Adobe killed Flash in 2021. So I trapped its vengeful ghost in a 60 FPS Canvas fighter powered by local Gemma 3:4B

Description and use

The KillSwitch.swf game recreates the deprecated Flash runtime in the browser, letting players fight a Ghost AI powered by a local Gemma 3:4B model.

Problem

Adobe’s 2021 kill‑switch permanently disabled Flash Player, erasing 25 years of web‑based games and culture.

Outcome

The game demonstrates how a local AI can resurrect a deprecated runtime, providing a playable experience that honors Flash’s legacy while showcasing real‑time reinforcement learning and offline language model integration.

Workflow

• Open the live web link and click "⚡ BYPASS 2021 KILL‑SWITCH & EXECUTE" to launch the Flash runtime.
• Play the stickman fighter; the Ghost AI uses real‑time Q‑learning and Markov predictors to adapt to your moves.
• Between rounds, a local Gemma 3:4B model ingests combat telemetry, roasts the player, and tunes the Ghost’s state machine.
• Repeat rounds across five retro scenes, each with distinct AI behavior and procedural audio.
• Optionally run the local quickstart with Ollama to enable the Gemma‑powered edge AI mode.

Evidence

On January 12, 2021, Adobe triggered a hardcoded time‑bomb kill‑switch embedded deep inside the Flash Player runtime.

Source

Meet KillSwitch.swf: a 60 FPS HTML5 Canvas stickman fighting game trapped inside a cracked Macromedia Flash Player 10.3 desktop window.

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Layer 2: Local Google Gemma 3:4B Inter‑Round Tactical Cognition… between rounds, an offline Google Gemma 3:4B model running locally via Ollama ingests structured combat telemetry…

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