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There are games not allowed in Flashpoint for any reason, and should therefore be avoided for those reasons:
These are games/animations not allowed in Flashpoint for any reason. You can make an effort to get them working in Flashpoint if you want, but you may not request or submit them.


* Games that are still on sale. You may make an effort to get them working in Flashpoint if you want, but we will not distribute currently paid content. (Don't forget that some games start in web browsers for free then get paid versions later, the web browser version would be allowed in Flashpoint in this case; be sure to check the history before you archive.)
* Games/animations that are still on sale, we will not distribute currently paid content. (Don't forget that some games start in web browsers for free then get paid versions later, the web browser version would be allowed in Flashpoint in this case; be sure to check the history before you archive.)
* Any outright emulation of a non-Public Domain game. Ports of games are absolutely fine, but games that are a ROM wrapped in an emulator are not allowed unless they contain Public Domain games or allow you to load your own. Emulators are allowed provided they don't include any games that aren't Public Domain.
* Games that require a server and have zero single player content. The amount of work it takes to preserve these is too high relative to what else we can be working on.
* Any game from XForm Games. (At their request)
* Any outright emulation of a commercial game (Such as a swf of Contra which contains the Contra ROM image). Ports of games are absolutely fine, but games that are a ROM wrapped in an emulator are not allowed unless they contain only non-commercial games and/or allow you to load your own.
* Windows 93. (At their request)
* Videos embedded in SWF files. If it plays perfectly fine in VLC Media Player, it doesn't belong in Flashpoint; please upload it to the Internet Archive instead.
* Super Smash Flash 2. (At their request)
** This means that your curation can't be ''only'' a video embedded in a SWF. Games, animations and websites that use video ''are'' allowed, and you should include the video files and/or SWFs containing video in the curation.
* Any game from XForm Games (At their request)
* Windows 93 (At their request)
* Dragon Ball Devolution and other games from www.txori.com (At their request)
* Any game developed by Nitrome (At their request)
* Flash Flash Revolution (At their request)
* Any game developed by Farrago Fiction (At their request)
* Any game/animation developed by Anonymous-Frog (At their request)
 
It should go without saying that blatantly illegal games/animations are not allowed, either.

Revision as of 22:26, 2 September 2021

These are games/animations not allowed in Flashpoint for any reason. You can make an effort to get them working in Flashpoint if you want, but you may not request or submit them.

  • Games/animations that are still on sale, we will not distribute currently paid content. (Don't forget that some games start in web browsers for free then get paid versions later, the web browser version would be allowed in Flashpoint in this case; be sure to check the history before you archive.)
  • Games that require a server and have zero single player content. The amount of work it takes to preserve these is too high relative to what else we can be working on.
  • Any outright emulation of a commercial game (Such as a swf of Contra which contains the Contra ROM image). Ports of games are absolutely fine, but games that are a ROM wrapped in an emulator are not allowed unless they contain only non-commercial games and/or allow you to load your own.
  • Videos embedded in SWF files. If it plays perfectly fine in VLC Media Player, it doesn't belong in Flashpoint; please upload it to the Internet Archive instead.
    • This means that your curation can't be only a video embedded in a SWF. Games, animations and websites that use video are allowed, and you should include the video files and/or SWFs containing video in the curation.
  • Any game from XForm Games (At their request)
  • Windows 93 (At their request)
  • Dragon Ball Devolution and other games from www.txori.com (At their request)
  • Any game developed by Nitrome (At their request)
  • Flash Flash Revolution (At their request)
  • Any game developed by Farrago Fiction (At their request)
  • Any game/animation developed by Anonymous-Frog (At their request)

It should go without saying that blatantly illegal games/animations are not allowed, either.