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{{about|Shockwave for Director|the Shockwave Flash player|Adobe Flash Player}}
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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
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
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