Flash is dead

[shadow123]

Shock horror, flash is now officially dead, wonder how many games will die with it

 

[ChopleyIOM]

It was a great technology in its day, and really transformed the internet. In the times of dial-up modems when you wanted to be measuring your page sizes in kilobytes, it allowed for all sorts of stuff that had previously been largely impossible. That said a lot of folks went way over the top with it and many sites became a horror show of multicoloured shite flying all over the place and forcing the user to play a tedious game of 'Guess what the actual clickable bits are'.

Also of course, pivotal for many online slots.

HTML5 is a far better technology and Flash is best retired now, although given the horror show of MG's HTML5 remakes, you wouldn't think it was better than Flash.....

 

[Slottery]

Should have been made criminal to use it at least last 5 years. In computer science where technology develope quite fast, something from last millenium just is badly outdated but as long it has support (like browsers had flash players until now), it just seem to stay there and some are too lazy to use anything bit more modern until somebody pulls plug off.

 

[sapit222]

The flash slots was/is much better though.

 

[Deeplay]

In its day it was great - I remember we were working with Macromedia Flash (bought out later by Adobe) could do all kinds of things that before were off limits. But security wise it became a nightmare so we dumped it. And it was way over used in the same way that pop ups and pop unders and dreaded (but missed) spinning giffs were. But in its hey day it was fun to work with in what was then the wild west of the world web.

 

[Jono777]

Still about, just not supported I thought?

Just checked the first game which sprang to mind and Jurassic Park still loads up in flash.

 

[brianmon]

It's about time that certain casinos checked their sites.
Many have replaced the Flash versions of games with HTML5 versions. BUT haven't removed the warnings to enable flash.

With some sites, you have to enable flash to get the HTML5 version to load. Coral, Ladbrookes Etc

Others, such as L&L, will load the HTML5 version. But have a popup window covering most of the game, telling you to enable Flash. Which might not seem such a problem, except that there doesn't seem to be any way to close that popup. So you have to enable Flash then reload the HTML5 game, just to get rid of the popup.

'Reel Steal' being an example @L&L-Jan

 

[gambyx7]

Still about, just not supported I thought?

Just checked the first game which sprang to mind and Jurassic Park still loads up in flash.

Can play it from download client, buit the slot was removed from web.
I still don't know is there HTML5 version. I doubt there is.

 

[johnnymcc1966]

.....long live flash.

 

[SnakeFood]

Was a great tool.

I remember it coming out. Future Splash I think it was called. Something like that anyway.

Paid £350 for my first copy. That hurt back then lol.

 

[Jono777]

Can play it from download client, buit the slot was removed from web.
I still don't know is there HTML5 version. I doubt there is.

No mate

I played it at VS via flash today

 

[Steviedoo]

Long live html5

 

[anddi32]

The flash slots was/is much better though.

Yes true that. HTML 5 just destroyed some slots. I don't mean RTP stuff etc. i mean gaming experience. Example Immortal romance using html 5 is shit versus immortal romance using flash. It's not same slot anymore and it's sad. Pay out is same but feeling when playing it is not same. Same thing with ruby slippers and some netents

 

[dealer wins]

Yes true that. HTML 5 just destroyed some slots. I don't mean RTP stuff etc. i mean gaming experience. Example Immortal romance using html 5 is shit versus immortal romance using flash. It's not same slot anymore and it's sad. Pay out is same but feeling when playing it is not same. Same thing with ruby slippers and some netents

Talking of IR, they have changed either the reel strips or paytable. It plays horribly and feels like the RTP is about 60%.

And who thought it was a good idea to make the wild desire reels non random, but go left to right taking away all the excitement of getting one.

 

[brianmon]

Talking of IR, they have changed either the reel strips or paytable. It plays horribly and feels like the RTP is about 60%.

And who thought it was a good idea to make the wild desire reels non random, but go left to right taking away all the excitement of getting one.

That could depend on where you're playing it. Some casinos are now running 94% and even 92% RTP versions of IR.
Although even the standard 96% is playing shite, since the latest version was released

 

[aceking123]

Talking of IR, they have changed either the reel strips or paytable. It plays horribly and feels like the RTP is about 60%.

