View Full Version : Local Flash playback: we now have unlimited games! :)
bartsimpson123844
2008-01-03, 18:41
Perhaps some people already know this, but I thought I would start a thread about it. It seems if you save flash-based files (i.e. games in .swf files) you can play them offline on your IT's. I've already tried several and they work well. The larger flash games (5-8mb+) are extremely slow, but most of them aren't that large.
If you are using Mozilla Firefox, here's how to save the .swf flash files: Once you are on the page of the flash animation, click on "Tools", then "Page Info"; once there, click on the "Media" tab and find the embedded flash file (usually in .swf format) and click on "Save as" and save it on a memory card or on your HD, and then copy it over to a memory card and it will open in the browser.
As for the flash games, I have been using 2flashgames.com, but there are quite a few others as well. Try some games and let me know what you think!
bartsimpson123844
2008-01-03, 18:51
It seems the all of the smaller flash files I have tried run perfectly. The larger they get, the slower they get. Remember, we only have 400mhz to work with.
kurupted
2008-01-03, 23:45
what are the flashgames you are playing i have a few some run slow others okay. such as tower defense and powerfox v1
I spent a few hours cruising awful, ad-laden flash sites, looking for n800 friendly games. Most of the bells-and-whistles games didn't fare so well. Definitely some nice stuff out there though.
Maybe we could use this thread to get a list going (and perhaps, eventually, a simple database page)?
Title:
Desc:
Link:
Size:
Genre: [action/adventure/arcade/board/card/casino/puzzle/rpg/sports/etc]
Players: [1/2/3/4/etc]
Performance: [0=barely playable, 10=smooth]
Stylus-friendly? [y/n]
Keyboard required? [y/n]
Comments:
eg:
Title: Hexxagon
Desc: kind of a cross between chinese checkers and othello
Link: http://neave.com/games/hexxagon/
Genre: board/puzzle
Size: 47K
Players: 1/2
Performance: 10
Stylus-friendly? Y
Keyboard required? N
Comments:
Title: Icescape
Desc: avoid freezing to death
Link: http://www.mousebreaker.com/games/icescape/play.php
Size: 2451K
Genre: adventure
Players: 1
Performance: 8
Stylus-friendly? Y
Keyboard required? N
Comments:
kurupted
2008-01-05, 18:47
Title:Tower Defense
Desc:Tower Defense
Link:http://www.jeannettevejarano.com/tower-defence.swf
Size:6.7kb (size on disk)
Genre: [action/arcade/rpg/]
Players: [1]
Performance: [9]
Stylus-friendly? [y]
Keyboard required? [n]
Comments:
Good idea to make a collection of usable Flash games! Some of them are even hardwired to a certain URL and refuse to run if saved.
Enjoy!
Title: The missile game 3D
Desc: Steer a missile through a corridor
Link: http://www.albinoblacksheep.com/games/missilegame3d
Size: 0.5 MB
Genre: action
Players: 1
Performance: 8 (with AA off)
Stylus-friendly? y
Keyboard required?
Comments: Turn anti-aliasing off for a speed increase
Title: Curveball
Desc: 3D pong variant
Link: http://www.albinoblacksheep.com/flash/curveball
Size: 57 KB
Genre: action/arcade
Players: 1
Performance: 10
Stylus-friendly? y
Keyboard required? n
Comments: Sometimes stylus & fingers get into the way...
Title: Line game
Desc: Steer a line-worm through a 2D maze
Link: http://www.albinoblacksheep.com/games/linegame
Size: 66 KB
Genre: arcade
Players: 1
Performance: 4
Stylus-friendly? n
Keyboard required? y, works with five-way navigation pad
Comments: gfx are shaded for 24-bit displays, there's serious banding due to lower bit depth on the tablets
Title: Squares 2
Desc: Collect black moving squares, avoid red ones
Link: http://www.albinoblacksheep.com/flash/squares2
Size: 0,4 MB
Genre: action/arcade
Players: 1
Performance: 10
Stylus-friendly? y
Keyboard required? n
Comments: Easier with a stylus than with a mouse on the PC
petergunn
2008-01-08, 04:27
Pandaf Golf - dont try this you'll waste hours of time!!!
