Game files
The game files of Webkinz used on this wiki come from the Flashpoint Archive, a volunteer project that preserves web games. Flashpoint keeps them in two forms: entries in its catalogue, each with the files it needs to run, and a store of the site's own files under their original addresses. Both are listed below. The titles of the catalogue entries are Flashpoint's; where a game's own text gives a different title, the game's article says so.
What the files are
Nearly all the files are Flash programs (.swf). Three kinds of thing are among them. The largest group is games from the Arcade, stored in a folder named SWF/ARCADE/GAMES.[1] The second is a set of animated songs stored in a folder named MusicStarzShowcase; see Music Starz Showcase.[2] The rest are single programs: a tour of the site, a waiting screen, an advertisement, Webkinz Studio and two games stored under an address for items.[3][4][5]
Only text can be read out of a Flash file without running it, and this wiki's articles rest on the whole sentences found there: instructions, messages and the wording of the tour. Many Arcade games are kept in more than one copy. A copy whose name ends in _hack or _hacked usually has the English sentences inside it, while the copy without that ending, or with _og, often has none; the instructions of Ant Mania: Picnic 2 are an example.[6][7] The files do not say who made the altered copies or why, and this wiki cites whichever copy holds the words. One plain text file is preserved, the English wording of the site tour.[8]
A file shows what a game contained. It does not show when the game was online, or that players saw every message in it: several files hold testers' and programmers' notes that were never meant for players.
Preserved games
Flashpoint's catalogue has 78 entries for Webkinz with files of their own. One more title in its catalogue, Wacky Zingoz Extreme, has no folder of its own; its file is among the site's own files below. The list of games sorts the entries by kind.
| Title | Made with | Where Flashpoint took it from | Files | Size |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| A Dog With a Bow In Her Hair | Flash | https://www.webkinz.com/ | 2 | 3.2 MB |
| Ant Mania: Picnic 2 | Flash | http://www.webkinz.com | 13 | 1.3 MB |
| Bamboo Break | Flash | http://www.webkinz.com/SWF/ARCADE/GAMES/bambooBreak.swf (via Wayback Machine) | 2 | 278 KB |
| Bananza | Flash | http://www.webkinz.com/ | 9 | 678 KB |
| Bananza: Tropical Troubles | Flash | http://www.webkinz.com | 8 | 1.0 MB |
| Booger Gets an A | Flash | http://www.webkinz.com | 8 | 1.3 MB |
| Candy Bash | Flash | http://www.webkinz.com/ | 14 | 3.0 MB |
| Candy Bash 2: ¡Viva Poncho! | Flash | http://www.webkinz.com/ | 8 | 829 KB |
| Caramel Soup | Flash | https://www.webkinz.com/ | 1 | 7.0 MB |
| Cash Cow 2 | Flash | http://www.webkinz.com/ | 9 | 1.1 MB |
| Cat's Pajama Party | Flash | https://www.webkinz.com/ | 2 | 3.7 MB |
| Cats & Dogs (Why Do We Always Fight?) | Flash | https://www.webkinz.com | 2 | 3.3 MB |
| Color Storm | Flash | http://www.webkinz.com | 8 | 433 KB |
| Dex Dangerous and the Lunar Lugbotz! | Flash | http://www.webkinz.com/ | 9 | 740 KB |
| Do You Want to Party? | Flash | https://www.webkinz.com/ | 1 | 6.7 MB |
| Fijit Friends Newbies: Rockin' Newbies | Flash | http://www.webkinz.com/SWF/ARCADE/GAMES/rockingNewbiesIcecapAdventure.swf | 9 | 2.0 MB |
