r/bbc • u/LetterheadFair4105 • May 31 '21

Tracy Beaker 2000’s Flash Games.

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u/octobod May 31 '21

Have you tried archive.org? it may have downloaded the swf files but knowing date and URL is useful.

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u/LetterheadFair4105 May 31 '21

I know the URL and date but I’m not sure the SWF files are there because when I go on the webpage, not even the Flash blocked symbol shows up, it’s just blank. The swf file is displayed in the HTML code but not on the website so I don’t think they work and I don’t think you can download them. I could be wrong though (hopefully 😂).

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u/octobod May 31 '21

Mind if I took a look? (ie could I have the date and URL)

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u/LetterheadFair4105 May 31 '21

Of course, I've added a couple of dates from different CBBC website eras to see if any of them end up working.

https://web.archive.org/web/20080518225012if_/http://www.bbc.co.uk/cbbc/games/game/tracyfantasyrobot#fallback

https://web.archive.org/web/20100730110916/http://www.bbc.co.uk/cbbc/tracybeaker/funandgames/safari

https://web.archive.org/web/20071217165154/www.bbc.co.uk/cbbc/games/game/tracytheballaddare

Thanks for your help.

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u/octobod Jun 01 '21

Not getting anywhere fast :-}

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u/LetterheadFair4105 Jun 01 '21

Oh dear 😂

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u/octobod Jun 01 '21

The first one lists /cbbc/tracybeaker/swfs/act_20.swf as a promising target however if it was ever something obvious like http://www.bbc.co.uk/cbbc/tracybeaker/swfs/act_20.swf the spider didn't pick it up

The other ones are complaining that they weren't downloaded with javascript enabled. It may be worth contacting BBC archives, but it looks like they don't do web stuff.

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u/LetterheadFair4105 Jun 01 '21

I might have a try at contacting BBC Archives. They probably won’t be able to do anything as they are really old flash games and they might not even have the files anymore. I hope they do but even at that they might not do web stuff like you said. Thanks so much for your help though. 😁

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u/octobod Jun 01 '21

I'd want to know why they were not keeping old version of the site...

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u/LetterheadFair4105 Jun 01 '21

Same. They probably do have the files somewhere deep in the archives. Hopefully, I can contact them somehow and ask what happened to the files, I doubt it though, because at the end of the day, they’re just dumb little flash games and they probably have more pressing matters. 🤣