Although Adobe stopped supporting Flash on December 31, 2020, the first nail in Flash's coffin was Apple’s decision to not support it on its iOS device family in 2010.
The death of Adobe Flash should have come as no surprise. In this article, we list a handful of projects intent on preserving Flash games for future generations. Now, as the websites hosting Flash content come down, many people are wondering, 'will Flash's gaming legacy suffer the same fate?'
Adobe stopped supporting the global variant of Flash Player on December 31, 2020, and as of January 12, 2021, content is being blocked from running on Flash Player altogether.įlash was a pillar of the internet through the 2000s and over a period of 20 years built a gaming legacy of unprecedented proportions, spanning tens of thousands of games.