There are a lot of free flash games
on the internet. However, sometimes it’s nice if you’re able to access these
games offline — on your desktop, or on a USB stick.
For most sites, you can just use some
of the many online tools and tricks available. Aibek wrote an article on it
last year —How To Download and Play Flash Games
Offline. Sadly, MiniClip.com isn’t what we’d consider ‘most sites’.
If you want to download a flash game,
MiniClip can be a real hard-ass. They do their best to ensure that the games keep
being played on their site. That’s were the nerds come in.
Today, we’ll show you how to download
free flash MiniClip games to enjoy on your computer or on a USB stick. The
process seems a little bit difficult at first, but if you follow the
instructions, you’ll do it in no-time.
Downloading Free
Flash MiniClip Games
If you are to download a game from
MiniClip.com, you must be willing to get your hands dirty. Where fancy tools do
not work, we go in the old-fashioned way.
First off, we’ll be looking for the
location of the flash file (a separate file in which the game is contained). To
do this, we’re going to take a look at the source code. For those of you who
are not that technologically skilled, it is a document filled with code. These
lines define how the webpage is built, how it looks and – most importantly for
us – what files are embedded.
Open the source code with Ctrl+U (Firefox on
Windows), or right-click on the page and clickView Source. This ought to
work in any current-day browser, even though the phrasing might differ
slightly.
Next, press Ctrl+F to initiate a search, and use .swf as a query (including the dot will filter out
unnecessary results). Your first result should be something of the kind you see
below:value=”doodle2.swf”. The exact name
depends on which file you’re trying to download. Write your value (the name
between the quotation marks) down, or copy it to your clipboard.
Now we know the file’s name, getting
it to your desktop is easy. Just put the value behind the game’s original browser address, and you’ve got your download link.
Now all you have to do is download the file.
However, if you haven’t got a
download manager, downloading with the URL from a browser can be tricky.
Because of their support for flash files, your browser will probably try to openthe file, not save it. This can be
avoided using a simple workaround.
Go to an online HTML code tester, like the one on Draac.com and enter your link in
the following way: <a href=”YourLinkComesHere“>text</a>. Just press the
button and you’ve got a clickable link waiting for you!
Putting the files
on Your USB stick
Right now you can just put the files
on your USB, if you want. From there, you can carry it to a friend’s, or enjoy
yourself at school or work. However, not all computers can just open these free
flash MiniClip games. There are two possible ways of going about this.
First of all, you could simply use
your web browser. All browsers (Firefox, IE, etc.) with the flash plug-in
installed, can also play these files from your desktop. However, you’ll need to
point your computer in the right direction with right-click -> Open with…
Alternatively, you can install one of
the many desktop flash players out there. One free solution that worked pretty
well for me is the Swiff Pla
yer, but there are plenty of alternatives
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