Flash player or shockwave player

[KellyJance]

Hi I reformated my computer so i had to reinstall the flash player. I went to my site and a lot of things that are flash were missing so i downloaded the shockwave player and everything worked. What is the difference in the two players? I really thought that shockwave was more for games and stuff. So i was just wondering if you have to have both players to view my site properly. Thanks

[mekid21]

just difference codeing, alot of professional games are made for shockwave but flash is the main thing. Shockwave also came before flash