This guest post from HPuterpop/Andrew Wiles offers an alternative way to experience Poptropica. Introducing: Poptropica Legacy!
Hey fellow Poptropicans! In response to the slow fade of Poptropica, I’m super excited to announce the next step in Poptropica’s history: Poptropica Legacy, a fan-made desktop version of our favorite game.
⚠️ Note: Poptropica Legacy is in active beta development, and there are still many bugs. If you find any, you can report them in-game via the menu. 🪲 Not all islands are finishable yet, with progress noted on the website.
Like the Flashpoint curation of Poptropica, Legacy is a download where you can enjoy the old islands of the game, including both AS2 (earlier) and AS3 (later) islands, plus the sandbox game Realms — but with some major changes and improvements. This includes:
- 🎵 Sound & music for AS2 — The earliest Poptropica islands (AS2, pre-2013) were not made with sound, but Legacy has retroactively implemented sound (including some previously unused music from Poptropica’s files) for an enhanced experience. Have a listen:
- 🖼️ Visual improvements — AS2 originally had a smaller screen size (viewport) and was built for 31 FPS (frames per second), but Legacy has expanded the viewport for a cinematic experience that allows you to see much more in a frame at a time, and has bumped it up to 60 FPS to match the AS3 version. Plus, the resolution from the original game has been upscaled to full HD (high definition) for crisp visuals that match modern gaming standards.
- ➡️ Account import — You can login to (import) your original Poptropica account directly into Legacy using your original username and password! Your island progress, inventory, and costume are preserved. Flashpoint curation save files are also compatible.
- 🌀 Ad Preservation — Thanks to Pop veteran Evtema3 (aka 64mcy, the original creator of the Poptropica Ad Transporter), Legacy houses over 140 ad campaigns from Poptropica’s almost two decades of history. Sadly, many are incomplete, but you can still play through many of them, and get the original rewards.
- 🛍️ Original Store — Access all the original costumes and item cards from the OG Poptropica Store for free, without membership limits.
…and there are plenty of exciting extras, including a fully preserved Creators’ Blog archive, functioning Avatar Studio, Daily Pop (with games, comics, sneak peeks, and celebrity clips), an interactive explorer of Dr. Hare’s Travels, and a costumizable Look Book. ✨
More extra content is planned for the future, including archives of the Island Tours, Mews Foundation website, and Funbrain (Mom & Kids Playground & the Funbrain Arcade). Staying tuned is easy — Legacy will auto-update to the latest version on startup (you can opt out in settings, but it means missing future updates!).
Ready to play? 🥳 Download the game now at PoptropicaLegacy.com — available for Windows, Mac, and Linux computers! (For Mac users: If blocked, go to System Settings > Privacy & Security, and click Open Anyway.)
You can also join the Poptropica Legacy Discord server (for ages 13+) to receive the latest news and be part of the discussion. 💙
P.S. Pop Legends is still in development, but it’s on hold for now so we can get Legacy up and running. Excited to share more with you all soon!
Hope you enjoyed this guest post by HPuterpop/Andrew Wiles. If you did, you might also enjoy the Poptropica curation on Flashpoint, an alternative Poptropica preservation with features closer to the original game.
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This is so cool !! 🤩
My eyes nearly “popped” out of my head when seeing this!!! You have no idea how awesome this looks!
LETSGOOOOOOOOOOOOO THIS IS THE BEST NEWS IVE GOTTEN ALL YEAR
I can’t believe I just randomly searched up Poptropica today out of nostalgia and this was posted YESTERDAY??? Talk about a Christmas present! I haven’t even thought about this game in years so the timing is impeccable. Thanks so much for your work on archiving/maintaining the original (best version of) Poptropica!! I will be playing all night long 😀
Are you able to add even more islands like reacreations of the ones from Worlds or ones like FairyTale and Goofball? Also if you are, you should add fan islands from the PHB!!
If we get enough financial support, the sky is the limit! 🙂
I hope we do!
Also, is it possible to make the game online again using servers?
I’m so excited to see what’s yet to come!
I’m so excited!!!!
Well thsi
Well this is an interesting development, I have been gone for a couple years ever since I stepped foot in helping other users on scarab island to winning a drawing in May as of 2022, and on my hiatus I was saddened to hear that in 2024 that Poptropica had stopped updating… Ever since then, I’ve been feeling nostalgic on these old games I’ve used to play as a kid, I hope this installment itself will develop and grow to the game I once know back when I was young and that I can finally Relive my childhood moments and beating the Islands as well-
Invisible shark
My childhood is back! My crops are harvestable! The water is clear! LONG LIVE POPTROPICA
Thank you so much for doing this! So much childhood nostalgia!
This is great! I can’t wait to replay the old islands lol.
You’ve set a lot of goals for this project. How much financial support will you need for what?
It really just depends on how much demand there is! We can expand the game in different ways depending on what you guys want. 🙂
legend 🙌🏻
Very cool!