Does anyone know an effective replacement for Adobe Flash please?

Unfortunately Flash is inherently insecure which is why it is being “decommissioned” and withdrawn.

Guessing that you can’t persuade the author to re-write the game in Javascript/CSS/HTML5 (if the game is 18 years old just finding the author will be a challenge) I assume that by "tried alternatives you mean the ones listed at Open source alternatives to Flash Player | Opensource.com

If those don’t work you might be out of luck.