I'm reading an old book and I saw "Google Desktop" mentioned. Looked it up and it's just as horrific as it sounds.
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@RustyCrab I used it to play flash games on the desktop as a kid because I was too dumb to realize that you can download any SWF file and load them in a blank HTML document.
@xianc78 would that actually work offline or does it still need to dynamically pull stuff?
@RustyCrab I can't remember. I assume it was still online. Google Gadgets were just glorified iframes IIRC.
@RustyCrab @xianc78 Depends on the game. Some had online features, some would dynamically load assets to not bloat swf filesize, I think Flashpoint does some local webserver trickery to get those working.
@RustyCrab @xianc78 Depends on the particular swf program.
Newgrounds had different loaders that did or didn't work offline (presumably fetching assets in the background or something). It's been long-enough that I barely remember though and I wasn't so good with software back then.
Newgrounds had different loaders that did or didn't work offline (presumably fetching assets in the background or something). It's been long-enough that I barely remember though and I wasn't so good with software back then.
@xianc78@gameliberty.club @RustyCrab@clubcyberia.co I'm so glad adobe still offers the offline flash player from their legacy SDK
