<s>
Adobe	B-Operating_System
Shockwave	I-Operating_System
Player	I-Operating_System
(	O
formerly	O
Macromedia	B-Operating_System
Shockwave	I-Operating_System
Player	I-Operating_System
,	O
and	O
also	O
known	O
as	O
Shockwave	O
for	O
Director	O
)	O
is	O
a	O
discontinued	O
freeware	B-License
software	I-License
plug-in	B-Application
for	O
viewing	O
multimedia	O
and	O
video	O
games	O
created	O
on	O
the	O
Adobe	B-Operating_System
Shockwave	I-Operating_System
platform	O
in	O
web	O
pages	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Content	O
was	O
developed	O
with	O
Adobe	B-Operating_System
Director	I-Operating_System
and	O
published	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	B-Application
installed	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Shockwave	B-Operating_System
Player	I-Operating_System
ran	O
DCR	B-Operating_System
files	I-Operating_System
published	O
by	O
the	O
Adobe	B-Operating_System
Director	I-Operating_System
environment	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Shockwave	B-Operating_System
Player	I-Operating_System
supported	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>
Hundreds	O
of	O
free	O
online	O
video	O
games	O
were	O
developed	O
using	O
Shockwave	O
,	O
and	O
published	O
on	O
websites	O
such	O
as	O
Miniclip	B-Application
and	O
Shockwave.com	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
of	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>
As	O
of	O
2015	O
,	O
Flash	B-Operating_System
Player	I-Operating_System
is	O
a	O
suitable	O
alternative	O
to	O
Shockwave	B-Operating_System
Player	I-Operating_System
,	O
with	O
its	O
3D	B-Operating_System
rendering	I-Operating_System
capabilities	I-Operating_System
and	O
object-oriented	B-Operating_System
programming	I-Operating_System
language	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
Flash	B-Operating_System
Player	I-Operating_System
cannot	O
display	O
Shockwave	O
content	O
,	O
and	O
Shockwave	B-Operating_System
Player	I-Operating_System
cannot	O
display	O
Flash	O
content	O
.	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>
The	O
final	O
update	O
for	O
Adobe	B-Operating_System
Shockwave	I-Operating_System
Player	I-Operating_System
was	O
released	O
on	O
March	O
15	O
,	O
2019	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Shockwave	B-Operating_System
Player	I-Operating_System
is	O
no	O
longer	O
available	O
for	O
download	O
(	O
as	O
of	O
October	O
8	O
,	O
2019	O
)	O
,	O
and	O
it	O
cannot	O
be	O
used	O
anymore	O
since	O
web	B-Application
browsers	I-Application
have	O
blocked	O
the	O
Shockwave	B-Operating_System
Player	I-Operating_System
plug-in	B-Application
upon	O
its	O
discontinuation	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Shockwave	B-Operating_System
player	I-Operating_System
was	O
originally	O
developed	O
for	O
the	O
Netscape	B-Protocol
browser	I-Protocol
by	O
Macromedia	B-Operating_System
Director	I-Operating_System
team	O
members	O
Harry	O
Chesley	O
,	O
John	O
Newlin	O
,	O
Sarah	O
Allen	O
,	O
and	O
Ken	O
Day	O
,	O
influenced	O
by	O
a	O
previous	O
plug-in	B-Application
that	O
Macromedia	O
had	O
created	O
for	O
Microsoft	O
's	O
Blackbird	B-Library
.	O
</s>
<s>
Shockwave	O
1	O
The	O
Shockwave	O
plug-in	B-Application
for	O
Netscape	B-Protocol
Navigator	I-Protocol
2.0	O
was	O
released	O
in	O
1995	O
,	O
along	O
with	O
the	O
stand-alone	O
Afterburner	O
utility	O
to	O
compress	O
Director	O
files	O
for	O
Shockwave	O
playback	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Shockwave	O
10	O
Last	O
version	O
to	O
support	O
Mac	B-Operating_System
OS	I-Operating_System
X	I-Operating_System
10.3	I-Operating_System
and	O
lower	O
,	O
and	O
Mac	B-Operating_System
OS	I-Operating_System
9	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
Shockwave	O
11	O
Added	O
support	O
for	O
Intel-based	B-Device
Macs	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Shockwave	O
12.1	O
It	O
is	O
supported	O
by	O
32-bit	O
and	O
64-bit	O
versions	O
of	O
Windows	B-Application
XP	O
,	O
Vista	O
,	O
7	O
,	O
and	O
8	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
From	O
version	O
12.1.5.155	O
Shockwave	O
is	O
supported	O
in	O
both	O
Internet	O
Explorer	O
and	O
Mozilla	B-Application
Firefox	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Shockwave	O
12.2	O
Last	O
update	O
for	O
macOS	B-Application
before	O
discontinuation	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Shockwave	O
was	O
available	O
as	O
