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{{Infobox emulator
|title = BlueMaxima’s Flashpoint
|logo = flashpointlogo.png|logowidth = 155
|developer = BlueMaxima<br/>Flashpoint Team
|version = 67.1 "PreservationwareStay on Target"
|active = Yes
|platform = Windows<br/>Linux <small>(experimental)</small><br/>macOS <small>(experimental)</small>
|architecture =
|target = Web game servers
}}
'''BlueMaxima’s Flashpoint''' is an ongoing [[Preservation projects|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 1430,000 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/Flashpoint6Flashpoint7.1 Flashpoint 67.1 Ultimate] ([magnethttps:?xt=urn:btih:9dfc1b1c1f913533136be9462dca81d6b3159359&dn=//download.unstable.life/static/Flashpoint%206207.1%20Ultimate.7z&tr=udp%3a%2f%2ftracker.openbittorrent.com%3a80 torrent Torrent Magnet]) - The full package, ready for use offline. 114GB 241GB download, 130GB 288GB extracted. You'll want to use a download manager and the latest version of 7-Zip.:* [httphttps://bluemaximadownload.unstable.orglife/flashpointstatic/Flashpoint%206207.1%20Infinity.zip Flashpoint 67.1 Infinity] - Games download as you choose to play them. A minimalist build - not all games are availalbleavailable, only Flash games will work to startout-of-the-box, and low quality icons with no logos and screenshotsmust be downloaded separately. Use the Upgrades on the home tab to add the other tech and better images. 450MB 300MB download to start.:* [https://drivebluemaxima.org/flashpoint/Flashpoint%20Core%204.google1.com/open?id=1qoQc32vQ7nnTmYMle1uCpluYenY61Biy 7z Flashpoint Core 34.1] - 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==
Flashpoint is not a conventional emulator; none of the frameworks it targets is being emulated which is why it requires users to have the original platforms these frameworks were on. (It's also why Linux doesn't have a lot of the frameworks that Windows does.) Many games also use some form of copy protection by connecting to a server to test if a game can be played, thus requiring an internet connection for it to work. Flashpoint is a server emulator that repeats and relays the responses and files that were originally captured at the time the game was preserved. This causes problems for Avast and AVG [https://bluemaxima.org/flashpoint/datahub/Troubleshooting_Antivirus_Interference as they've detailed on the Datahub].
==References==
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==Resources==
* [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 GameMaker.
* [https://bluemaxima.org/kahvibreak/ Kahvibreak] - Another project for [[Cellphone_emulators#J2ME_.28Java_2_Micro_Edition.29|J2ME]] games.
[[Category:Not really emulators]]