| Go Go Go Googles | Flash | https://www.webkinz.com/ | 2 | 4.8 MB |
| Go Go Googles! | Flash | http://www.webkinz.com/ | 9 | 1.1 MB |
| Goober's Lab | Flash | http://www.webkinz.com | 9 | 1.6 MB |
| Home Before Dark | Flash | http://www.webkinz.com | 7 | 709 KB |
| Hug A Pug! | Flash | https://www.webkinz.com | 2 | 3.8 MB |
| Hungry Hog 2: Pinky's Big Adventure | Flash | http://www.webkinz.com | 8 | 1.2 MB |
| I Dream In Pink | Flash | https://www.webkinz.com/ | 2 | 7.0 MB |
| I Dream In Pink! (Nikki Yanofsky) | Flash | https://www.webkinz.com/ | 1 | 6.8 MB |
| I Gotta Lotta Soft Spots for You! | Flash | https://www.webkinz.com | 2 | 3.9 MB |
| I Like To Clown Around | Flash | https://www.webkinz.com/ | 1 | 4.6 MB |
| I Love Being A Spotted Frog | Flash | https://www.webkinz.com | 2 | 3.4 MB |
| I Wanna Run | Flash | https://www.webkinz.com | 2 | 2.8 MB |
| Icecap Adventure | Flash | www.webkinz.com | 2 | 370 KB |
| Iceman Blues | Flash | https://www.webkinz.com/ | 1 | 6.3 MB |
| It's A Beautiful Day | Flash | https://www.webkinz.com/ | 1 | 6.6 MB |
| It's Good to be the King | Flash | https://www.webkinz.com/ | 2 | 3.8 MB |
| It's a Wonderful World | Flash | https://www.webkinz.com/ | 1 | 5.5 MB |
| Just Wanna Be Your Friend | Flash | https://www.webkinz.com/ | 1 | 5.0 MB |
| Koala Holiday | Flash | https://www.webkinz.com/ | 2 | 6.1 MB |
| Let's Go Fishin' | Flash | https://www.webkinz.com/ | 1 | 6.9 MB |
| Let's Make The World A Better Place | Flash | https://www.webkinz.com/ | 1 | 6.8 MB |
| Lily Padz | Flash | http://www.webkinz.com/ | 9 | 1.1 MB |
| Lily Padz 2: Downpourz | Flash | http://www.webkinz.com/ | 9 | 1.7 MB |
| Lunch Letters | Flash | http://www.webkinz.com/ | 9 | 1.5 MB |
| Miss Kitty | Flash | https://www.webkinz.com/ | 1 | 3.5 MB |
| Misunderstood (No Friend Blues) | Flash | https://www.webkinz.com/ | 2 | 3.5 MB |
| Mustache Louie | Flash | https://www.webkinz.com/ | 2 | 5.5 MB |
| My Favorite Time of Year | Flash | https://www.webkinz.com/ | 1 | 5.9 MB |
| Operation Gumball | Flash | http://www.webkinz.com/ | 10 | 1.1 MB |
| Persian Cat (Nine Lives) | Flash | https://www.webkinz.com/ | 2 | 4.5 MB |
| Picnic | Flash | http://www.webkinz.com | 9 | 538 KB |
| Piggy Plum Pie | Flash | https://www.webkinz.com/ | 2 | 5.2 MB |
| Pizza Palace | Flash | http://www.webkinz.com/ | 8 | 1.6 MB |
| Polar Plunge | Flash | http://www.webkinz.com | 9 | 1.2 MB |
| Pumpkin Patch Protector | Flash | http://www.webkinz.com/ | 9 | 1.1 MB |
| Rockerz Backstage Run | Flash | http://www.webkinz.com | 8 | 1.0 MB |
| Scaredy Cat | Flash | https://www.webkinz.com/ | 1 | 6.2 MB |
| Stay Away From Me | Flash | https://www.webkinz.com/ | 1 | 6.9 MB |
| The Coolest Thing is Everything | Flash | https://www.webkinz.com/ | 1 | 6.0 MB |
| The Dog on The Front of The Tag | Flash | https://www.webkinz.com | 2 | 1.4 MB |
| The Prettiest Pink Pony In Town | Flash | https://www.webkinz.com | 2 | 2.7 MB |
| Tiger Tiger | Flash | https://www.webkinz.com/ | 2 | 5.3 MB |
| Tile Towers | Flash | http://www.webkinz.com | 9 | 906 KB |
| Triple Strike Solitaire | Flash | http://www.webkinz.com | 9 | 593 KB |
| Tulip Trouble 2 | Flash | http://www.webkinz.com | 8 | 808 KB |
| Wacky Zingoz | Flash | http://www.webkinz.com | 8 | 1.1 MB |
| Wacky's Bullseye Batter | Flash | http://www.webkinz.com/ | 8 | 680 KB |
| WebKinz Pool | Flash | http://assets.webkinz.com/swf/item/1676/sfunction.swf | 5 | 327 KB |
