<s>
Adobe	B-Operating_System
Shockwave	I-Operating_System
(	O
formerly	O
Macromedia	B-Operating_System
Shockwave	I-Operating_System
and	O
MacroMind	B-Application
Shockwave	O
)	O
is	O
a	O
discontinued	O
multimedia	O
platform	B-Device
for	O
building	O
interactive	O
multimedia	O
applications	O
and	O
video	O
games	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Developers	O
originate	O
content	O
using	O
Adobe	B-Operating_System
Director	I-Operating_System
and	O
publish	O
it	O
on	O
the	O
Internet	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Such	O
content	O
could	O
be	O
viewed	O
in	O
a	O
web	B-Application
browser	I-Application
on	O
any	O
computer	O
with	O
the	O
Shockwave	B-Operating_System
Player	I-Operating_System
plug-in	O
installed	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
MacroMind	B-Application
originated	O
the	O
technology	O
;	O
Macromedia	O
acquired	O
MacroMind	B-Application
and	O
developed	O
it	O
further	O
,	O
releasing	O
Shockwave	B-Operating_System
Player	I-Operating_System
in	O
1995	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Shockwave	O
supports	O
raster	B-Algorithm
graphics	I-Algorithm
,	O
basic	O
vector	O
graphics	O
,	O
3D	O
graphics	O
,	O
audio	O
,	O
and	O
an	O
embedded	O
scripting	O
language	O
called	O
Lingo	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
Various	O
graphic	O
adventure	O
games	O
were	O
developed	O
with	O
Shockwave	O
then	O
,	O
including	O
The	B-Application
Journeyman	I-Application
Project	I-Application
,	O
Total	B-Application
Distortion	I-Application
,	O
Eastern	B-Application
Mind	I-Application
:	I-Application
The	I-Application
Lost	I-Application
Souls	I-Application
of	I-Application
Tong	I-Application
Nou	I-Application
,	O
Mia	O
's	O
Language	O
Adventure	O
,	O
Mia	O
's	O
Science	O
Adventure	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
Didi	B-Application
&	I-Application
Ditto	I-Application
series	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Video	O
game	O
developers	O
developed	O
hundreds	O
of	O
free	O
online	O
video	O
games	O
using	O
Shockwave	O
,	O
publishing	O
them	O
on	O
websites	O
such	O
as	O
Miniclip	B-Application
and	O
Shockwave.com	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
July	O
2011	O
,	O
a	O
survey	O
found	O
that	O
Flash	B-Operating_System
Player	I-Operating_System
had	O
99%	O
market	O
penetration	O
in	O
desktop	O
browsers	B-Application
in	O
"	O
mature	O
markets	O
"	O
(	O
United	O
States	O
,	O
Canada	O
,	O
United	O
Kingdom	O
,	O
France	O
,	O
Germany	O
,	O
Japan	O
,	O
Australia	O
,	O
and	O
New	O
Zealand	O
)	O
,	O
while	O
Shockwave	B-Operating_System
Player	I-Operating_System
claimed	O
only	O
41%	O
in	O
these	O
markets	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Adobe	B-Operating_System
Flash	I-Operating_System
and	O
Adobe	B-Operating_System
AIR	I-Operating_System
are	O
alternatives	O
to	O
Shockwave	O
,	O
with	O
its	O
3D	B-Operating_System
rendering	I-Operating_System
capabilities	I-Operating_System
,	O
object-oriented	B-Operating_System
programming	I-Operating_System
language	I-Operating_System
,	O
and	O
capacity	O
to	O
run	O
as	O
a	O
native	B-Application
executable	I-Application
on	O
multiple	O
platforms	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
February	O
2019	O
,	O
Adobe	O
announced	O
that	O
Adobe	B-Operating_System
Shockwave	I-Operating_System
,	O
including	O
the	O
Shockwave	B-Operating_System
Player	I-Operating_System
,	O
would	O
be	O
discontinued	O
effective	O
April	O
9	O
,	O
2019	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Shockwave	O
originated	O
with	O
the	O
VideoWorks	B-Operating_System
application	O
developed	O
by	O
MacroMind	B-Application
for	O
the	O
original	O
Apple	B-Device
Macintosh	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Animations	O
are	O
initially	O
limited	O
to	O
the	O
black	O
and	O
white	O
of	O
early	O
Macintosh	B-Device
screens	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
VideoWorks	B-Operating_System
was	O
rebranded	O
as	O
Director	B-Operating_System
1.0	O
in	O
1987	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Director	B-Operating_System
2.2	O
was	O
released	O
in	O
1988	O
,	O
and	O
included	O
the	O
Lingo	B-Language
scripting	I-Language
language	I-Language
with	O
extensibility	O
provided	O
by	O
Xtras	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
Windows	B-Application
version	O
was	O
available	O
in	O
the	O
early	O
1990s	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Director	B-Operating_System
3.0	O
was	O
the	O
last	O
version	O
by	O
