The Internet Archive is now emulating classic Flash games and animations

The Internet Archive began life back in 1996, and today it has copies of over 430 billion web pages accessible through its Wayback Machine, as well as collections of classic DOS games, console games, early Apple Mac and Windows programs, 1990s animated GIFs, and much more. Now, in preparation for when Flash finally dies at the end of the year, the Archive has started emulating classic Flash animations, games and toys. Jason Scott, software curator at the Internet Archive explains the latest addition, saying: Utilizing an in-development Flash emulator called Ruffle, we have added Flash support to the Internet Archive’s… [Continue Reading]