Adobe ShockWave Player

Adobe ShockWave Player
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Jon Riggall

“Browser plug-in for rich multimedia content”

by Jon Riggall about Adobe ShockWave Player

If you want to play in online games on your browser, there's a good chance you'll need Adobe ShockWave Player, the daddy of online action plug-ins.

After a simple install and restart of your browser, you'll be able to enjoy a large range of graphically impressive online experiences. Most of the time you won't notice Adobe ShockWave Player is even there, but like flash and other plug ins it should be one of your basic downloads after installing a browser.

Compared to other more recent plug-ins like Unity, Adobe ShockWave Player is quite resource heavy. We tried some online Shockwave things that really slowed down our system. However, while it's a platform developers continue to use, it's useful to have.

While Flash and Unity have probably superseded it in many places, Adobe ShockWave Player can still give you some enjoyable Web gaming.

Pros
  • Allows you to play action games on the web
  • Easy to install
Cons
  • Inefficient
  • Still necessary to install v.10 for some things
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Adobe ShockWave Player (5) User reviews

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  • denize123 denize123
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    Total Rubbish

    I have Cancer and I have been leaving video on my facebook just for friends
    but Iv'e just tried putting one about my reconstruction and I cant get shockwave to work, it hasn't worked for ages i'm s... More

  • ChronicGamer ChronicGamer
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    Chrome v Shockwave

    After reading "realmccoy69" review, I don't think I'll even try to download this app. I use Chrome because it soooo much more reliable than Internet Explorer. I've been playing Hidden Chr... More

  • LivPhi LivPhi
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    1
    Constantly Crashes

    I can't watch any videos, even Google owned YouTube, because Shockwave crashes with in 10 seconds of each video played. I have been using Safari because that browser does not have this issue. I hop... More

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