Elliott Rodgers

I’ll openly admit I’m not a fan of Flash used for entire websites, it locks out various internet users unless they use an add on in their browser. Some phones can’t use flash and so on. With the latest exciting stuff coming through with HTML5 and CSS3 there’s a lot that can now be done without flash.

Flash is however brilliant for producing some amazing games like Raft Wars and Stunt Dirt Bike.

If you have no connection to the internet and you still can’t resist playing your particular flash game. Here’s how you can download the flash game to your own computer. You can open flash files on your hard drive just the same as you open web pages. You can often open the game almost full screen Raft Wars does this, they are just as cute when they are bigger; using a digital projector you could even make them six feet high on the wall (b-u-t I’d never do that *looks innocent*).

Using Firefox (by far one of the easiest ways to be honest!)

1. Open the page with the flash/game file.

2. Select Tools Menu
3. Select Page Info
4. Select Media Tab
5. This reveals a complete list of Images, CSS Files and Shockwave Flash files that Firefox downloaded while opening the page of the website.
6. Scroll through the list and locate the .swf file.
7. Click the “Save As” button.
8. Save it somewhere on your hard drive and save the file.

Using Internet Explorer (more complicated and lets be honest who really wants to use Internet Explorer! )

1. Open the web page with the flash file/game.
2. Click Tools, then Internet Options
3. Choose the General Tab, click on the Settings button in the Temporary Internet Files group.
4. Click View Files to open the Temporary Internet Files folder.
5. Click View > Details.
6. Click View > Arrange Icons By > Internet Address.
7. There could one or more Flash files (Shockwave Flash Object) under an Internet Address.
8. When you have the right file, right-click and copy.
9. paste the .swf file in another folder.

Happy Days!