A Club Penguin Private Server (commonly abbreviated and known as a CPPS) is an online multiplayer game that is not part of Club Penguin, but it uses .swf files from Club Penguin, a database, and a server emulator in order to create an environment similar to Club Penguin. Many now use these environments in order to play the original Club Penguin game after Disney officially shut the genuine version down. This was to make way for the new Club Penguin game/experience, Club Penguin Island.