Title: Pandaf Golf
Desc: Golf
Link: http://salmon.emeric.free.fr/xmas/pandafgolf.swf
Size: 128k
Genre: action/arcade
Players: 1
Performance: 8
Stylus-friendly? y
Keyboard required? n
Comments: Addictive, stylus ok
mart1928
2008-01-13, 18:11
Here's one I found that works well.
Title: Draw then play
Desc: draw lines using stylus and move through obstacles
link:http://www.andkon.com/arcade/obstacles/drawthenplay/ (http://www.andkon.com/arcade/obstacles/drawthenplay)
size: ??
genre: platform / puzzle
players: 1
performance: 9/10
stylus friendly: yes
keyboard required: no
comments: www.andkon.com (http://www.andkon.com/arcade)has other flash games that work well on the tablet.
Guys, www.wiiarcade.com
Perfect site, cause none of the games require you to use the keyboard.
Is there a way to disable the flash player options from popping up when holding the stylus on the screen for some of these games?
Thanks. :)
unique311
2008-01-14, 02:38
maybe someone should do what I did and actually package a flash package for the NIT. And do whats been done on the playstation for long time.
anyone with some web designing know how, should be able to get it done.
http://www.pspbrew.com/?page=flashpack
http://psp-news.dcemu.co.uk/psp-flash-homebrew.shtml <--scroll down.
The psp directory structure is too different from the NITs so you cannot run the flash packs thats done for the psp on the NIT.
but with some minor hacking, you can change a couple of lines and have it working easy.
take a look at this package.
and modify it with the games and apps you want to use.
http://www.divshare.com/download/1503325-ae5
pauljohn32
2008-01-14, 03:46
on my N800 with OS2008, I can download the games, but they don't play. I open them in in browser, but there's no start button or such. if enable the net, then tthe swf file launces by downloading stuff frrom the new. Try draw-play, for example. works when it can dl, not from swf
PJ
Well, for anyone that has the courage, I found this Rapidshare link online today. It could save you from all of the horrible, searing, pop up from hell sites that most flash games are found at.
http://rapidshare.com/files/52575570/500FlashGames.part1.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/52574093/500FlashGames.part2.rar
If someone here is brave enough to check this out, could you post a little feedback on how well you found this to be?
Thanks.
bartsimpson123844
2008-01-22, 22:18
I downloaded it. I'll try the games out for a couple of days and post again.
Here is a web page with 120 hand-picked swf files that can be downloaded directly:
http://elegans.imbb.forth.gr/games/
For those still interested, this site (jayisgames.com (http://jayisgames.com/tag/flash)) has tons of flash games, with respectives ratings and reviews. There are also many browser games. It's worth the visit!
And the Firefox add-on UnPlug (https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/2254)is very straight in getting embedded flash objects.
Many many thanks to all who contributed to this thread.
I'm having so much fun on my downtime at night.
Dan
Okay, so there are some flash files I would love to download, I'm just not all too sure if it's even possible.
It's called PhysioEx and it's a virtual laboratory. It's really cool!
It works perfectly on my N800 but I have to be online and logged in for it to load up.
Here's one computer screen shot of it.
http://img264.imageshack.us/img264/5691/screendv8.png
Unfortunately, to access this site requires a hefty subscription price, I think I paid about $185.00 for a one year service to use this site.
If you look at the screenshot, it pulls up a separate window so I can't see where it's loading the flash file from.
I already asked this on the newbie forum, but I was asking for the whole site to be ripped so I could use it offline. Unfortunately I was told since it uses javascript links that couldn't be done.
If there's anyone that thinks they could find a way to just get these flash files, please write me a private message so I can lend you my username and password to get into this site.
Thanks a bunch guys. :)
Here you can see screenshot, size, description and instructions (keys or mouse use). I think you can easily choose.
In spanish, sorry.
http://www.publijuegos.com/flash/Habilidad-online.htm
Another poster just pointed out that Dicewars works well this way too-- I just saved the swf to my N810 and it runs great!
This is SO FREAKING SWEET!
My kids will go nuts, too. :D
speculatrix
2008-03-10, 22:44
there are many fun but simple flash games on the BBC website for kids:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/cbbc/games/?category=allgames
it's best to find the URL using your desktop; install adblock extension to firefox, then click the "block" tab at the edge of the game, take a note of the URL of the .swf, cancel the block, and then you can open that URL on the tablet in the web browser - I emailed my mobile address with the link, tapped on it in the email message and the browser opened and loaded the game!
