All you need to do is download a free copy of the software, install it like any other program then start it up and follow the self-explanatory wizard. how risky is it to have Shockwave on a PC in this day and age? Is it so obsolete that viruses have stopped targetting its no doubt numerous security holes, or will just having the CD in the vicinity of my drive leave me wide open? And is there anything I can do to play it safely (aside from the VM route, because VMs are still beyone me) You can think of a VM as a simulated computer, which is not technically accurate for pedants but it makes it easier to grok from the point of a non-technical end user.
Now, under normal circumstances I wouldn't let anything remotely Flash-related touch my PC, but I really want to play this game (In Memoriam, a sort of ARG where you have to do real-world research to solve puzzles on the disc, which is supposedly a set of clues left behind by a serial killer holding some journalists hostage). This probably won’t be your go-to gaming rig but it’s a fun and simple way to enjoy a variety of free games whenever you want.BlackMageJ: Shockwave, IIRC, is sort of the precursor to the dreaded Flash. You should be able to open and enjoy all of your favorite flash games thanks to Linux on Chrome OS. swf in the image above here.) To launch the Flash Player, execute the following command in the terminal./flashplayer Once you have your flash videos and games, move them to the Linux folder so you can access them with the player.
swf games on archive sites across the web but make sure you’re grabbing them from a site you trust. Now you’re ready to launch your Flash Player but first, you’ll need to find some games. To add these, run the following command and you’ll be ready to launch the Flash Player. Before we run the Flash Player, there are some dependencies that need to be installed before the player will run properly. You should see flashplayer listed among the files. You can verify that the files were unpacked by executing the ls command in the terminal. Now you have unpacked the archive and the Flash Player can be executed from the terminal. Tar -xvf flash_player_sa_linux.x86_64.tar.gz
Tip: Once you type the command to unpack and the first two or three letters of the filename, you can hit the Tab key and it should auto-populate the filename. (A tarball is simply a compressed package of files) To unpack the file, run the following command in the terminal and make sure that the filename matches exactly to the file that you downloaded. Open that up and we are going to unpack the Flash Player tarball. You can find the Linux terminal app in your app launcher. You will want the one titled “Flash Player Projector.” Once you have that, move the tar.gz file to the Linux folder in your Files app. You can find that file here under the Linux options. Next, we will download the Flash Player from Adobe’s website. You can learn all about that in the Command Line article here.
First, you will need to make sure your Chromebook is up-to-date and that you have installed and updated the Linux container on your Chromebook. swf files you want to access but since Adobe is at the heart of the format, we’re going to use Crostini to install the Linux version of the standalone Shockwave Flash Player from Adobe. There are a variety of players that will do the trick if you’re sitting on some.