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<b>MegaSWF</b> was a media file hoster that started off as ShockWave Flash hoster, similar to [[Newgrounds]] years ago.
<b>MegaSWF</b> was a media file hoster that started off as ShockWave Flash (swf file) hoster, similar to [[Newgrounds]] years ago.


MegaSWF escaped the radar of ArchiveTeam entirely and perished in silence.<ref name="Flippa">2 attemmpts to sell the domain on Flippa.com: [https://flippa.com/110674-megaswf-com 110674] [https://flippa.com/3854759-megaswf-com 3854759]</ref>
MegaSWF escaped the radar of ArchiveTeam entirely and perished in silence.<ref name="Flippa">2 attemmpts to sell the domain on Flippa.com: [https://flippa.com/110674-megaswf-com 110674] [https://flippa.com/3854759-megaswf-com 3854759]</ref>


MegaSWF was a big repository of amateur-made minigames, fangames and flash files that Newgrounds does not have. <!-- Not verified yet: Guests could upload files without signing in. --> <br />
MegaSWF was a big repository of amateur-made minigames, fangames and flash files that Newgrounds does not have. Like on Newgrounds, SWF files could be played back (previewed) on the site and downloaded. <!-- Not verified yet: Guests could upload files without signing in. --> <br />
MegaSWF later turned into an universal file host (also used for EXE, AVI, WMV, MP4), but still focussed on SWF minigames.
MegaSWF later turned into an universal file host (also used for EXE, AVI, WMV, MP4), but still focussed on SWF minigames.



Revision as of 20:50, 2 May 2019

MegaSWF
MegaSWF-20120712081326.png
URL http://www.MegaSWF.com/[IAWcite.todayMemWeb]
Status Offline
Archiving status Lost (partially saved by Wayback Machine.)
Archiving type Unknown
IRC channel #archiveteam-bs (on hackint)

MegaSWF was a media file hoster that started off as ShockWave Flash (swf file) hoster, similar to Newgrounds years ago.

MegaSWF escaped the radar of ArchiveTeam entirely and perished in silence.[1]

MegaSWF was a big repository of amateur-made minigames, fangames and flash files that Newgrounds does not have. Like on Newgrounds, SWF files could be played back (previewed) on the site and downloaded.
MegaSWF later turned into an universal file host (also used for EXE, AVI, WMV, MP4), but still focussed on SWF minigames.


Archival

First Wayback capture of MegaSWF.com's homepage at 2008/07/26 on 10-04-35.

MegaSWF is partially but incompletely available on the Wayback Machine.

The home page has initially been captured by the Wayback Machine's crawler on Saturday, July 26th 2008, 10h:04m:35s UTC.

References

  1. 2 attemmpts to sell the domain on Flippa.com: 110674 3854759