Adobe Flash

Discontinued multimedia platform used to add animation and interactivity to websites

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2023 Joe Phillips created character art for the video game 'OscarWildeCard'.
2023
Flashpoint Archive
BlueMaxima stepped down as leader of the Flashpoint Archive project to focus on other projects, including writing a book about the early history of web games.
2021
Adobe Flash Player
Continued enterprise support for Flash Player through Harman for select platforms.
January 12 2021
Adobe Flash Player
Flash Player versions newer than 32.0.0.371 refused to play Flash content and instead display a static warning message.
2020
Adobe Flash Player
Final public update for Flash Player for standard Windows and Linux platforms.
2020 Released 'Mouth Dreams', the fourth installment in his popular 'Mouth' mashup album series, continuing to push the boundaries of musical remix and internet comedy.
2020
Flashpoint Archive
Nitrome removed their games from the Flashpoint Archive, citing plans to remake their games using HTML5 technology.
March 1 2020
Adobe Media Server
Version 5.0.16 was released by Veriskope.
February 2019
Adobe Media Server
Adobe Systems Incorporated granted Veriskope Inc rights to further develop, resell, and extend distribution of Adobe Media Server software product.
2017 Released 'Mouth Moods', the third album in his acclaimed 'Mouth' series of mashup albums, further solidifying his reputation as an innovative internet musician.
2017
Flashpoint Archive
Ben 'BlueMaxima' Latimore initiated the Flashpoint Archive project, originally as part of a separate project from the Archive Team.
2016 Joe Phillips contributed as a character artist for the video game 'Escape from Pleasure Planet'.
2016 Released 'Spirit Phone' album, continuing his independent music career.
August 2016
Adobe Flash Player
Adobe announced it would resume offering Flash Player for Linux for other browsers, beginning with version 24.
2014 Released 'Mouth Sounds', an experimental mashup album that gained significant internet attention for its creative and humorous audio collages.
2014 Released 'Mouth Silence', a companion mashup album to 'Mouth Sounds', continuing his unique approach to musical remix and internet comedy.
2013
Adobe Flash Player
Adobe reported that over 400 million of more than 1 billion connected desktops were updating to new Flash Player versions within six weeks of release.
2012 Joe Phillips worked as a character artist on the video game 'My Ex-Boyfriend the Space Tyrant'.
October 8 2012
Adobe Media Server
Version 5.0 of the server was released.
February 22 2012
Adobe Flash Player
Adobe announced it would no longer release new NPAPI Flash plugins for Linux, though Flash Player 11.2 would continue to receive security updates.
September 13 2010
Adobe Media Server
Version 4.0 was released, introducing 64-bit support, multiprotocol streaming, IP multicast broadcast, peer-assisted networking, and various streaming improvements.

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