Download Online Games
Online browser games are fun, but if you don’t have a working internet connection, you’re usually out of luck if you want to play. This isn’t a problem, however, if you save your favorite games to your computer. Then you can play them anytime. All you need is a web browser like Firefox or Chrome. Follow this guide to learn how.
Steps
Using Firefox
- Open the website containing the Flash game. You will be using Firefox’s Page Info command to browse for the .swf file, which is the format for Flash games. Make sure that the entire game has loaded.
- This will not work for games that aren’t in Flash format, such as Java or HTML.
- You will need to have Adobe Flash installed in order to save the file.
- Right-click on the website’s background. Don’t right-click on the game itself, but on the background of the website somewhere. Select View Page Info from the menu.
- Click the Media tab. This will list all of the images, sounds, videos, and other media objects on the website. Click the Type column to sort the list by type, and scroll down until you see the Object category. If there is not such files as Object, look for one called "Embed".
- Download the game. Select the “.swf” file in the list. The name will typically be related to the title of the game, and will contain the entire URL of the game. Once you’ve selected it, click Save As. Rename it to whatever you’d like and choose where you want to save it. Once it’s saved, the download is complete.
- Open the game. Once you’ve downloaded the game, navigate to where you saved it. Right-click on the file and select Open With… You will be given a list of programs to open the game with. If Firefox is on this list, choose it. If Firefox is not on the list, click “Browse for more programs” and then navigate to Firefox.
- Firefox is typically installed at C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe, though this will vary depending on your system configuration.
- You can install a standalone .swf player program if you’d rather use a different program than Firefox.
Using Google Chrome
- Open the website containing the Flash game. You will be using Chrome’s “View page source” command to browse for the .swf file, which is the format for Flash games. Make sure that the entire game has loaded.
- This will not work for games that aren’t in Flash format, such as Java or HTML.
- You will need to have Adobe Flash installed in order to save the file.
- Right-click the website’s background. Do not click on the game itself, but rather the background of the website. Select “View page source” from the menu. This will open up the code of the website in new tab.
- Find the Flash file. The game will have a “.swf” extension. Use the Find function by pressing Ctrl+F and entering “.swf” into the search field. Look for the entry that provides the entire URL address of the .swf file. Copy the address by highlighting it and pressing Ctrl+C.
- Open the URL in a new tab. Copy the address into the address bar and press Enter. All that should load is the Flash game on a white background. Test the game to make sure that it is loaded properly.
- Save the page. Click the Customize button in the top-right corner of Chrome. It looks like 3 horizontal bars. Select “Save Page As” from the menu. Rename the file to whatever you’d like and set where you want to download it. Click Save to save it to your computer.
- Play the game. To access the game, you will need to designate a program to open it if you haven’t done do before. Right-click on the downloaded file and select Open With… If Chrome is on the list, select it and your game will open. If Chrome is not on the list, click the Browse button and navigate to your Chrome installation.
- Chrome is typically installed at: C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe
Warnings
- This only works on most flash games, and only in the swf format.
