Plugin End-of-Life

Adobe Shockwave Player end-of-life AI-researched

Dependency: Adobe Shockwave Player Wikipedia

Adobe ended Shockwave Player on April 9, 2019, leaving Director/Shockwave web works dependent on legacy browsers and offline virtualization unless migrated.

Affected Artworks

carrier Total loss Restored

Melinda Rackham

Shockwave-based multimedia + scripting. Plugin unavailable; content cannot play.

New Lexia Total loss Dead

Sebastian Harms

Shockwave animation/interface. No runtime in modern browsers.

Soundboxes Total loss Dead

michiel Knaven

Shockwave audio interface. Plugin missing/blocked.

Micro Modernist Google Gadget Total loss Dead

don relyea

Shockwave + iGoogle gadget container. Double extinction: Shockwave EOL plus iGoogle platform shutdown.

3012 Total loss Restored

Peter Luining

3boxes Total loss Restored

Maria Lavman

a.r.m.y. Total loss Dead

reform communications

alt+delete Total loss Restored

Brad Todd

amorphoscapes I. Online Generative artworks 1997 Total loss Dead

Stanza

atari-noise Total loss Dead

arcangel constantini

Avatar Project Total loss Restored

MAROTTA & RUSSO

Babel Total loss Dead

Simon Biggs

Carnivore Total loss Dead

Alexander Galloway

Conversations with Fransesca Total loss Dead

michiel Knaven

Desert grows Total loss Restored

Raul Berrueco

Document 9-1-1 Total loss Restored

tobias c. van Veen

Echo syst Total loss Restored

julie Morel

elicit Total loss Dead

nathaniel stern

enter Total loss Dead

nathaniel stern

Experimental Life Project version 1.0 Total loss Restored

domiziana giordano

Field Guide to Artificial Life on the Web Total loss Restored

Cheryl Sourkes

filmscape Total loss Restored

nicolas clauss

Frustration Machine Total loss Restored

Rodrigo Volpe

FT2K Total loss Restored

Diane Bertolo

gameover Total loss Restored

francesco contin

Great Wall of China Total loss Restored

Simon Biggs

Happycentro+Sintetik Total loss Dead

Happycentro+Sintetik

Hello World! or: How I Learned to Stop Listening and Love the Noise Total loss Dead