a	O
plug-in	B-Application
for	O
the	O
classic	B-Application
Mac	I-Application
OS	I-Application
,	O
macOS	B-Application
,	O
and	O
32	O
bit	O
Windows	B-Application
for	O
most	O
of	O
its	O
history	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
there	O
was	O
a	O
notable	O
break	O
in	O
support	O
for	O
the	O
Macintosh	B-Device
between	O
January	O
2006	O
(	O
when	O
Apple	O
Inc	O
.	O
began	O
the	O
Mac	B-Device
transition	I-Device
to	I-Device
Intel	I-Device
processors	I-Device
based	O
on	O
the	O
Intel	O
Core	O
Duo	O
)	O
and	O
March	O
2008	O
(	O
when	O
Adobe	O
Systems	O
released	O
Shockwave	O
11	O
,	O
the	O
first	O
version	O
to	O
run	O
natively	O
on	O
Intel	B-Device
Macs	I-Device
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Unlike	O
Flash	B-Operating_System
Player	I-Operating_System
,	O
Shockwave	B-Operating_System
Player	I-Operating_System
is	O
not	O
available	O
for	O
Linux	B-Application
or	O
Solaris	B-Application
despite	O
intense	O
lobbying	O
efforts	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
the	O
Shockwave	B-Operating_System
Player	I-Operating_System
can	O
be	O
installed	O
on	O
Linux	B-Application
with	O
CrossOver	B-Operating_System
(	O
or	O
by	O
running	O
a	O
Windows	B-Application
version	O
of	O
a	O
supported	O
browser	B-Application
in	O
Wine	B-Application
with	O
varying	O
degrees	O
of	O
success	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
also	O
possible	O
to	O
use	O
Shockwave	B-Operating_System
Player	I-Operating_System
in	O
the	O
native	O
Linux	B-Application
version	O
of	O
Firefox	B-Application
by	O
using	O
the	O
Pipelight	B-Application
plugin	B-Application
(	O
which	O
is	O
based	O
on	O
a	O
modified	O
version	O
of	O
Wine	B-Application
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2017	O
,	O
the	O
authoring	O
tool	O
for	O
Shockwave	O
content	O
,	O
Adobe	B-Operating_System
Director	I-Operating_System
,	O
was	O
discontinued	O
on	O
February	O
1	O
;	O
and	O
the	O
following	O
month	O
,	O
Shockwave	B-Operating_System
Player	I-Operating_System
for	O
macOS	B-Application
was	O
officially	O
discontinued	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
February	O
2019	O
,	O
Adobe	O
announced	O
that	O
Shockwave	B-Operating_System
Player	I-Operating_System
would	O
be	O
officially	O
discontinued	O
and	O
unsupported	O
on	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
,	O
the	O
last	O
OS	O
that	O
supported	O
the	O
Shockwave	B-Operating_System
Player	I-Operating_System
,	O
effective	O
April	O
9	O
,	O
2019	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Some	O
security	O
experts	O
advise	O
users	O
to	O
uninstall	O
Adobe	B-Operating_System
Shockwave	I-Operating_System
Player	I-Operating_System
because	O
"	O
it	O
bundles	O
a	O
component	O
of	O
Adobe	B-Operating_System
Flash	I-Operating_System
that	O
is	O
more	O
than	O
15	O
months	O
behind	O
on	O
security	O
updates	O
,	O
and	O
which	O
can	O
be	O
used	O
to	O
backdoor	O
virtually	O
any	O
computer	O
running	O
it	O
"	O
,	O
in	O
the	O
words	O
of	O
Brian	O
Krebs	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Additionally	O
Krebs	O
writes	O
that	O
"	O
Shockwave	O
has	O
several	O
modules	O
that	O
do	O
n't	O
opt	O
in	O
to	O
trivial	O
exploit	O
mitigation	O
techniques	O
built	O
into	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
,	O
such	O
as	O
SafeSEH.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
Although	O
this	O
campaign	O
was	O
successful	O
and	O
helped	O
establish	O
Shockwave	B-Operating_System
Flash	I-Operating_System
as	O
a	O
multimedia	O
plugin	B-Application
,	O
Shockwave	O
and	O
Flash	O
became	O
more	O
difficult	O
to	O
maintain	O
as	O
separate	O
products	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2005	O
,	O
Macromedia	O
marketed	O
three	O
distinct	O
browser	B-Application
player	O
plugins	B-Application
under	O
the	O
brand	O
names	O
Macromedia	B-Application
Authorware	I-Application
,	O
Macromedia	B-Operating_System
Shockwave	I-Operating_System
,	O
and	O
Macromedia	B-Operating_System
Flash	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
Macromedia	O
also	O
released	O
a	O
web	B-Application
browser	I-Application
plug-in	B-Application
for	O
viewing	O
Macromedia	B-Application
FreeHand	I-Application
files	O
online	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
branded	O
Macromedia	B-Operating_System
Shockwave	I-Operating_System
for	O
FreeHand	O
and	O
displayed	O
specially	O
compressed	O
.fhc	O
Freehand	O
files	O
.	O
</s>
