Shockwave

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1995
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Adobe Shockwave (formerly Macromedia Shockwave) is a multimedia platform used to add animation and interactivity to web pages. It allows Adobe Director applications to be published on the Internet and viewed in a web browser on any computer which has the Shockwave plug-in installed. It was first developed by Macromedia, and released in 1995 and was later acquired by Adobe Systems in 2005.

Unlike the Adobe Flash Player, the Adobe Shockwave Player is not commonly bundled with web browsers; if needed it must be downloaded.

Unlike Flash, the Shockwave browser plugin is not at all available for Linux or Solaris despite intense lobbying efforts. However, the Shockwave Player can be installed on Linux with CrossOver or by running a Windows version of a supported browser in Wine (with varying degrees of success). It is also possible to use Shockwave in the native Linux version of FireFox by using the Pipelight plugin, which is based on a modified version of Wine.

Shockwave was available as a plug-in for both Mac OS and Windows for most of its history. However, there was a notable break in support for the Macintosh between January 2006 (when Apple Inc. released Apple–Intel transition based on the Intel Core Duo) and March 2008 (when Adobe Systems released Shockwave 11, the first version to run natively on Intel Macs).

Although Shockwave was designed for making a wide variety of online movies and animations, its actual use has become concentrated in the area of game development. It is often used in online applications which require a very rich graphical environment. Online Learning tools which simulate real-world physics or involve significant graphing, charting, or calculation sometimes use Shockwave.

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Version history (text): 

Shockwave Player 12.1.6.156 Released: 14 Jan 2015

Shockwave Player 12.1.5.155 Released: 10 Dec 2014

Shockwave Player 12.1.4.154 Released: 11 Nov 2014

Shockwave Player 12.1.3.153 Released: 01 Jul 2014

Shockwave Player 12.1.2.152 Released: 03 Jun 2014

Shockwave Player 12.1.1.151 Released: 22 Apr 2014

Shockwave Player 12.1.0.150 Released: 13 Mar 2014

Shockwave Player 12.0.9.149 Released: 11 Feb 2014

Shockwave Player 12.0.7.148 Released: 10 Dec 2013

Shockwave Player 12.0.6.147 Released: 28 Nov 2013

Shockwave Player 12.0.6.147 Released: 28 Nov 2013

Shockwave Player 12.0.5.146 Released: 30 Oct 2013

Shockwave Player 12.0.4.144 Released: 11 Sep 2013

Shockwave Player 12.0.3.133 Released: 09 Jul 2013

Shockwave Player 12.0.2.122 Released: 09 Apr 2013

Shockwave Player 12.0.0.112 Released: 12 Feb 2013

Shockwave Player 11.6.8.638 Released: 23 Oct 2012

Shockwave Player 11.6.7.637 Released: 18 Sep 2012

Shockwave Player 11.6.6.636 Released: 14 Aug 2012

Shockwave Player 11.6.5.635 Released: 08 May 2012

Shockwave Player 11.6.4.634 Released: 14 Feb 2012

Shockwave Player 11.6.4.634 Released: 14 Feb 2012

Shockwave Player 11.6.3.633 Released: 09 Nov 2011

Shockwave Player 11.6.1.629 Released: 10 Aug 2011

Shockwave Player 11.6.0.626 Released: 14 Jun 2011

Shockwave Player 11.5.9.620 Released: 09 Feb 2011

Shockwave Player 11.5.9.615 Released: 29 Oct 2010

Shockwave Player 11.5.8.612 Released: 25 Aug 2010

Shockwave Player 11.5.7.609 Released: 12 May 2010

Shockwave Player 11.5.6.606 Released: 19 Jan 2010

Shockwave Player 11.5.2.602 Released: 04 Nov 2009

Shockwave Player 11.5.1.601 Released: 24 Jul 2009

Shockwave Player 11.5.1.601 Released: 24 Jul 2009

Shockwave Player 11.5.0.600 Released: 17 Jun 2009

Shockwave Player 11.5.0.596 Released: 01 May 2009

Shockwave Player 11.5.0.595 Released: 24 Mar 2009

Shockwave Player 11.0.3.472 Released: 28 Jan 2009

Shockwave Player 11.0.3.471 Released: 02 Dec 2008

Shockwave Player 11.0.3.470 Released: 08 Nov 2008

Shockwave Player 11.0.0.465 Released: 07 Aug 2008

Shockwave Player 11.0.0.458 Released: 20 Jun 2008

Shockwave Player 11.0.0.429 Released: 26 Mar 2008  

Shockwave Player 10.3.0.24 Released: 28 Jan 2008

Shockwave Player 10.3.0.24 Released: 28 Jan 2008

Shockwave Player 10.2.0.023 Released: 23 Aug 2007

Shockwave Player 10.2.0.022 Released: 08 May 2007

  Shockwave Player 10.2.0.021 Released: 24 Apr 2007

Shockwave Player 10.1.4.020 Released: 30 Sep 2006   

Shockwave Player 10.1.3.018 Released: 23 Jun 2006  

Shockwave Player 10.1.0.11 Released: 18 Apr 2006

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