Christopher Baker

Hybrid Architecture Research Total loss Dead

Saskia Vandersee

if we shadows... Total loss Restored

Michael Szpakowski

invisible maps Total loss Dead

paul catanese

invisible town Total loss Restored

Suki Beg

IP-III Total loss Dead

Annja Krautgasser

Jumeau Bar Total loss Restored

nicolas clauss

k'muni Total loss Dead

chia-hsiao sinz shih

Krematorium Total loss Restored

Miklos Legrady

La langue se charge Total loss Restored

Michael Sellam

Les dormeurs, the sleepers Total loss Restored

nicolas clauss

meta4walls Total loss Restored

Lucas Bambozzi

Métaorigines Total loss Restored

Reynald Drouhin

METRONOME Total loss Restored

Sebastian Seifert

Mouse.Dance Total loss Restored

Neil Zusman

mu Total loss Restored

Tomoko kawai

NetSong Total loss Dead

Peter Traub

Networking Total loss Restored

Kate Southworth

Nio Total loss Restored

Jim Andrews

NomadLingo Total loss Restored

d johnston

off<area> Total loss Restored

Kerstin Weiberg

panoptico Total loss Restored

Ivan Abreu

Pause Total loss Restored

Alexey Sokolin

photomontage Total loss Dead

shirin Kouladjie

project|dante Total loss Restored

Dariusz Nowak-Nova

Qrime Total loss Dead

Motomichi Nakamura

RhythmEngine Total loss Restored

Hidenori Watanave

s.EXE interactives -- visual sequencer Total loss Dead

Christina Goestl / c++

Sea In Motion Total loss Restored

Ole B Nielsen

Sexmachines Total loss Dead

Mendi+Keith Obadike

Shifting Total loss Restored

Tina La Porta

sign69 Total loss Restored

philip wood

Sit.com Total loss Restored

Takuji Kogo

Site-Traffic.net Total loss Dead

Jonah Brucker-Cohen

smallnomad Total loss Dead

moises mañas

socialspeech Total loss Restored

Carlos J. Gomez de Llarena

storybeat Total loss Dead

geoffrey thomas

submeta Total loss Restored

submeta pehuet xavier

system shutdown Total loss Restored

yoke zoom

Telematic Surveillance Total loss Dead

nungu

The Central City (Net Art ) edition Total loss Dead

Stanza

The Dichotomy of Living Total loss Restored

Melanie Rodgers

the double room Total loss Dead

nathaniel stern

The Grid Total loss Restored

Brian Judy

The Handmirror, scenes from behind the mirror Total loss Dead

michiel Knaven

The Jetty Total loss Dead

Hidekazu Minami

The Lair of the Marrow Monkey Total loss Dead

Erik Loyer

The Letter and the Fly Total loss Restored

Barbara Lattanzi

the well Total loss Dead

toxi

theBot (one infesting the horse) Total loss Dead

Amy Alexander

Trapped Total loss Restored

sachiko hayashi

Truth is a Moving Target Total loss Restored

Erwin Redl

Ucello Total loss Restored

Al Jarnow

ulchiro Total loss Restored

nicolas clauss

untitledcity Total loss Restored

moises mañas

Utopia PKWY Total loss Restored

Brad Todd

Uzume Total loss Restored

Petra Gemeinboeck

Violence Total loss Restored

Wilfried Agricola de Cologne

virtual singer Total loss Restored

marcin ramocki

war game Total loss Restored

joeser alvarez

Weightless Sculpture Project Total loss Restored

Martin Sjardijn

WNVIRUS.COM Total loss Dead

[dNASAb]

