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Show HN: Flash Kitty – Archive of Adobe/Macromedia Flash Movies from Flash Kit

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58 points gzalo | 1 comments | 11 Nov 24 17:41 UTC | HN request time: 0.208s | source

After realizing a few months ago that the current flashkit owners didn't really back up any of the user submitted movies, and getting some Flash nostalgia, I created this working Flash Kit archive using data from the Wayback Machine/Internet Archive. It uses Raffle so you can watch the submitted movies in a modern browser without needing plugins.

It's not curated so you'll find a variety of things, some things are really creative and can be used for inspiration.

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wslh ◴[11 Nov 24 23:23 UTC] No.42111342[source]▶
Back during the dot-com era, I created and wrote the story concept for a sci-fi Flash animation called Zeek [1]. It eventually aired on the Locomotion TV channel [2], which was later acquired by Sony. Several members of the team had experience working as illustrators with DC Comics.

It's important to highlight, especially in 2024, that Flash was the way to create this type of animation back then, as streaming was prohibitive for most internet connections around the world.

[1] http://swain.webframe.org/zeek.html (as SWF) and in YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=zeek+locomotion

[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Locomotion_(TV_channel)

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1. doublerabbit ◴[12 Nov 24 10:53 UTC] No.42114461[source]▶
My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic was made in flash

Fosters Home for Imaginary Friends was also made in flash.

It's crazy that such a tool made it to the tv screen and then axed in one full swoop of a corp.