, and Adobe AIR also made Shockwave redundant for desktop apps, although new official games were coming out until 2012 for that platform. | Shockwave was a common tool for making CD-ROM games and kiosks, and at its peak, 44% of users had Shockwave installed. Calling both plugins Shockwave was confusing, but increased Flash's popularity, and Flash eventually overshadowed Shockwave except for a while; its native 3D capabilities had been relevant until Flash 11 introduced Stage3D, making Shockwave redundant, and Adobe AIR also made Shockwave redundant for desktop apps, although new official games were coming out until 2012 for that platform. | ||
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==See also== | ==See also== | ||
* [[Flash]] - Adobe Flash Player, popular on the internet at the same time as Shockwave. | * [[Flash]] - Adobe Flash Player, popular on the internet at the same time as Shockwave. | ||
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shockwave_%28game_portal%29 Shockwave.com] - Shockwave's game portal. Link leads to wikipedia article. | |||
[[Category:Partially emulated]] | [[Category:Partially emulated]] | ||
[[Category:Not really emulators]] | [[Category:Not really emulators]] | ||