WORLD:it just keeps changing Total loss Restored

Kate Southworth

You Are Late Total loss Restored

Barbara Lattanzi

you me and Total loss Restored

Erwin Redl

Any Wall Total loss Dead

Robert Krawczyk

The Concise Model of the Universe Total loss Dead

Paul Annear

Agatha Appears Total loss Dead

Olia Lialina

3 Proposals for Bottle Imps Total loss Restored

William Poundstone

Web Performer Total loss Restored

Ursula Endlicher

Transience - an atonal composition Total loss Dead

Wilfried Agricola de Cologne

Osiris Total loss Restored

Robbin Murphy

The Genius 2000 Network Total loss Dead

Max Herman

Form Art Total loss Restored

Alexei Shulgin

(t)error Total loss Restored

Robert Praxmarer

Netzbikini Total loss Restored

Eva Grubinger

dataProjections Total loss Dead

Rob O'Neill

Short Story Total loss Restored

Thomson & Craighead

Crusade Total loss Restored

Eddo Stern

Adam Killer Total loss Restored

brody condon

SWR:TMC Revisited Total loss Dead

Tom Chambers

The Slow Arrow of Beauty Total loss Restored

Victor Liu

SHEIK ATTACK Total loss Restored

Eddo Stern

Crossroads Total loss Dead

Annette Weintraub

Mythic Hybrid Total loss Restored

Prema Murthy

Storyland Total loss Restored

Nanette Wylde

Summerbranch Total loss Dead

Bruno Martelli

cyber*babes Total loss Restored

Lisa Hutton

Dexterity Meter Total loss Restored

Damon Hamm

Book of Books Total loss Restored

Simon Biggs

simple mouse position predictor with centipede parts Total loss Restored

lucas kuzma

Inhabited Text Total loss Restored

Susan Collins

History of Chilean Mining Mural Total loss Dead

Alexander Sutulov

Open House Total loss Restored

Joshua White

Mile Long Page Total loss Dead

Rev. Luke Murphy

Inside The Bomb Total loss Dead

Mark Stock

Digital Marionette Total loss Dead

Stefan Müller Arisona

Project Tumbleweed Total loss Restored

Robbin Murphy

Simple Net Art Diagram Total loss Dead

MTAA

dotdotdot Total loss Dead

Bruno Martelli

Scroll Bar Total loss Restored

Maciej Wisniewski

Chimera Obscura Total loss Dead

Richard Rinehart

Experimental Party Total loss Dead

Randall Packer

Love Letters from a World of Awe (1995) Total loss Restored

Yael Kanarek

ilovebees: The Reality of Alternate Reality Total loss Dead

CAPitALLism

my body — a Wunderkammer Total loss Dead

Shelley Jackson

Largest Unused Block Total loss Dead

Maxine Gregson

Aquarelle 2000 (web version) Total loss Dead

Tamás Waliczky

RUNNERS: Wolfenstein Total loss Restored

Eddo Stern

Untitled (splash page) Total loss Dead

Heath Bunting

concentric cubes 4 Total loss Restored

Leonard Clagett

Alphabet Soup Total loss Restored

Miklos Legrady

Tw[i.Ns::RiUinEs:swind:RIveRrES: Total loss Dead

ui uuii

Live Tarot Total loss Restored

Dariusz Nowak-Nova

Altitude Total loss Dead

Thomson & Craighead

An Anchor for Witnessing Total loss Restored

Electronic Disturbance Theater

Communication Creates Conflict Total loss Restored

Heath Bunting

COCKFIGHT ARENA Total loss Restored

Eddo Stern

insect sex Total loss Restored

Baruch Gottlieb

webmutant [1.0] Total loss Dead

Miguel Leal

stereo Total loss Restored

Michael Sellam

A SoaPOPera for Laptops / iMacs Total loss Restored

G.H. Hovagimyan

Point of Departure Total loss Restored

Darrin Martin

Absurd Org. Total loss Dead

A .

S.P.I.N.Y. Total loss Dead

alexandra reill

Machine Total loss Dead

Entropy8Zuper!

The Intruder Total loss Restored

Natalie Bookchin

Nine Metre Web Object Total loss Restored

phillip warnell

The Cathedral Project Total loss Dead

Nora Farrell

naughty physics (a.k.a. The LUFE Matrix) Total loss Restored

Reginald Brooks

Periodic Table of Experience Total loss Dead

Richard Rinehart

Collective Geology of the Erased Space Total loss Dead

paul catanese

BIOS - Bidirectional Input/Output System Total loss Restored

Jaanis Garancs

Webpaintings Total loss Dead

Valery Grancher

Siberian Deal Total loss Restored

Kathy Rae Huffman

novelsquat and related work Total loss Dead

Bruce Barber

fish histories Total loss Restored

paul catanese

Misplaced Reliquary Total loss Dead

paul catanese

ascii chewy Total loss Restored

Jason Van Anden

amorphoscapes II. 1997 - 2004. Touch Screen Editions Total loss Dead

Stanza

Enregistrer1 Total loss Restored

Armelle Aulestia

idades // multi-local, multi-user, realtime interactive installation Total loss Restored

Daniel Desiderio Paez Castillo

1999 Total loss Restored

joan escofet

Cricket Activated Defense System Total loss Restored

Tactical Magic

RE-U-MAN Total loss Restored

Udi Aloni

hackitectura Total loss Dead

Hackitectura

minus esse Total loss Restored

nark bkb

Fixes & Mitigations

  • Emulation: Run in a preserved environment (VM + old browser + plugin).
  • Rebuild: Migrate Director assets/logic to open runtimes (HTML5/Canvas/WebAudio).

Shockwave Player (the browser runtime for Director/Shockwave web content) reached end-of-life and distribution/support ended. With modern browsers already hostile to plugins, Shockwave web works effectively became legacy-only.

What changed

Shockwave failures are often total: navigation, media, and interaction are bound to Director runtime semantics. Unlike Flash (which has Ruffle), there is no widely-adopted emulator for Shockwave content.

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