How To Download and Play Flash Games Offline
Here we’ll show you how to do just
that. First how to download flash games to your PC and then how to play them
offline. So if you’re hooked on some addictive flash game this guide should help you get it offline and play it on your desktop.
1. Download Flash
Games
Downloading flash games to your PC is
a fairly easy process and there are lots of ways to do it. One way to get the
game file is to look inside the page’s source code and find the direct link to
the game file on the site. Another option is to wait for the game to load in
your browser and later get it from the temporary files folder of your browser.
Or you can just go to the site called File2HD and let it get the game file for you. We have already featured it
earlier as aMP3 a
nd video download tool for Myspace.
File2HD can help you download flash
games from most of the online gaming sites. That being said, it doesn’t work
with Kongregate, one of
the best sites for Flash games. Althou I had no problems getting flash games
from hugely popular sites like AddictiveGames.
1. Go to the page with the flash game
you want to download.
3. Set ‘Filter’ to ‘Objects’ option
and click on ‘Get Files’ button.
4. Next, File2HD should retrieve the
direct link to the game file.
5. Right click on the link an use
‘Save Link As’ option to save the game to your computer.
2. Play Flash Games
Offline
Once you have the game files on your
system you can use a simple freeware program calledFlashOffliner (Windows only) to take those raw .swf flash files, turn them into
playable games, and neatly organize them under one menu.
Here are the steps
you need to do:
1. Download and Install
FlashOffliner.
The FlashOffliner setup comes with 2
games by default and 3 more that can be added later. If you want to install
them as well then check step 4.
2. Once you have FlashOffliner up and
running, you should see a new icon in the taskbar. Right click on the icon to
see the list of available games and program options.
3. It takes two steps to add a
downloaded flash game to your FlashOffliner games list. The first thing you
need to do is click on the ‘Create New Flash Offliner Package’ and then point
it to the downloaded file. Then you will be asked to name your new game and for
a couple of more optional details. At the end it should create game_name.fop file for you.
4. Again right click on the
FlashOffliner icon and this time select the ‘Install FlashOffliner Option’.
Point the app to the newly created game_name.fop file to
“install” the game.
5. This will install the game and add
it to your FlashOffliner games. See screenshot below.
That’s about it, now you can simply
click on the game of your choice and play it offline right on your desktop. By
default the game window size is set to 800×600 but you can easily resize it to
400×300, 640×480, 1024×768 or Full Screen mode.
Now that you know how to take flash
games offline check out our short post on best online flash games.
Did you try downloading flash games
to your computer before? Do you have anything to add to the above guide? Share
your tips and thoughts in comments.
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