Comment by Confiks | Hacker News Reader

Comment by Confiks | Hacker News Reader

There's an enormous cache of historic SWFs hosted here [1] and it would be awesome if the Internet Archive could archive them, so they won't get lost. However, there are far too many to individually add.

My personal favorites would be the Demented Cartoon Movie [2], Weebl and Bob's transdimensional portal [3] (which is located under the stairs) and of course The End of the World [4]. They all load perfectly in Ruffle [5].

[1] https://locker.phinugamma.org/swf/

[2] SWF: https://locker.phinugamma.org/swf/albinoblacksheep/demented%... | Video: https://www.albinoblacksheep.com/flash/demented

[3] http://www.venue.nu/infusions/the_kroax/uploads/movies/Weebl...

[4] SWF: https://locker.phinugamma.org/swf/albinoblacksheep/end%28www... | Video: https://www.albinoblacksheep.com/flash/end

[5] https://ruffle.rs/demo/

Currently recursively downloading from [1]. Afterwards I’ll start testing and uploading them.

Edit: Most of the SWF files are showing a black screen on the demo website, even though I do not have time to individually debug all files, I might be able to automate the testing part

I just remembered that I have tons of SWFs on my hard-drive too. If someone else has a data-dump, do share!

Thank you for using your tech skills to help preserve the old web for the rest of us to enjoy.

Here to add https://dagobah.net/ to the list

I still joke about TDCM with some of my friends, but sometimes I wonder about Brian Kendall. Imagine if the most impactful artwork of your career was a dumb flash movie you made when you were a kid?

The archive only has a single animutation too, which is a bit sad. Some of them are uploaded to youtube, but that loses any hidden interactivity that some of them had. Hopefully someone can find the original SWFs and upload them.

> but sometimes I wonder about Brian Kendall

No need to wonder; you can read his reflection on it here [1], although it's unclear when exactly it was written.

[1] http://briankendall.net/animation/tdcm.htm

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