And who thought it was a good idea to make the wild desire reels non random, but go left to right taking away all the excitement of getting one.

I can vouch this isnt the same game, they've clearly done something to it, I have always said that micro have different rtp% on stake levels, have thought this for many many years, it just doesnt play the same features have nearly doubled to get with poor results.

 

[Playforfun]

In its day it was great - I remember we were working with Macromedia Flash (bought out later by Adobe) could do all kinds of things that before were off limits. But security wise it became a nightmare so we dumped it. And it was way over used in the same way that pop ups and pop unders and dreaded (but missed) spinning giffs were. But in its hey day it was fun to work with in what was then the wild west of the world web.

Macromedia Flash OMG such old memories!!!

 

[Kroffe]

Dont worry, they updated the site so everyone can still watch strongbad read his emails.

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[mina1929]

I thought The Flash was dead reading the thread title.

I am a bit annoyed not having flash now as I can't play Bubble Witch Saga anymore

 

[toph11]

rip jurassic park
flash got disabled today

 

[Slottery]

rip jurassic park
flash got disabled today

Funny coincidence that something dinosaur theme thing is last ones using it till it just exists

 

[Mark_32Red (retired acct)]

rip jurassic park
flash got disabled today

I hear on the grapevine there’s a HTML5 version on its way soon.

 

[electronictonic]

So long Flash enjoyed your battles with Ming The Merciless, I will still use your floor cleaner though.

 

[geordiecolin]

Flash is dead

Sadly So is Freddie Is this the world we created?

 

[helafast]

I hear on the grapevine there’s a HTML5 version on its way soon.

Thank goodness! I saw an html Terminator yesterday, now can you confirm if Avalon II will be available in html soon?

 

[TheSchwad]

I hear on the grapevine there’s a HTML5 version on its way soon.

Please make this true, just played the HTML5 Terminator 2 so Hot Mode hunt is back on.

And still to get a massive Triceratops hit on JP, been playing Playboy Running Wilds as a substitute.

 

[k6kaysix]

They've certainly terminated the 'polish' from Terminator in the conversion!

 

[Deeplay]

Macromedia Flash OMG such old memories!!!

Yeah it was great software back then - ) Dreamweaver one of the first WYSIWYG site editors and support run through usenet. the golden days of the internet without an "accept cookies" pop up screen in sight !!

 

[DreamRJ]

I used to make my own flash stuff back in the day too. I also used to make swf files too. Until I moved over to actually using proper macromedia flash editors. I mainly made flash banners for websites etc etc and also I made some flash music lyric sing along videos as a hobby which I uploaded to a old debunked flash community forgot the name but it had the word grounds in the url.

I did try making a game once which I did not manage to finish as it was taking too much time and decided to just give up because I had other work that had priority at the time.

I mean html5 is far superior. But it will not be the last new technology that comes along. html5 will probably also be replaced by something in the next 10 years as well I reckon. Unless it will just be a case of it being html6/7/8/9/10 and so on...... To which it will not be replaced but just updated. Similar to the fact Microsoft have now made windows 10 the final OS they will make from scratch and they will just be upgrading and updating that going forward.

I will miss a lot of slots that was made in flash though. I will also miss the slots that will not be migrated over. There is a hell of a lot of them too. But slot providers make decisions based on various factors. Mainly to do with how popular the slot was and how many times it got played in a day or week and they also take into account other factors if the slot can actually be migrated over. Migration is not easy as they still have to basically re-make the whole slot. I mean yes they can copy the symbol images and sounds etc etc but the rest they have to basically do from scratch.

Some slots that have been migrated have been so horribly migrated and in some cases rushed. Like Ruby Slippers from WMS which used to be one of my fav slots ever made. That slot got totally ruined when they migrated it to html5. Then comes The Terminator slot that very recently got migrated to html5, boy again did they screw that up. They even made the reels spin at ultra fast speeds too and the whole slot just plays aweful compared to the flash version. I mean the reels spin faster than that 3 second rule in that new html5 version too.

Anyway it is what it is RIP flash. I will miss you with all your flaws and security issues you came with, you was great but times move on.

 

[gambyx7]

rip jurassic park
flash got disabled today

Still working for me via download client. But I think this is matter of days....