Flash games - for every millenial and Gen Z growong up in the late 2000s and late 2010s, these were the video games they wanted to play at school and at home. After all, nothing can beat their accessibility and free admission.

That is no joke. Kids at the time can play these games with any computer for free as long as they have a web browser.

However, people grow and move on with their lives, and as such, the programing language eventually lost popularity in favor of HTML 5

They might be unplayable now, but the memories of those who played them will remain.

here are some of the greatest flash games that help made our childhood worth remembering.

Age Of War and Age Of War 2

Age of War and its sequel, Age of War 2 are not so different from each other. Both are base defense games inspired by Sid Meier's Civilization series, wherein players are tasked to destroy the AI's base by defending their bases and overwhelming their enemies.

However, this strategy isn't sustainable as the game's AI can upgrade its base to the next time period in history, which means it can spawn technologically superior units to theirs.

Fortunately, players can upgrade their base and units as well, right up to the world of science fiction, in fact.

The game is so popular it is one of the flash games that made it to the mobile market. You can find these games in the Apple App Store or Google Play Store for free.

Club Penguin

Club Penguin is one of gaming's most beloved flash games for a good reason: it functions like a virtual world where people from all countries can meet, know, and play with each other while being a platform to role-play and express themselves online.

Players can play winter-themed minigames like cook, fish, have snowball fights, and sled down hills and mountains. They can even participate in secret agent missions and even tip an iceberg.

The game also offers pets and houses for players to "live in" and customize to impress their friends and visitors from the game.

Unfortunately, the game's popularity steadily declined come the 2010s as many of its players grew out of the game, per Tech Crunch. Eventually, Club Penguin closed its doors on Mar. 30, 2017.

Fancy Pants Adventure

Fancy pants Adventure is a series of side-scroller flash games that has players take control of an unnamed stickman with some mad parkour skills, a mohawk, and wearing some fancy pants, in his mission to solve the problem posed by his town's mayor, per Software Test Tips.

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The game series may be a slow burner, with its first game not having much of a story, while the subsequent games future more developed ones.

Regardless, the series was able to make the jump from flash game to the mainstream arena with the Fancy pants Adventure Classic Pack, which is available on Steam for $10.

Poptropica

Poptropica is one of the flash games that are still playable after its stint as one. According to CBR, the game was first released in Sept. 2007 and was developed by Pearson Education's Family Education Network made with young and growing children in mind.

The game allows players to role-play and explore many islands that feature many unique stories as well as puzzles and secrets to solve and uncover.

During the game's heyday, players can experience role-playing as a superhero and zip through the skies or be a time-traveling detective and uncover a mystery hidden in many historical events.

Despite the game remaining playable, those who previously played the game would be disappointed as many of the game's original islands are still unavailable.

Warfare 1917 and Warfare 1944

Con Artist Games, the creator of The Last Stand series, is not only known for his zombie survival games. He also created the warfare series, which features a simplified crash course on the two World Wars.

players are tasked to spawn troops to overwhelm the enemy and take the other side of the screen through numbers and smart use of unit upgrades and fire support such as mortars, artillery, and gas bombs.

Most of the game's animations are recycled from The Last Stand video games, but players won't notice this because the game knows how to keep up the pressure.

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