# Download a flash game? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [September 10, 2009, 11:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/download-a-flash-game/509544 "2009-09-10T11:49:42Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Don\_t\_Call\_Me\_Shirley](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f4b2a3/32.png) [@Don\_t\_Call\_Me\_Shirley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Don_t_Call_Me_Shirley)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2009, 11:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/download-a-flash-game/509544/1 "2009-09-10T11:49:42Z")
Is there any way to download a flash game onto a portable drive so I can play it on a computer without internet access? ---
**Author:** ![beowulff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beowulff/32/542_2.png) [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2009, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/download-a-flash-game/509544/2 "2009-09-10T13:50:04Z")
I’ve done this on OS X using Safari - what OS are you running? ---
**Author:** ![Don\_t\_Call\_Me\_Shirley](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f4b2a3/32.png) [@Don\_t\_Call\_Me\_Shirley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Don_t_Call_Me_Shirley)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2009, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/download-a-flash-game/509544/3 "2009-09-10T13:55:44Z")
> [@beowulff](#): > > I’ve done this on OS X using Safari - what OS are you running? XP. A little googleing has given me some idea, but it appears I will need to download two different freeware programs and jump through a lot of hoops. Anyone know an easier way? ---
**Author:** ![beowulff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beowulff/32/542_2.png) [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2009, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/download-a-flash-game/509544/4 "2009-09-10T14:01:42Z")
Well, the basic idea is to download the game from the browser cache. This is really easy to do in Safari on OS X, so it might be worth trying Safari on XP. Once the game is loaded, you go to the “Activity” window and find the game, which will be a large .swf file. You then option-click {probably alt-click in Windows) on that entry to download it. ---
**Author:** ![HorseloverFat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/8e8cbc/32.png) [@HorseloverFat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HorseloverFat)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2009, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/download-a-flash-game/509544/5 "2009-09-10T15:24:03Z")
The game probably exists as a swf file embedded on the page. You can view its location from the source code or in firefox Tools \> Page Info \> media. Select it. Click “save as” Now save it to your desktop or wherever. The swf file isnt set to run with anything so now you need to right-click, select ‘open with’, and choose firefox. No 3rd party software needed. ---
**Author:** ![Superfluous\_Parentheses](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8edcca/32.png) [@Superfluous\_Parentheses](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superfluous_Parentheses)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2009, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/download-a-flash-game/509544/6 "2009-09-10T19:32:57Z")
Yeah, you can pretty much just download the .swf file - your browser does the same thing before it plays the flash file. This won’t work with every flash program, though - many larger flash programs download additional parts / data when running and while it’s certainly possible to get around that, I don’t know of any easy way to do it. Addendum: if you have firefox with adblock plus, flash movies get a “block” tab at the top-right end. If you click on that you can see the url for the flash movie. You can then just copy & paste that url into the browser’s address bar, load and save it. A similar strategy works with flashblock. ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2009, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/download-a-flash-game/509544/7 "2009-09-16T14:00:17Z")
I’ve found that most flash games are like the ones \*\*Superfluous Parentheses \*\*mentions. The freeware programs may work better. In fact, most good flash games have a full version or non-flash equivalent. But for the few that don’t, I’m really interested in the freeware programs you discovered. Mind sharing the info? ---
**Author:** ![Don\_t\_Call\_Me\_Shirley](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f4b2a3/32.png) [@Don\_t\_Call\_Me\_Shirley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Don_t_Call_Me_Shirley)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2009, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/download-a-flash-game/509544/8 "2009-09-16T14:06:24Z")
> [@BigT](#): > > I’ve found that most flash games are like the ones \*\*Superfluous Parentheses \*\*mentions. The freeware programs may work better. > > In fact, most good flash games have a full version or non-flash equivalent. But for the few that don’t, I’m really interested in the freeware programs you discovered. Mind sharing the info? [http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/download-play-flash-games-offline/](http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/download-play-flash-games-offline/) ---
**Author:** ![control-z](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/eada6e/32.png) [@control-z](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/control-z)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2009, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/download-a-flash-game/509544/9 "2009-09-16T20:18:47Z")
The [Firefox](http://getfirefox.com) webrowser + the [DownloadHelper](http://www.downloadhelper.net/) extension will let you easily download embedded objects such as Flash games and YouTube videos. ---
**Author:** ![RogueAOV](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ecb155/32.png) [@RogueAOV](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RogueAOV)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2009, 5:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/download-a-flash-game/509544/10 "2009-09-17T05:12:11Z")
if you go [here](http://www.adobe.com/support/flashplayer/downloads.html) and download the flash projector content debugger for your operating system, i am using 10 on Vista. Just open it up, and drag the swf file into it, it will open the file for offline play. slight hijack but anyone got good sources for the best games? im loving [izismille’s](http://izismile.com/games/) selection of games And it offers download links for all the games. Whats everyones favorite flash games site? ---
**Author:** ![Bisected8](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a4c791/32.png) [@Bisected8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bisected8)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2009, 10:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/download-a-flash-game/509544/11 "2009-09-17T10:53:09Z")
> [@RogueAOV](#): > > if you go [here](http://www.adobe.com/support/flashplayer/downloads.html) and download the flash projector content debugger for your operating system, i am using 10 on Vista. > > Just open it up, and drag the swf file into it, it will open the file for offline play. > > slight hijack but anyone got good sources for the best games? im loving [izismille’s](http://izismile.com/games/) selection of games And it offers download links for all the games. Whats everyones favorite flash games site? I’m personally quite a fan of the “grow” series of games. [http://www.eyezmaze.com/grow/cube/](http://www.eyezmaze.com/grow/cube/) ---
**Author:** ![rowrrbazzle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rowrrbazzle/32/414_2.png) [@rowrrbazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rowrrbazzle)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2009, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/download-a-flash-game/509544/12 "2009-09-17T23:15:55Z")
[www.jayisgames.com](http://www.jayisgames.com) reviews the best casual games, both flash and download. ---
**Author:** ![RogueAOV](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ecb155/32.png) [@RogueAOV](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RogueAOV)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2009, 6:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/download-a-flash-game/509544/13 "2009-09-19T06:02:38Z")
Got the chance to look at those today, i do not know what the heck i am doing with the Grow game, but it is seriously interesting me right now so good tip. jayisgames looks like a good source aswell, thanks for the links.