Adobe has announced plans to discontinue its Shockwave multimedia player for Windows next month.
Shockwave, originally developed by MacroMind, was acquired by Macromedia in 1993. Realizing the potential for a multimedia platform on the emerging Internet, the company developed the Shockwave player for Netscape Navigator, the top web browser of the era.
Director, the authoring application for Shockwave, quickly became the go-to tool in the multimedia industry. Shockwave powered may early web-based games / animations and was used to create interactive experiences on CD-ROM.