I found that I needed to use full screen and a level of zoom to make it work properly. The more complex games got very slow :(
Here's a fun Flash game called Splash Back:
http://content.funny-base.com/games12/splash-back.swf
speculatrix
2008-03-23, 23:20
not quite a game... choose the online showroom at
http://www.knickerpicker.com/
not necessarily entirely safe for the workplace.
:D
minibean
2008-03-24, 07:24
Hello, I am a basic user. Have an n800 was going to replace
my palm zodiac but still have that. I believe this is my second
post here. I will try to follow the planed layout for flash
sites.
To get to the point. Here are a few good sites that I have found
with many great games, most work at good speeds and use
mouse input.
http://www.freshnewgames.com/
Nice site, lots of games fit the screen just right,
mouse input on most games.
http://www.onlineflashgames.org/
another good site that fits the screen well,
with mouse input on most games.
http://www.smashingames.com/
have not tested many games here,
some work good and other don't
mixed bag, but worth a look.
If you're a game show junkie, gsn.com is the way to go.
Here are some that are worth noting:
Chain Reaction
That's the Question
Camouflage
Word Mojo
Ultimate Word Challenge
Grand Slam
Daily Word Search
Now there's a link that says SHARE and from there you can choose to EMBED THE GAME.
I'm not too good with knowing what to do with the command it gives such as this:
<embed src="http://www.gsn.com/minigames/swfs/gsn_wrapper.swf?gameID=30" scale="noscale" salign="lt" width="600" height="450" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"/>
Could someone that knows something perhaps make a few links to these so we don't have to rifle through the Game Show Network site and be shoveled with advertisements from hell just to play them?
I think I figured out how to do just one, but it doesn't have the scale feature like the code noted above.
Here it is:
Chain Reaction
http://www.gsn.com/minigames/swfs/chainreaction.swf
I think for most of these that you need to be online, I don't think they work too well offline.
Oh and here's another one I found even though it plays just a little chunky:
Solingo
http://www.webcraftscreations.com/portfolio/flash-clips/lingo.swf
I like these so much that I probably will make a special, bottom screen Xkbd keyboard to play them.
Well, if any of you have a brain and feeling a little generous, please post a response.
Thanks.
rittf800
2008-06-01, 16:42
Title:Tower Defense
Desc:Tower Defense
Link:http://www.jeannettevejarano.com/tower-defence.swf
Size:6.7kb (size on disk)
Genre: [action/arcade/rpg/]
Players: [1]
Performance: [9]
Stylus-friendly? [y]
Keyboard required? [n]
Comments:
Link is broken, try this one in stead:
http://dagobah.biz/flash/tower-defence.swf
:DThere is a duplicate thread on this, see the "frogger" post in software/gaming. As an old flash extractor pro, I've learned that the "page info" technique described by bartsimpson is the best place to start but it does not always work. You can see many media elements like the swf player, header etc. but often not the game (or video file) itself. I just posted a long but easy to follow method to the "frogger" thread (before coming across this thread) that will let you use Firefox to extract any swf file (or any flv video file for that matter). I've rarely encountered a file I couldn't retrieve using this method.The thread is at:
http://www.internettablettalk.com/forums/showthread.php?t=20144&highlight=frogger
Maybe some nice administrator can tie these threads together, this stuff merits a sticky in Games!
unholyplayer
2008-06-03, 00:18
I just don t get why castle war http://www.gamesforwork.com/games/play-5412-Castle_Wars-Flash_Game.html is so damn slow in my n800, it's a small game...
Can anyone try it?
Dr meat201
2008-06-05, 03:27
I don't know if you have played the powder game on the dan ball website, but would it be possible to hack it up and get it on an IT? that would be really cool. I just want to be able to get my powder game fix on the go! problem is that it is java.
Hey, has anyone heard about Adobe Air for Linux? It allows Flash and JavaScript to seemlessly integrate with the desktop of Linux, MacOS and Windows. But, now that an alpha version has hit Linux what it if made it to the NIT's?
http://blog.wired.com/monkeybites/2008/03/adobe-releases.html
It would certainly open the door for more applications to run on the NIT. :D
This thread was a really good idea about what flash games are out there that works well, downloaded, on the NIT.
Gonna try out some of them tonight.
