Flashpoint Archive
Hacker ApprovedGame archive in Games & consoles
Free archive of over 200,000 preserved web games and animations, runnable from a ZIP with no install.
Free archive of over 200,000 preserved web games and animations, runnable from a ZIP with no install.
21 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 17
- criticize it
- 4
- approval share
- 81%
Recommended in 4 of 13 months
- November 2025: not recommended
- December 2025: not recommended
- January 2026: not recommended
- February 2026: recommended
- March 2026: not recommended
- April 2026: not recommended
- May 2026: recommended
- June 2026: not recommended
- July 2026: not recommended
- August 2026: not recommended
- September 2026: recommended
- October 2026: recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it carries the badge
- 17 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, met.
- 4.3 recommenders for every criticNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 4 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, met.
The same three rules apply to every product, and the badge can’t be bought. How the badge works
What people say about it
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
Preserves abandoned Flash games
“if you're looking to play abandoned Flash games in general, check out the Flashpoint Archive”
Comment from 14 Oct 2026 in “AI is mass decompiling games. That's both awesome and scary” “Glad to see someone is doing this.”
Comment from 15 Feb 2026 in “Flashpoint Archive – Over 200k web games and animations preserved” “Super practical to archive!”
Comment from 16 Feb 2026 in “Flashpoint Archive – Over 200k web games and animations preserved” Large collection, hard to find elsewhere
“basically anything of note is in there”
Comment from 29 Sep 2026 in “Pirating the Pirates” “it's the biggest collection I've seen”
Comment from 10 May 2026 in “Cartoon Network Flash Games” Community effort praised
“it's a truly awesome community effort”
Comment from 15 Feb 2026 in “Flashpoint Archive – Over 200k web games and animations preserved” “Glad to see someone is doing this.”
Comment from 15 Feb 2026 in “Flashpoint Archive – Over 200k web games and animations preserved”
What people recommend instead
The same counts for each, so you can compare like for like. The tick on each bar marks the 2 to 1 line the badge needs.
| Product | Recommend | Criticize | Approval | Months | Owned | Badge |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flashpoint ArchiveThis page | 17 | 4 | 81% | 4 | — | Approved |
| Cartoon Network Flash Games | 7 | 0 | 100% | 1 | — | — |
What people said
19 of the 22 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“if you're looking to play abandoned Flash games in general, check out the Flashpoint Archive”
“basically anything of note is in there”
“it's the biggest collection I've seen”
“Yeah that's the biggest issue with Flashpoint. AFAIK many games are hardcoded to load files from certain URLs”
“it does have the DBZ game working on my device”
“Huge timewaster, be careful.”
“Flashpoint runs without installing anything via the ZIP version. It's FOSS software so no issue there I hope?”
“If anyone wants to see more of these flash games, check out the Flashpoint archive.”
“Super practical to archive!”
“You can create your own lists in Flashpoint and view lists created by some other people.”
“That site (9o3o) is actually a web frontend for Flashpoint, so totally legit!”
“it's a truly awesome community effort”
“the site needs to be mobile-friendly”
“I really like flashpoint but I wish there was a plugin for curation / recommendation.”
“A bit sad not to find the whole collection of Larry Carlson's animations in there”
“If you’re interested in legal torrenting but GNU/Linux images are too small for you, this is for you.”
“A shame that they require a special software download.”
“very glad to see they have some of it”
“Glad to see someone is doing this.”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.