Armor Games, one of the largest repositories of Adobe Flash-based games on the internet, is choosing to shift to emulation next year as a way to mitigate Adobeās planned phasing out of Flash after December 2020.
āGiven our large catalog of Flash games, we would like to continue to offer these games to our players as well as help preserve Flash games in general,ā the official Armor Games announcement reads. āFlash is an important medium for game developers and many developers have fond memories and experiences creating and publishing games using its technology.ā
This still wonāt be a perfect solution, however. Armor Games doesnāt expect every Flash game to be compatible with Ruffle from day one. Those games will be deactivated on January 12, but the pages themselves will remain live as the team continues to develop solutions that can keep as many games functional as possible .
Flash games were a huge part of my life growing up, and I can remember countless hours browsing through portals like Armor Games on my schoolās library computers when I should have probably been studying instead. Iām happy to see steps being taken to preserve this important era in gaming history. Plus, itāll be good for indulging in some nostalgia from time to time.
