Top 10 Flash Games of All Time
Flash games may not have the graphical fidelity of modern console releases, but they’re still fun. Some even have a cult following.
The basic objects that make up a game in Flash are known as “movie clips.” To create one, start by creating a rectangle shape with the drawing tool.
1. Tower Defense
Tower Defense is a popular genre that bridges the gap between Real-Time Strategy Games and Shooter games. It has become a gateway game for many gamers.
-Dynamically pathing enemies that can run, fly and attack in different ways.
-Monsters can spawn in masses or in few. -Monsters can have different strength and immunity.
Adding new enemies and towers is an easy way to keep players engaged. This can also help increase retention.
2. Crimson Room
Crimson Room, a 2004 flash game by Toshimitsu Takagi, is widely considered one of the first “room escape” games. It has since spawned multiple sequels including the 2016 release, Crimson Room: Decade.
Players wake up in an unfamiliar space and must use household items littered about or deceptively hidden to solve puzzles. The pixel hunt is intense and sometimes frustrating with spotty interaction hotspots.
3. Tetris
Tetris is one of the most addictive and universally recognizable games ever. Its popularity can be attributed to its simple yet satisfying gameplay. Players arrange falling blocks (tetrominoes) into horizontal lines without gaps to score points.
Unlike some modern video games, Tetris requires thought rather than action. The entrancing, fluid visuals and music add to its enveloping nature. Tetris Effect features a few classic multiplayer modes, such as no garbage or directed garbage.
4. Commander Keen
Become the eight-year-old Billy Blaze, boy genius, and save the universe. Grab your neural stunner and pogo stick to battle your way through a nightmare about evil vegetables.
Enemies die after a certain number of shots to the player’s alien ray gun. Some enemies are impervious to the ray guns, while others require multiple shots to kill. The game also includes a variety of powerups.
5. Super Mario 64
When talking about video games, Mario 64 is often brought up. It’s the game that made 3D character movement and camera control fun.
Miyamoto said he wanted to incorporate as much as possible into the open space that Mario moved in. The result was a game that has endless secrets, shortcuts and ways to get ahead. It’s the foundation of what we now call collect-a-thon platformers.
6. Platform Racing 2
Platform Racing 2 is a multiplayer online game where players race each other. Each time a player races they advance a level and can increase their stats.
At its peak it was one of the most popular multiplayer games on Kongregate, Armor Games, and Jiggmin’s site. But as flash games went out of style it lost its playerbase. A fan resurrected the game and hosts Derron but it’s not very active.
7. Atomic Tower
Despite having a simple premise, Atomic Tower is full of complex systems. Enemies respawn constantly, cameras can raise the alert level and send reinforcements, and robot assembly plants are filled with infinitely regenerating repair drones. To combat these dangers, players must learn how the HAWK system works—from Dandelion Cameras to Relays and alert levels. It can be intimidating at first, but it’s actually pretty easy to understand.
9. Doom
Doom is a first-person shooter that features immersive 3D graphics and networked multiplayer gameplay. Its violent content and satanic imagery have caused it to attract controversy.
Players control a nameless space marine (popularly known as Doomguy) fighting hordes of demons from Hell who have overrun Union Aerospace Corporation bases. The story is told through holographic messages displayed between levels.
Doom can be hacked to run on anything with a processor, including an iPod Nano. The Instructables page has instructions for doing so.
10. Portal
Portal is a first-person puzzle game developed by Valve. The player navigates through a series of test chambers using the Aperture Science Handheld Portal Device, or portal gun, under the watchful eye of the artificial intelligence GLaDOS.
Portal comes with a number of apps that take advantage of its unique capabilities. For example, the Superframe app allows you to set up photos that cycle through when the device isn’t in use.