MacroMind	B-Application
,	O
and	O
released	O
in	O
1989	O
which	O
introduced	O
XObjects	O
to	O
Lingo	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
Shockwave	B-Operating_System
Player	I-Operating_System
had	O
still	O
not	O
been	O
developed	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
sole	O
means	O
of	O
publishing	O
content	O
remained	O
generating	O
executable	B-Application
applications	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
1992	O
,	O
MacroMind	B-Application
(	O
now	O
MacroMind-Paracomp	B-Application
)	O
merged	O
with	O
Authorware	B-Application
Inc	O
.	O
and	O
became	O
Macromedia	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
the	O
Internet	O
became	O
more	O
popular	O
,	O
Macromedia	O
realized	O
the	O
potential	O
for	O
a	O
web-based	O
multimedia	O
platform	B-Device
,	O
and	O
designed	O
Shockwave	B-Operating_System
Player	I-Operating_System
for	O
the	O
leading	O
web	B-Application
browser	I-Application
of	O
the	O
time	O
,	O
Netscape	B-Protocol
Navigator	I-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
Shockwave	B-Operating_System
Player	I-Operating_System
was	O
released	O
with	O
Director	B-Operating_System
4.0	O
around	O
1995	O
,	O
and	O
branded	O
Shockwave	B-Operating_System
Player	I-Operating_System
1.0	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Its	O
versioning	O
has	O
since	O
been	O
tied	O
to	O
Director	B-Operating_System
's	O
versioning	O
,	O
skipping	O
versions	O
2	O
to	O
4	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Shockwave	O
was	O
now	O
a	O
two-part	O
system	O
,	O
a	O
graphics	O
and	O
animation	O
editor	O
known	O
as	O
Macromedia	B-Operating_System
Director	I-Operating_System
,	O
and	O
a	O
player	O
known	O
as	O
Macromedia	B-Operating_System
Shockwave	I-Operating_System
Player	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
Macromedia	B-Operating_System
Director	I-Operating_System
quickly	O
became	O
the	O
de	O
facto	O
production	O
tool	O
for	O
the	O
multimedia	O
industry	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
By	O
1993	O
it	O
was	O
used	O
to	O
develop	O
most	O
Macintosh	B-Device
CD-ROM	O
games	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
point-and-click	O
graphic	O
adventures	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Throughout	O
the	O
1990s	O
Director	B-Operating_System
was	O
credited	O
with	O
the	O
creation	O
of	O
the	O
majority	O
of	O
educational	O
CD-ROMs	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
preferred	O
over	O
competing	O
applications	O
due	O
to	O
its	O
range	O
of	O
features	O
,	O
relative	O
ease	O
of	O
use	O
and	O
Director	B-Operating_System
's	O
ability	O
to	O
publish	O
executables	B-Application
for	O
both	O
Apple	B-Operating_System
and	O
Microsoft	B-Application
operating	O
systems	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
less-sophisticated	O
alternative	O
to	O
Director	B-Operating_System
was	O
Apple	B-Operating_System
's	O
HyperCard	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
November	O
1996	O
,	O
Macromedia	O
acquired	O
FutureWave	O
Software	O
and	O
its	O
FutureSplash	B-Operating_System
products	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Macromedia	B-Operating_System
Flash	I-Operating_System
1.0	O
was	O
released	O
shortly	O
thereafter	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Macromedia	O
now	O
controlled	O
two	O
of	O
the	O
three	O
leading	O
multimedia	O
platforms	B-Device
for	O
the	O
web	O
,	O
with	O
Java	B-Device
being	O
the	O
third	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Macromedia	B-Operating_System
Director	I-Operating_System
8.5	O
was	O
released	O
in	O
2001	O
and	O
was	O
the	O
first	O
version	O
to	O
specifically	O
target	O
the	O
video	O
game	O
industry	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
introduced	O
3D	O
capabilities	O
,	O
3D	O
text	O
,	O
toon	O
shading	O
,	O
Havok	B-General_Concept
physics	I-General_Concept
,	O
Real	B-Algorithm
Video	I-Algorithm
,	O
Real	B-Algorithm
Audio	I-Algorithm
,	O
integration	O
with	O
Macromedia	B-Operating_System
Flash	I-Operating_System
5	I-Operating_System
,	O
behaviors	O
,	O
and	O
other	O
enhancements	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
3D	O
modelling	O
programs	O
such	O
as	O
LightWave	B-Device
,	O
Cinema	B-Device
4D	I-Device
,	O
and	O
3D	B-Language
Studio	I-Language
Max	I-Language
were	O
upgraded	O
to	O
export	O
3D	O
models	O
for	O
Shockwave	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
of	O
2001	O
,	O
over	O
200	O
million	O
people	O
had	O
the	O
