Old Nintendo Flash games coming back to life
A Nintendo enthusiast is collecting and restoring all the old promotional Nintendo Flash games to be playable again.
Motherboard has spotted a modder and programmer named Skelux, who is reviving all the web games that have been previously discarded by the Japanese video company.
Back when the Internet was a much younger platform, the Adobe Flash plug-in was widely essential for animations and videos in webpages. Gaming developers like Nintendo also used it to release little Flash games as a form of teaser for major releases like "Animal Crossing," "Luigi's Mansion" and "Metroid Prime," which were often hosted on Nintendo's websites.
However, these little diversions were forgotten as the Internet and gaming industries grew in scope. Soon, the Nintendo Flash games, along with Disney's "Toontown" and various Spongebob Squarepants titles, became obsolete with the fleeting Flash software. As they were only available online, they managed to disappear without a trace.
Now, Skelux has launched a campaign to restore Nintendo's game output from 1999 to 2010. The modder has already collated 48 online web counterparts like "Metroid Prime," "Dongkey Kong Country," "Mario Striker," and "Tetris DS," among others.
While the above mentioned are already complete, some still have missing files, like "Animal Crossing," "Mario Party," and "Zelda: Phantom Hourglass."
Skelux posted a primer of the game collection on YouTube, where he also announced that he is giving away a $50 bounty to those who can provide the missing files.
Gamers could not help but be amazed at how Skelux was able to obtain all these games, which many thought have already disappeared from the face of the Earth.
In the same video, Skelux explained that collecting all the games was a gradual process. By using Wayback Machine, he scoured the Internet Archive for the files and then compiled them into working games.
Gamers praised Skelux for his hard work. "I can die happy now that someone on the internet has given my childhood game such love as you have," said one YouTube user.
Only one person has been able to dig up additional data since the video was posted on Oct. 27. However, for anyone interested, completed games are available to play on his website Origami 64.
