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Part turn-based RPG, part sprite animation, this was a big hot fudge of a crossover between Sonic, Zelda, Mega Man ( Classic, X, and Zero), with a touch of вЂњoriginal characters, donut stealвЂќ to seal the deal.

Final Fantasy Sonic X is probably the most 2000s thing on this list. If the previous two paragraphs didnвЂ™t give away my age, this one definitely will. It is a damn shame that it might remain unfinished forever.Д«y the way, I know Super Mario Bros Z exists and it is awesome! I just wasnвЂ™t into it back thenвЂ¦

Burn the rope newgrounds series#

While not quite as action-packed, the original вЂњAnimation vs AnimatorвЂќ is still a fun and creative concept thatвЂ™s still going on to this day, and itвЂ™s some of the best content the internet has to offer! And never let it be said that you canвЂ™t make good horror with stick figures, because the вЂњCastleвЂќ series used to scare the hell out of me! It has zombies/demons, plenty of action, and lots of blood, but it took its time to build up tension and tries to tell a cool story. His вЂњShockвЂќ series is what I consider to be his magnum opus, with вЂњShock 2вЂќ being a fight I still rewatch regularly, and the thing I can thank for introducing me to the band вЂњThe Sleeping.вЂќ The absolute classic вЂњXiao XiaoвЂќ was like watching a stick version of a John Woo shootout, complete with totally unnecessary but still cool as fuck Gun-Fu. ItвЂ™s not just a cop-out for a lack of resources, stick fights are a legitimate art style that you can use for almost anything! If you want to see frenetic, stylish action, then look no further than the works of animator Philips вЂњTerkoizвЂќ Lacanlale. They might look simplistic at first glance, but one needs but a couple of minutes to realize a lot of love goes into crafting these. I came for the games, but what made me stay was the stick fights, and I donвЂ™t think people give these enough credit. I still remember how fun it was to simply run around in Fancy Pants Adventures, how the dumb humor of the Henry Stickmin series kept me coming back just to intentionally fail and see a new gag, and even how Combo Factory gave me the first taste of stringing long, satisfying combos that would eventually culminate in my love for spectacle fighters like Bayonetta and Devil May Cry.

Luckily for me, there was something relatively light to load and endlessly amusing: stick figures! Unsurprisingly, I was drawn in by the games first. Slow doesnвЂ™t even start to describe it, to the point where if someone started a large download, the whole place would know immediately because the speed would tank so hard you could play classic Resident Evil with it. We had a whopping 2Mbps speed split between 12 machines, 13 if you count the main server.

If thereвЂ™s another thatвЂ™s synonymous with the early days of the net, itвЂ™s also вЂњstick figures.вЂќ The internet in the early 2000s was expensive and slow, so my main method of access was a local Lan House/Web CafГ© owned by my parents. If thereвЂ™s one thing everybody likes, itвЂ™s stick figures. I feel like thereвЂ™s no place more appropriate for me to start than here. One last trip down memory lane, a farewell to some of my favorite things from so many years ago.

And today, IвЂ™d like to take you back there. The simple truth is that technology moved on, and the plugin became obsolete ages ago, but those days, that early, wild west age of the internet, when the rules were not defined and no one knew what the hell they were doing, is something that is burned into my mind, in no small part thanks to Flash Player. It was such a ubiquitous part of the early age of the internet, offering interactivity in the form of games and video players, that it feels weird that weвЂ™re about to live in a world without it. I doubt I need to explain to most of you what this plugin even is. On December 31st of this year, Adobe is officially вЂњkillingвЂќ the Flash Player plugin.