After years of waiting, Shockwave Player plugin finally goes Universal

Seems like I've always had two copies of Safari on my Intel iMac at home -- one vanilla, and one with the "Open using Rosetta" checkbox flagged. Why would I need to keep a legacy browser on hand? Well, when you have young children, the Shockwave-based games at nickjr.com and other kid sites depend on the Adobe plugin for animation and interactivity, and there wasn't any Intel version. "Be patient," I told myself, as the plodding launches of the Safari Rosetta copy drove me and my kids nuts. "Adobe's going to release the Universal Binary soon. Surely, by the end of 2006, they'll do it."

Now, a full two years since the introduction of the original Intel Macs, we finally have the last big-ticket plugin recompiled and rewritten as Shockwave Player 11, all ready for the no-longer-new machines. Phew. I don't know about you all, but I've got a copy of Safari that's just begging to be thrown in the trash. Note that Adobe's Shockwave badge on the front page still redirects to a "how to run Shockwave on Intel Macs" instruction sheet. Go straight to the download and skip the static.

Thanks Andrew & Alan

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Source: http://www.adobe.com/shockwave/download/alternates/

Seems like I've always had two copies of Safari on my Intel iMac at home -- one vanilla, and one with the "Open using Rosetta" checkbox...

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distracted

I tried this fix, but I didn't get three update boxes. I got a drop down for "3D Renderer" and two boxes for "Player Updates," but I couldn't tick them. Any ideas what else I can do, or need to do?

Thanks!

May 18 2008 at 4:35 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

Elyse

Excellent! Worked for me as well! ;)

April 20 2008 at 4:37 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

Tim

Ratsak, your fix worked for me, Thanks!

April 20 2008 at 10:08 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

RatsaK

OOk I think I found a fix for the Xtra ArcadeEmulator2 needed error when trying to play the Midway Classic games. After you click ok a couple of times to acknowledge the missing Xtra, right click and then click properties for Shockwave. Untick the update boxes (all 3 of them) and click ok. The page then states that it wants to install ArcadeEmulator 2. Click ok. Update and play.

April 19 2008 at 8:44 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

Ron

Does anyone know if they actually made it Intel native, or if they just re-jigged it to be compatible with the Intel version of Safari?

I would be curious - considering the reports of sluggishness...

Also, it doesn't seem to recognize any plug-ins... why isn't it auto-downloading the Havok engine or other plug-ins required by many sites? (ie. http://www.maidmarion.com )

March 31 2008 at 12:39 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

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Ron

Never mind... I just found out that Havok has been replaced with another physics engine.

I guess that shows how much attention I have given Adobe Director since they decided to relegate Director to a second class citizen...

March 31 2008 at 1:35 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

Gregory Pierce

Glad to see it updated, though I have no reason to use it. Just good to see Adobe is still on the ball with timely updates :)

March 30 2008 at 11:00 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

puppo

Switching the plugins worked for me. Thanks!

All I use Shockwave for is Rosetta Stone.

March 30 2008 at 5:08 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

Karen LH

Users of Rosetta Stone Online are officially out of luck with the Shockwave update. Here's a link to an article that their tech support sent me:

http://rosettastone.custhelp.com/cgi-bin/rosettastone.cfg/php/enduser/std_adp.php?p_faqid=336&p_created=1206737031

Here's a question: Is it possible to selectively install the update to apply to only one browser, rather than all? Both the install and the uninstall appear to be global.

Not that I really care ... I only use Shockwave for Rosetta Stone.

March 29 2008 at 12:46 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

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nate

The old PPC Shockwave plugin is moved to the Disabled Plug-Ins folder within /Library/Internet Plug-Ins. You could knock out a little script to switch between the old plugin and the new one simply by moving those two files around.

March 29 2008 at 1:18 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

Ethan

I'm off to play isketch without lag!

March 29 2008 at 12:03 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

ephraimephraim

Now Firefox crashes when I leave NabiscoWorld, with its Shockwave-based games.

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