Flash may no longer exist on the internet, but those who spent significant amounts of time online as children will always remember it. There used to be an abundance of websites that allowed users to host and play flash games, from AddictingGames to Kongregate and everywhere in between. Under the pretext of being instructional, there were websites such as CoolMathGames that enabled students to play enjoyable flash games.

Also, it was effective. Whenever classes were allowed to use the computer lab or even the library, someone would open one of these sites and begin playing a game in the background. There are a number of iconic flash games that any millennial or elder Gen Z member who grew up in the Flash era would recall.
1. Bloons Is One Of The Most Popular Game Series (And Still Relevant)
In 2007, the first installment of the Bloons series was launched. Over time, fans were allowed to create and submit their own levels for inclusion in fan packs. Initially, it was a basic series of games in which players used darts to creatively solve balloon-popping levels.
2. Happy Wheels Is Animatedly Obscene, Yet It Is Still Allowed In Schools
Happy Wheels was published in June 2010, and it caught the internet by storm almost immediately. This is mostly due to then-extremely successful YouTubers, such as PewDiePie, adopting the term and creating material to assist it get recognition.
The objective of the game is to complete fan-created stages as one of a large number of characters without getting blown up. The game is rather visual compared to others on our list, but it's all done in a cartoonish way, so it's not too horrible.
3. In The Papa's Series Of Games, Players Run Their Own Restaurants.
Since August 2007, when the iconic Papa's Pizzeria was introduced, Papa's brand of games has produced a vast variety of titles. Since then, they have published Freezeria, Cheeseria, Pastaria, and Sushiria, among other titles.
4. The Fireboy And Watergirl Series Offers Players Entertaining Puzzles
The Fireboy And Watergirl series is another example of a Flash series that started as a basic, one-off endeavor but grew in popularity, necessitating sequels. It is a lovely platformer in which the player controls both Fireboy and Watergirl, with one using the arrow keys and the other using the WASD keys.
5. The Run Series Of Video Games Exists To This Day.
There are three games in the Run series, a platformer series in which the player must skate from wall to wall to avoid sliding off. Both the idea and the gameplay are rather straightforward, but the style was appealing and unlike the majority of games that children had played at the time.
6. Poptropica enables users to personalize their characters and explore a variety of imaginative worlds.
Family Education Network of Pearson Education distributed Poptropica for the first time in September 2007. Our makes it the only game on this list that was developed expressly to be instructive for young, developing children.
7. The Learn To Fly Series Is A Collection Of Straightforward, Enhancement-Focused Games.
The Learn To Fly series was among the first to promote the "upgrade" subgenre of flash games. The gameplay in this genre is often fairly straightforward, with the majority of the attention being placed on the improvements that players purchase between rounds.