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Line 1: {{about\|Shockwave for Director\|the Shockwave Flash player\|Adobe Flash Player}} {{Use mdy dates\|date=~~September~~December ~~2018~~2019}} {{Infobox software \| name = Adobe Shockwave Player Line 30: }}</ref> Shockwave Player ran [[Adobe Shockwave\|DCR files]] published by the [[Adobe Director]] environment. Shockwave Player supported [[raster graphics]], basic [[vector graphics]], [[3D graphics]], [[Digital audio\|audio]], and an embedded scripting language called [[Lingo (programming language)\|Lingo]].<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=R3d6H9c-x3wC Macromedia Shockwave for Director User's Guide, Volume 1], New Riders Pub., January 1, 1996</ref><ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=8nAQ6l1TnGgC Macromedia Shockwave for Director, Volume 1], Hayden Books, 1996</ref> Hundreds of free online video games were developed using Shockwave, and published on websites such as [[Miniclip]] and Shockwave.com.<ref>{{Cite web \|url=http://www.shockwave.com/home.jsp \|title=Shockwave.com \|access-date=May 28, 2015 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150528102909/http://www.shockwave.com/home.jsp \|archive-date=May 28, 2015 \|url-status=dead ~~\|df=mdy-all~~ }}</ref> As of July 2011, a survey found that Flash Player had 99% market penetration in desktop browsers in "mature markets" (United States, Canada, United Kingdom, France, Germany, Japan, Australia, and New Zealand), while Shockwave Player claimed only 41% in these markets.<ref name="Adobe">{{cite web\|title=Flash content reaches 99% of Internet viewers \|url=http://www.adobe.com/products/player_census/flashplayer/ \|publisher=Adobe \|accessdate=August 7, 2014 \|url-status=dead \|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20111002003244/http://www.adobe.com/products/player_census/flashplayer/ \|archivedate=October 2, 2011 }}</ref> As of 2015, [[Flash Player]] is a suitable alternative to Shockwave Player, with its [[Stage3D\|3D rendering capabilities]] and [[ActionScript\|object-oriented programming language]]. Flash Player cannot display Shockwave content, and Shockwave Player cannot display Flash content.<ref>https://www.adobe.com/products/flashplayer/faq.html</ref> In February 2019, Adobe announced that [[Adobe Shockwave]], inlcluding the Shockwave Player, would be discontinued in April 2019.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web\|url=https://helpx.adobe.com/shockwave/shockwave-end-of-life-faq.html\|title=End of Life (EOL) for Adobe Shockwave\|website=helpx.adobe.com\|access-date=~~2019-12-~~December 23, 2019}}</ref> The final update for Adobe Shockwave Player was released on March 15, 2019. Shockwave Player is no longer available for download (as of October 8, 2019<ref name=":0" />), and it ~~can't~~cannot be used anymore since web browsers have blocked the Shockwave Player plug-in upon its discontinuation.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.howtogeek.com/410636/end-of-an-era-adobe-shockwave-dies-today/\|title=End of an Era: Adobe Shockwave Dies Today\|last=Hoffman\|first=Chris\|website=How-To Geek\|language=en-US\|access-date=~~2019-12-~~December 23, 2019}}</ref> ==History==

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