As the next-generation of console gaming launched at the tail-end of 2020, so has a huge part of PC gaming culture slowly died off over the past few years. Flash gaming has been saying goodbye lately, as Adobe is no longer supporting Flash Player as of December 31, 2020. But some fans are attempting to keep some aspects of Flash alive through creative means, even via the Nintendo Game Boy.
Reddit user u/antonylavelle took to r/Games to share the fact that he has been working on porting Adobe Flash games to a more viable platform; Game Boy. This, in some ways, is a joke in and of itself, as Nintendo's handheld first was released in 1989, but fans continue to create content for it. In fact, a new physical Game Boy horror-title named Deadeus is available for pre-order right now.
Anthony Lavelle's Game Boy Flash title is Indestructotank!, an arcade-style title that sees players controlling a tank that can jump into the air and hop off of aircraft for high scores. It can be played on a web browser, much like a Flash game, but runs on a Game Boy ROM. The idea of porting a Flash game onto a Game Boy ROM is a creative way to keep a title alive. It is sad that so many Flash games are now simply unplayable.
You may have played some of my Flash games growing up - SHIFT, UPGRADE COMPLETE, INDESTRUCTOTANK and many others. This weekend Adobe killed off more than 70 of the games I've made... So I ported one to a more viable platform - the Gameboy! My name is Antony Lavelle, if you have any questions, AMA! from Games
There are so many great Nintendo Game Boy games, if suddenly ported Flash titles were added to that list, the entries would be seemingly endless. It is hard to fathom Flash games being unplayable out of nowhere, but this is the same type of thing that fans fear with the all-digital future, which is why so many hold on to discs and cartridges to this day still.