How to Play Old Poptropica Islands Games

Learn how to play on the classic islands from Poptropica's past.

Jeremy Kanjanapangka

Published: Mar 10, 2023 11:51 pm

Poptropica was a cute and charming online web game that was designed for kids, though it was enjoyed by players of all ages. The game first launched back in 2007, and it was built on Flash.

**Playing on the old Poptropica islands**

Poptropica was originally built on Adobe Flash when it first launched in 2007. As you probably already know, Adobe discontinued Flash at the end of 2020, which meant that the multimedia side of the internet was going to change forever.

In Poptropica’s case, the discontinuation of Flash proved to be quite troublesome. The developers had to quickly figure out how to transition the game into its new HTML5 format.

Unfortunately, time wasn’t on the developers side, and a lot of islands had to be cut from the game. Thankfully, the developers of Poptropica are already hard at work bringing what they call the classic islands back over time.

You can play the old Poptropica islands as they finish transitioning over to the new HTML5 version of the game. Simply open up your map in-game, then browse through the available islands. The classic islands are usually on the last couple of pages.

The classics islands aren’t marked as such, but here’s a complete list in case you want to know:

Arabian Nights 1, 2 and 3
Astro Knights
Back Lot
Big Nate
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Counterfeit
Cryptids
Early Poptropica
Escape from Pelican Rock
Galactic Hot Dogs

Gameshow
Ghost Story
Great Pumpkin
Lunar Colony
Mission Atlantis 1, 2 and 3
Mocktropica
Monster Carnival
Mystery of the Map
Mystery Train
Mythology

Nabooti
Night Watch
Poptropolis Games
Reality TV
Red Dragon
S.O.S
Shark Tooth
Shrink Ray
Skullduggery
Spy

Steamworks
Super Villian
Time Tangled
Twisted Thicket
Vampires Curse
Virus Hunter
Wild West
Wimpy Boardwalk
Wimpy Wonderland
Zomberry

As of writing, the classic islands that can currently be played are Arabian Nights 1 & 2, Mission Atlantis 1, Time Tangled, Mythology, and Escape from Pelican Rock.

Over time, the developers of Poptropica will add more classic islands back to the game as they get them working. Is your favorite classic island missing? Stay tuned, as it’s probably in the works!

There’s also another way to play the old classic islands from Poptropica. Thanks to the fan preservation project BlueMaxima’s Flashpoint, you can access the old Adobe Flash version of Poptropica and play on the classic islands to your heart’s content.

Head to the Flashpoint website and download it for your operating system of choice, then simply follow the setup instructions to get it up and running.

That concludes our guide on how to play old Poptropica islands games. If you have any other questions about Poptropica, let us know in the comments below!