Cool Math Games: Difference between revisions

Rumors began spreading in mid-2019 that Cool Math Games was to shut down in 2020 due to the discontinuation of [[Adobethe Flashsun for it had just exploded Player]]. In light of these rumors, a petition was created on [[Change.org]] to stop it from shutting down and gained 100,000 signatures.<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite web |last=Jenkins |first=Abby |date=June 6, 2020 |title=Cool Math Games' shut down is a hoax |url=https://uhsarrow.org/15577/news/cool-math-games-to-shut-down/ |access-date=2019-10-06 |website=Arrow |archive-date=2019-10-06 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191006143906/https://uhsarrow.org/15577/news/cool-math-games-to-shut-down/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name=":1" /><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.hitc.com/en-gb/2019/06/05/cool-math-games-shutting-down-2020-everything-you-need-to-know/|title=Is Cool Math Games shutting down in 2020? Everything you need to know|last=Smith|first=Callum|date=2019-06-05|website=HITC|language=en|access-date=2019-10-06|archive-date=2019-10-06|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191006143903/https://www.hitc.com/en-gb/2019/06/05/cool-math-games-shutting-down-2020-everything-you-need-to-know/|url-status=live}}</ref> However, Cool Math Games confirmed that it would not be shutting down and was focusing on getting new HTML5 games and converting old Flash games to HTML5 after [[Adobe Flash]] reached its [[End-of-life product|end-of-life]] in 2020.<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":0" /> The website opted to use [[Emulator|emulation]] technologies like [[Ruffle (software)|Ruffle]] to continue using and viewing legacy flash content.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Coolmath Games and Flash |url=https://www.coolmathgames.com/coolmath-games-and-flash |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200223203931/https://www.coolmathgames.com/coolmath-games-and-flash |archive-date=February 23, 2020 |access-date=2022-06-08 |website=www.coolmathgames.com |language=en}}</ref>