Here are some simple games that I zipped up for this thread (http://talk.maemo.org/showthread.php?t=28221) that you might like.
http://files.myopera.com/yodude/blog/5x2.png
http://files.myopera.com/yodude/blog/4x2.png
>> Games Zip << (http://files.myopera.com/yodude/blog/Games.zip)
If that^ deep link doesn't work look for the link at the bottom of the blog page that I plucked it from. :)
>> http://my.opera.com/yodude/blog/more-html
Has anybody tried either of these two?
http://uploads.ungrounded.net/404000/404612_Portal.swf
http://www.digyourowngrave.com/content/swfs/vectorrunner16d.swf
I love that second one.
If you look at the screenshot, it pulls up a separate window so I can't see where it's loading the flash file from.
Just view the page's source-code?
Or download the Firefox-addon downloadhelper and add .swf to the list of detectable extensions.
--
!!!!!!!!!
Maybe we could provide a wiki-store for flash-games, optimized for our ITs? !!!!!!! So big text-size, finger-friendly,...
With an install buttom, the users would be able to run a skript via app-manager, which downloads the flashgame-file from the source-website (so that we don't need much online-storage) in a userdefined directory and adds an icon in the app-menu. The flashfile, same as the store, would be launched in a browser without toolbars - maybe with a startpage.
This would also be possible for other Linux-devices/distributions (such as Mer) - and we could also add the store to maemo downloads (like iPhone-sites).
Maybe we can also provide "useful" browser-apps.
But I'm not sure if this is legally possible!
I would help to create that! xD
HAR! http://www.digyourowngrave.com/ragdoll-cannon-level-pack/
If you want to grab .swfs fast using firefox, just install flashblock, and you can save them from the little tab it gives you.
Also if you want to download multiple files quickly from a single page, install the FF plugins DownThemAll and FlashGot. they work great together. I got every swf from that link that had about 100 in about half a dozen mouse clicks. Works great for any other file type too, you just select the type you want from check boxes.
Is there a way to disable the flash player options from popping up when holding the stylus on the screen for some of these games?
Thanks. :)
I had the same question & haven't yet found an answer. Some Flash games have you aim (e.g., a pool stick, a golf club, a weapon) by moving the mouse without clicking, and this is a FAIL on a touchscreen. :( However, sometimes (like with PuttPuttGolf here (http://elegans.imbb.forth.gr/games/)) you can get around this by dragging on the touchscreen & releasing to hit them ball. IF, that is, you're fast enough to do so before that blasted Flash menu pops up. :rolleyes: Otherwise, you have to hit escape to make the menu go away and re-aim.
That menu makes chopper from here (http://elegans.imbb.forth.gr/games/) rather comical.
BUT I noticed that by switching games to "Low Quality" using that menu makes them run much faster! It pulls some games back into the "playable" zone.
Nice. Thanks for the tip, buurmas. Its so easy to overlook simple things like that.
Flashgames247.com has a bunch of games (there's even download links for some at http://flashgames247.com/pages/freegames.html).
Unfortunately, the BikeMania saga is to slow to play on the N180. Bummer, I love those.
One that I was hoping worked is this one: http://adamatomic.com/canabalt/. Oh well, maybe it's for the best, it's too addictive.
I'm also realizing that the DPad is not suitable for rapid-fire movement. I wonder if the N900's arrow keys will be better? I'm also realizing the importance of games having customizable controls. The N810 keyboard is not laid out like a regular keyboard. :-(
Does anybody know if its possible to get this one (http://fantasticcontraption.com/) working as a download. It's all kinds of fun.
timsamoff
2009-09-28, 13:58
Does anybody know if its possible to get this one (http://fantasticcontraption.com/) working as a download. It's all kinds of fun.
It's slow, but it works.
Tim
I couldn't get it to open at all. I got an error stating something about expecting a different domain.
I get the same error on my desktop. I go here (http://fantasticcontraption.com/game/Contraption.swf) in Firefox, choose Save As, then choose Open File, and I get this:
Wrong domain: '' expected: 'fantasticcontraption.com'
My guess is that the game creators have found a way to not allow you to play it downloaded.
http://firstpersontetris.com/
This one is fun, but it may make you throw up. I haven't tried it on the tablet, though.
oldpmaguy
2010-02-04, 04:56
I downloaded this and played it for a basic snake game its cool just put the swf files on your n900 and load from file manager the source is also on the site if someone wants to make it better.
http://www.osix.net/modules/article/?id=703
So are you saying that any flash game can be played independently of a browser, by taking the flash files from the browser's cache and putting them onto the N900, then running them from the file manager? Is it really just that easy?
