Shockwave Player

Shockwave Players is a small Windows software plug-in developed to allow viewing games and multimedia content created on the Adobe Shockwave platform.

Pros

• Support for Adobe elements
• Available as a plugin
• Easy to install and use
• Runs SWF files
• Traditional Adobe look
• No interface
• No customization needed
• Compatible with popular browsers

Cons

• Security issues
• Can’t play Flash content
• Heavy on resources

Shockwave Player is designed to run DSR files published by the Adobe environment and supports audio, vector graphics, raster graphics, 3D graphics, and the Lingo scripting language. With this tiny, simple tool, you would never again find gaps in the middle of your web experience because it always displays images, games, and other multimedia content with original graphics.

Once installed on the desktop, you get uninterrupted access to 3D animations, videos, games, and other elements generated using Adobe. The best thing is that it takes no time to download and install the plugin. Shockwave Player works on most browsers including Firefox, Chrome, and Internet Explorer. Moreover, it doesn’t require making any changes to settings or customizations.

Shockwave Player also opens the doors to all the Macromedia elements integrated into the website as well as SWF files. The appearance is quite similar to other Adobe software and you get access to a PDF that contains all the information and solutions for common problems using this tool.

Conclusion

If you are looking for an easy way to run content created using the Adobe environment, Shockwave Player is a great choice. It supports most desktops and browsers and runs videos, games, and other media elements without any issue so that you notice no gaps on websites containing these components. Though it is somewhat heavy on resources, it should run without any problem on powerful systems.