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{{Infobox console<includeonly><center>|title <div style= Adobe Flash|logo = |developer = Adobe|type = |generation = |release = 1996|discontinued = 2020|predecessor = |emulated = {{✓}}}}{{WIP}}'''Flash''' (previously FutureSplash Animator, before that SmartSketch) is a software platform created by FutureWave Software, and currently owned by Adobe (previously Macromedia). Originally a drawing program for PenPoint OS, later ported to Windows and Macintosh when pen computing failed to take off, frame"box-by-frame animation features were added to it in a new program called FutureSplash Animatorshadow: 0 0 . The company was acquired by Macromedia in December 1996, rebranding FutureSplash Animator to Flash, an amalgamation of "Future" and "Splash". In turn, Macromedia was acquired by Adobe on December 3, 2005. Their operations, networks, and customer care organizations were merged shortly after. Used by an overwhelming majority of websites in the early 2000s to the mid3em #999; border-2010s, Flash has been the go-to platform for multimedia and animation, being utilised for streaming video providers such as YouTube, children's websites due to its rich content, and has spawned a subculture of animators as exemplified by the likes of Newgroundsradius: . A number of popular animated series were also animated using Flash, most notably ''My Little Pony2em; margin: 0 0 0 0; padding: Friendship Is Magic'', ''Phineas and Ferb'' and ''Happy Tree Friends'' to name a few. Flash's popularity declined in the late 2010s due to the rise of alternative (and open) web standards such as HTML5 and mobile device manufacturers dropping support for the platform, a prominent example being Apple who publicly stated that iOS will ''never'' support Flash. Google followed suit when it dropped support for the platform in subsequent Android releases, and it didn't help that a series of security issues, coupled with Flash itself being a closed standard, has led Adobe to wind down on Flash and retire it in 2020. ==Implementations=={| class="wikitable" style="text1px;font-alignsize:110%;width:center80%;">! scope="col"|Name! scope="col"|Platform(s)! scope="col"|Latest version! scope="col"|Accuracy! scope="col"|<abbr titlediv style="Free/Libre and Open-Source Softwarepadding: .8em;">FLOSS</abbr>! scope="col"{|Active! scope="col"|'''Consoles:''' [[Recommended EmulatorsSG-1000 emulators|RecommendedSG-1000]]• [[Master System emulators|-Master System]] • [[Sega Genesis emulators|[https:Genesis //ruffle.rs/ RuffleMega Drive]]• [[Sega Genesis emulators|align=leftCD]] • [[Sega Genesis emulators|{{Icon32X]] • [[Sega Pico|WindowsPico]] • [[Sega Saturn emulators|LinuxSaturn]] • [[Sega Dreamcast emulators|macOS|Web}}|[https://github.com/ruffle-rs/ruffle/releases Nightly buildsDreamcast]|Mid ||{{✓}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✓}}|-|[https://lightspark.github.io/ Lightspark]|align=left|{{Icon|Windows|Linux|Web}}<ref group=N name=pluginbr>Web version only available as an '''Handhelds:''' [[wikipedia:NPAPIMaster System emulators|NPAPIGame Gear]] plugin.</ref>|• [[https://github.com/lightspark/lightspark/releases 0.8.3]Sega VMU emulators|Mid ||{{✓}} ||{{✓}} ||{{~}}|-|[https:VMU //swf2js.com/en/ swf2jsVMS]|align=left|{{Icon|Web}}|[https://github.com/swf2js/swf2js JavaScript file download]|{{?}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✗}} ||{{~}}|-|Adobe Flash Player|align=left|{{Icon|Windows|Linux|macOS|Web}}<ref group=N name=plugin /br>'''Arcade:''' [[Arcade emulators|System series]] • [https://www.adobe.com/support/flashplayer/debug_downloads.html 32.0.0.465[Sega Model 1|Model 1]]• [[Sega Model 2|Reference Model 2]] • [[Sega Model 3||{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}}|-|[https://gnu.org/software/gnash GNU GnashModel 3]]|align=left|{{Icon|Windows|Linux}}|• [https://www.gnu.org/software/gnash/download.html 0.8.10]|Low ||{{✓}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}}|-|[https://open-flash.github.io/ Open Flash / Doμ Player]Sega NAOMI and variants|align=left|{{Icon|Web}}|[https://github.com/open-flash/domu-player GitNaomi]|{{?}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✗}}|-|Shumway|align=left|{{Icon|Web}}|[https://github.com/mozilla/shumway Git]|Low ||{{✓}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}}
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<references group=N /div></div> ===Comparisons===;Ruffle:A Rust implementation that easily compiles to several platforms, but mainly targets HTML5. The devs are planning to focus on ActionScript 1 and 2 support first, with AS3 support coming later. Development of Ruffle is sponsored by multiple veteran Flash game archives, most notably Newgrounds. It's progressed to the point where it can run many early Flash games, including the original Flash version of [https:</center></www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/59593/format/flash?emulate=flash Alien Hominid], as well as playing the vast majority of [https://old.homestarrunner.com Homestar Runner] toons. ;Lightspark:A C++ implementation. Says it has 78% of the APIs covered. ;swf2js:An open-core HTML5 implementation that uses a dynamic recompiler. The open-source "Free Version" supports limited features, such as AS1, AS2 and ZLIB compression, whereas the payware "Production Version" supports further features, such as AS3 and LZMA compression. ;Adobe Flash Player:The official closed-source implementation by Adobe. It was discontinued in 2020. ;Gnash:Another C++ implementation. Focuses on older versions of Flash that Lightspark is less likely to support properly, hence why Lightspark can use Gnash as an automatic fallback if both are installed simultaneously. ;Shumway:An HTML5 implementation. Developed rather actively for a few years, under Mozilla sponsorship, but ultimately abandoned in 2016. ==See also==* [[Flashpoint]] - preservation effort for games designed in commercial web frameworks (not just Flash). includeonly><noinclude>[[Category:Not really emulatorsTemplates]]</noinclude>