I found that the flash games on many sites ran slowly because of so much other junk running on their pages.
Yes, I'll try this myself, I just wanted to confirm if I understood you correcly before I got too excited.
Ahmed360
2010-02-04, 06:31
So are you saying that any flash game can be played independently of a browser, by taking the flash files from the browser's cache and putting them onto the N900, then running them from the file manager? Is it really just that easy?
I found that the flash games on many sites ran slowly because of so much other junk running on their pages.
Yes, I'll try this myself, I just wanted to confirm if I understood you correcly before I got too excited.
SWF games work perfectly!
Im gonna try some miniclip games...great source for flash games
oldpmaguy
2010-02-04, 14:57
SWF games work perfectly!
Im gonna try some miniclip games...great source for flash games
Yes, SWF games will open in the browser automatically when you click on them in the file browser, yay! But they are still pretty slow, boo.
As to Miniclip.com games, it seems that many of the very nice games are in a DCR extension, not a SWF extension.
Is it possible to load those up into the browser to experiment? Upon clicking them, N900 gives you a "what program do you want to open this file with" dialogue. But I don't see the web browser in the list of files(I don't even know if its a freestanding program, or what it is named, for that matter.)
Is there a solution to this? Maybe a "drag and drop" kind of operation, dropping the DCR file directly into the browser window, or something?
Several posts moved from the Snake discussion thread.
gilamonyet
2010-02-05, 15:15
Maybe a weird question.. but I some how cant find the tools section
casper27
2010-02-05, 15:30
The best way to play flash swf games.
Download swf game file.
Save to N900
Open with KMPlayer
Plays alot faster than opening with browser. Have fun :)
cashclientel
2010-02-05, 15:40
Fingers crossed for flash 10 on the N900 with hardware graphics acceleration, as this would open up a massive library of games and apps.
http://www.archoslounge.net/forum/showthread.php?t=4133
more here
bald.eagle.one
2010-02-06, 12:17
to get flash file directly on your phone save the webpage and swf file can be found in yourwebpagename.html_content folder
i've tried with samorost-1 in microb and kmplayer - don't see much difference, both stutter sometimes - imo flash to blame..
wish electricman 2 (http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/363447) would run faster :confused:
use the firefox extension "down them all" to capture all the link of a webpage, then you can set it to save only the SWF files. Make things quicker.
llamastyle
2010-02-11, 20:34
try downloading easy debian and using iceweasel to open your flash files, i find it plays them a little better than microb and kmplayer.
try downloading easy debian and using iceweasel to open your flash files, i find it plays them a little better than microb and kmplayer.
ive had easy debian installed before, but now can not re-install it, says im missing bzip2???
in-effect
2010-02-25, 11:38
Pandaf Golf - dont try this you'll waste hours of time!!!
I hate you!
:p
try downloading easy debian and using iceweasel to open your flash files, i find it plays them a little better than microb and kmplayer.
it is a very little bit too.
morr22066
2010-06-20, 02:48
I had been going to different flash game sites and dowloading things and just using the "tial and error" method to see what would play. But this is what I came across, I recommend you try this first:
One great source I found for "swf" and "html" games and applications is the "psp" hacker sites. The play station portable hackers have tracked down hundreds of flash games and little applications that work fine on the tablets. Most do run with the touch screen and directional pad, but not all work since some do require control pads.
So far I have found a few hundred small flash games, applications, mini movies, and some html games and aps that work pretty well. They seem to play best in the stock MicroB web browser so far.
You can even download and run the "iphone" and "psppod" applications on the tablets, but since they are made for smaller screens you have to magnify to 120 when they open inteh browser. They are buttons like the iphone and the majority of them work including the applications and games.
When you download the folders, you open them and scroll down to "index" that is the main page, when you open that in the web browser save it as a bookmark. Then when you open the bookmark, your screen resembles an iphone and most of the buttons do work and link to games, apps, calculator, calendar, etc.
*Search youtube* for the psp iphone app and psppod apps and I followed the links to the hacker sites and have found a lot of things that work on the tablets. You can also do a google search for "psp hacker sites" and quite a few come up.
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