| Webkinz "Cats & Dogs" Preloader | Flash | http://www.webkinz.com | 1 | 22 KB |
| Webkinz "I Gotta Lotta Soft Spots for You!" Preloader | Flash | http://www.webkinz.com | 1 | 22 KB |
| Webkinz "I Love Being a Spotted Frog" Preloader | Flash | http://www.webkinz.com | 1 | 17 KB |
| Webkinz "I Wanna Run" Preloader | Flash | http://www.webkinz.com | 1 | 9 KB |
| Webkinz Breaking Newz Jigsaw Puzzle | Flash | http://assets.webkinz.com/swf/item/1587/sfunction.swf | 3 | 408 KB |
| Webkinz Deluxe Membership Ad | Flash | http://www.webkinz.com | 1 | 586 KB |
| Webkinz Mini Arcade | Flash | http://www.webkinz.com/SWF/miniarcade/miniarcade.swf (via Wayback Machine) | 4 | 505 KB |
| Webkinz Mini Golf | Flash | http://www.webkinz.com/SWF/ARCADE/GAMES/miniGolf.swf | 9 | 1.1 MB |
| Webkinz Queue Interface Animation | Flash | http://www.webkinz.com/SWF/QueueInterface.swf (via Web Cache) | 3 | 372 KB |
| Webkinz Site Tour 2008 | Flash | http://www.webkinz.com/SWF/TOUR/siteTour.html (via Wayback Machine) | 27 | 10.1 MB |
| Webkinz Studio | Flash | http://www.webkinz.com/ | 101 | 4.0 MB |
| Where Did You Get Those Stripes? | Flash | https://www.webkinz.com | 2 | 1.9 MB |
| Where's Wacky | Flash | http://www.webkinz.com/ | 9 | 801 KB |
| Zacky's Quest | Flash | http://www.webkinz.com/ | 10 | 1.3 MB |
Preserved files
Flashpoint also keeps four of the site's files under their original addresses: the program of the Arcade itself, the games Wacky Zingoz and Wacky Zingoz Extreme, and the file of lettering that the games share.[9][10][11][12]
| Folder | Files |
|---|---|
www.webkinz.com |
1 swf |
www.webkinz.com/SWF/ARCADE |
1 swf |
www.webkinz.com/SWF/ARCADE/GAMES |
2 swf |
References
- ↑ The game file
Bamboo Break/content/www.webkinz.com/SWF/ARCADE/GAMES/bambooBreak.swf, as kept in the Flashpoint Archive (Flashpoint Ultimate 14). - ↑ The game file
It's a Wonderful World/content/www.webkinz.com/SWF/VIEWS/MusicStarzShowcase/media/videos/29.swf, as kept in the Flashpoint Archive (Flashpoint Ultimate 14). - ↑ The game file
Webkinz Site Tour 2008/content/www.webkinz.com/SWF/TOUR/siteTour.swf, as kept in the Flashpoint Archive (Flashpoint Ultimate 14). - ↑ The game file
Webkinz Queue Interface Animation/content/www.webkinz.com/SWF/QueueInterface.swf, as kept in the Flashpoint Archive (Flashpoint Ultimate 14). - ↑ The game file
WebKinz Pool/content/assets.webkinz.com/swf/item/1676/sfunction.swf, as kept in the Flashpoint Archive (Flashpoint Ultimate 14). - ↑ The game file
Ant Mania_ Picnic 2/content/www.webkinz.com/SWF/ARCADE/GAMES/antManiaInstructions_hack.swf, as kept in the Flashpoint Archive (Flashpoint Ultimate 14). - ↑ The game file
Ant Mania_ Picnic 2/content/www.webkinz.com/SWF/ARCADE/GAMES/antManiaInstructions.swf, as kept in the Flashpoint Archive (Flashpoint Ultimate 14). - ↑ The game file
Webkinz Site Tour 2008/content/www.webkinz.com/XML/L10N/US_EN/siteTour.xml, as kept in the Flashpoint Archive (Flashpoint Ultimate 14). - ↑ The game file
www.webkinz.com/SWF/ARCADE/arcade.swf, as kept in the Flashpoint Archive (Flashpoint Ultimate 14). - ↑ The game file
www.webkinz.com/SWF/ARCADE/GAMES/wze.swf, as kept in the Flashpoint Archive (Flashpoint Ultimate 14). - ↑ The game file
www.webkinz.com/SWF/ARCADE/GAMES/zingoz.swf, as kept in the Flashpoint Archive (Flashpoint Ultimate 14). - ↑ The game file
www.webkinz.com/shared.swf, as kept in the Flashpoint Archive (Flashpoint Ultimate 14).