Deobfuscating SWF files for fun and for nostalgia

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Ruffle

Many years later and now Flash is a relic of the internet, with support ended by Adobe and browsers no longer allowing it to run. Attempts to keep content written for Flash Player alive are being made by Ruffle with support continuing to get better with every new release.

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PixiJS

While Flash might be dead, you can still play Flash content using Ruffle or older builds of Electron and Pepper Flash Plugin. Alternatively, you might attempt to translate the source code into Haxe so you can compile it into a universal application for both web, mobile and desktop. You might even use the source to attempt a rewrite as a JavaScript application using PixiJS or similar.

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Haxe

On the other end of the spectrum, there is also Haxe which instead provides a language and syntax similar to ActionScript (which is used in Flash files) that can target a multitude of platforms with one codebase. Haxe also has tools to help convert ActionScript codebases to Haxe which has been met with moderate success.

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Habbo

One of my favourite things to do on the internet back in the late 2000's and early 2010's was hang out on Habbo Hotel, it boasted a lively community and a fun pixel art playground with games, gambling, and other activities.

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JPEXS Free Flash Decompiler

We can use disassemblers such as RABCDasm to disassemble an SWF file into a set of semi-readable assembly files. Where possible we may also use tools such as JPEXS to convert said assembly into legible ActionScript code.

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