Thousands of schools purchased interactive science and math modules that run exclusively on Shockwave 8.5. Some of these are not available on modern platforms.

Adobe discontinued support for Shockwave in April 2019. Version 8.5 dates back to roughly 2003-2004. This software contains . Connecting to the modern internet with this plugin active in your browser is extremely dangerous.

: A well-known repository for "abandonware" and older builds of popular utilities.