How to Play Flash Games on a Blocked School or Work Computer

Last Updated: October 27, 2021

Flash games are a total blast. Of course, that's when they work. Many schools have blocked flash game websites and even if you manage to get on them, your history will be tracked. Many schools and businesses have cut down and gamers & procrastinators and have made it impossible for you to game at school/work. But nothing is impossible on a computer.

This does require you to have an unrestricted home computer, though this can sometimes be done on an unwatched library computer.

Steps

1
On your home computer (or any other unrestricted computer), visit the website that contains the flash game(s) you want to play.
2
On the page where the flash game is loading or loaded, right click the page and select View Page Source (or "View Source," or something along those lines).

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3
A new window should pop up that contains HTML. Press Ctrl+F to open the Find menu.
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Type .swf and have it search.
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Find the URL. An example could be http://example.com/stuff/the-game.swf. Copy the URL and paste it in your Address bar.
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Press Enter/Go to load the SWF file in your browser.
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Once the game loads in your browser window, click File, then click Save As (or Save Page As, or something along those lines).
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Save it to a portable device, such as a flash drive, iPod, or PSP. Wait for few seconds to let download finish.
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On a restricted computer (such as a school computer), hook up the portable device and open the .swf file in your browser of choice (Internet Explorer, Firefox, or whatever your school computer comes equipped with).
10
Enjoy playing your game, but be sure that you don't play any games in front of your teachers.

Community Q&A

Question

It says I don't have the appropriate program to open this file. What do I do?

Community Answer

Use FireFox portable. Just download it, and put it on the flash drive. It's easy to get, just google it.
Question

Will these steps work for a Chromebook?

Community Answer

Yes, they will. Just download a VPN, such as Thunder VPN, and you will be able to do whatever you want (at the expense of your personal data and privacy).
Question

How do I get video games unblocked on my school computer?

Community Answer

Use VPN.

Warnings

When you are bored at work or school, you might be tempted to do a Google search for "flash games," and try to click on something like the 200th result. Sometimes you can find a good small website that isn't blocked yet, but most of the time, those pages are ridden with viruses, popups, and Trojans. To play it safe, stick with downloading the files, and only getting them from reputable sources.

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