Macromedia	B-Operating_System
Shockwave	I-Operating_System
Player	I-Operating_System
installed	O
,	O
making	O
Shockwave	O
a	O
common	O
format	O
for	O
online	O
video	O
games	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Websites	O
such	O
as	O
Miniclip	B-Application
and	O
Shockwave.com	O
were	O
dedicated	O
to	O
Shockwave	O
and	O
Flash-based	O
video	O
games	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Macromedia	O
was	O
acquired	O
by	O
Adobe	O
Systems	O
in	O
2005	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
entire	O
Macromedia	O
product	O
line	O
including	O
Flash	B-Operating_System
,	O
Dreamweaver	B-Language
,	O
Director/Shockwave	O
,	O
and	O
Authorware	B-Application
was	O
now	O
handled	O
by	O
Adobe	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Director	B-Operating_System
and	O
Shockwave	B-Operating_System
Player	I-Operating_System
is	O
currently	O
developed	O
and	O
distributed	O
by	O
Adobe	O
Systems	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
early	O
2000s	O
saw	O
the	O
decline	O
in	O
the	O
usage	O
of	O
Director/Shockwave	O
as	O
most	O
multimedia	O
professionals	O
preferred	O
Macromedia	B-Operating_System
Flash	I-Operating_System
and	O
other	O
competing	O
platforms	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2007	O
,	O
Adobe	O
released	O
Adobe	B-Operating_System
Director	I-Operating_System
11	O
,	O
the	O
first	O
new	O
release	O
in	O
four	O
years	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
introduced	O
DirectX	B-Application
9	I-Application
native	O
3D	O
rendering	O
and	O
the	O
AGEIA	B-Operating_System
PhysX	I-Operating_System
physics	O
engine	O
,	O
panel	O
docking	O
,	O
QuickTime	B-Application
7	I-Application
support	O
,	O
Windows	B-Device
Media	I-Device
,	O
RealPlayer	B-Application
support	O
,	O
Adobe	B-Operating_System
Flash	I-Operating_System
CS3	I-Operating_System
integration	O
,	O
and	O
Unicode	O
support	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
of	O
2008	O
,	O
the	O
market	O
position	O
of	O
Director/Shockwave	O
overlapped	O
with	O
Flash	B-Operating_System
to	O
a	O
high	O
degree	O
,	O
the	O
only	O
advantage	O
of	O
Director	B-Operating_System
being	O
its	O
native	O
3D	O
capabilities	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
with	O
the	O
release	O
of	O
Flash	B-Operating_System
Player	I-Operating_System
11	I-Operating_System
,	O
GPU-based	O
3D	O
rendering	O
was	O
now	O
supported	O
using	O
Stage3D	B-Operating_System
(	O
the	O
underlying	O
API	O
)	O
,	O
Away3D	B-Application
or	O
Flare3D	B-Operating_System
(	O
3D	O
game	O
engines	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
And	O
after	O
Adobe	B-Operating_System
AIR	I-Operating_System
was	O
released	O
,	O
Flash	B-Operating_System
programs	O
could	O
now	O
be	O
published	O
as	O
native	O
applications	O
,	O
further	O
reducing	O
the	O
need	O
for	O
Director	B-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
February	O
2019	O
,	O
Adobe	O
announced	O
that	O
Adobe	B-Operating_System
Shockwave	I-Operating_System
,	O
including	O
the	O
Shockwave	B-Operating_System
Player	I-Operating_System
,	O
would	O
be	O
discontinued	O
in	O
April	O
2019	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Xtras	O
are	O
plug-ins	O
for	O
the	O
Lingo	B-Language
scripting	I-Language
language	I-Language
that	O
enable	O
additional	O
functionality	O
into	O
a	O
Shockwave	O
project	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Xtras	O
are	O
supported	O
and	O
available	O
for	O
Adobe	B-Operating_System
Director	I-Operating_System
,	O
Adobe	B-Application
Authorware	I-Application
and	O
Adobe	B-Application
Freehand	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Many	O
of	O
Director	B-Operating_System
's	O
own	O
functions	O
are	O
implemented	O
as	O
Xtras	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Xtras	O
use	O
the	O
Macromedia	O
Open	B-Architecture
Architecture	I-Architecture
which	O
was	O
designed	O
to	O
allow	O
easy	O
creation	O
of	O
interchangeable	O
components	O
between	O
Macromedia	O
products	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Xtras	O
for	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
(	O
32-bit	O
)	O
have	O
an	O
file	O
extension	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Xtras	O
for	O
Mac	B-Application
OS	I-Application
generally	O
have	O
an	O
extension	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
file	O
extension	O
*	O
is	O
reserved	O
for	O
Xtras	O
for	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
(	O
16-bit	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
