/retro/ - Y2K

1990s and 2000s Nostalgia


New Thread[×]
Name
Email
Subject
Message*
Files* Max 5 files50MB total
Password
Captcha*
[New Thread]

Wanna watch some /retro/ TV? Check out https://www.my00stv.com/

RULES

BUNKER
Page: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] | [Catalog] [Banners] [Logs]
No.1 [Open]
Roy.jpg
[Hide] (21KB, 320x311)
Alright, this is meant to be a successor to /y2k/ on the old 8chan, however I have expanded it to include both the 1990's and the 2000's and NSFW content is allowed, provided it's actually related to the purpose of this board and doesn't violate any of the site's core rules.
184 replies and 40 files omitted. View the full thread
No.5170
1411936106032.png
[Hide] (200.7KB, 500x338)
>>5169
Same to you.
No.4516 [Open]
Archie.jpg
[Hide] (60.5KB, 1072x720)
My grandfather introduced me to "All in the Family" the other day, and I started binge watching it out of a sense of...how edgy it was.  Like this is something that would not come out today.
Some time ago, I was reading some old Usenet posts and thought, "Holy cow, how did this not get banned/deleted?"  Post/users like that would just immediately get scrubbed now.
I recently saw "Freddie Got Fingered" and was kind of amazed that that was in theaters.

Was the 90s more tolerant than today?  Was everything really this edgy?  Or is this some sort of weird survival bias?  The only thing today that I can think of that comes anywhere close is Southpark, but I'm not sure that counts because Southpark came out in the 90s.
16 replies and 6 files omitted. View the full thread
Replies: >>5190 + 5 earlier
No.5187 
>>5186
>I guess it's been out of usage for a very long time. Maybe it's time to bring it back? 
It fell out of favour to such a degree that a bunch youtubers had to save the source code:
https://invidious.nerdvpn.de/watch?v=CUwR9xdEuZI
Replies: >>5189 >>5193
No.5189 
>>5186
>>5187
Wow, these are really interesting. Thanks Anons!
No.5190 
>>4516 (OP) 
>All in the Family
>this is something that would not come out today
There were rumors of remake, but it seems that no studio wanted to go there
>>4525
>Archie Bunker was a character who was supposed to make the people he's patterned after look bad. It ended up backfiring when audiences end up liking him and identifying with him.
This. From what I've seen of All in the Family there is an aspect to it that is even common place in many contemporary Netflix shows and that is the moralizing. Even back then, the Archie Bunker character couldn't exist on television as some neutral character study about an otherwise unremarkable funny old guy who had his opinions, but wasn't going out of his way to hurt anyone and, as an unremarkable funny old guy, didn't have the power to oppress anyone, yet that character had to serve as the foil for how not to be and his worldview was often the butt of the jokes. Other shows produced by Norman Lear are similar in this respect in that on the surface they appear as superficial comedies, but they wouldn't have been broadcast if not for the ideology that they were espousing.
>Was the 90s more tolerant than today?
In some ways, yes, but as far as mainstream me
Message too long. View the full text
Replies: >>5192
No.5192 
>>5190
>insufferable aspect of so much mainstream media having to be these stealth ideological and moral allegories rather than just telling a straight story for the sake of it.
It would have all been more "sufferable" but for one basic fact: kikes did (and do) run everything in Hollyjew.

That effectively ensures that all the 'stories' line up *  according to the ((( script ))), and that anyone who gets out of line (cf. Mel Gibson) gets blackballed permanently. Thankfully Mel had staying power out of his own pockets and the fact he was incredibly-popular with audiences.

---
*  Hollywood is highly "incestuous" (their term): everybody knows everybody. This both makes it hard to break into, and easy to be punitive towards anyone going against the ((( narrative ))) code.
No.5193
pkg.png
[Hide] (5.7KB, 640x480)
>>5187
Unfortunately I get errors with yt-dlp even after upgrading all my installed packages, so I can't watch their video. In fact the OS did upgrade the yt-dlp package to a newer version, but it's still "too old" for youtube's shenanigans. The yt-dlp program recommended me to use "pip" to install an entire second set of Python stuff, but I think that's not worth the hassle. And anyway this pretty much illustrates just how aggravating the modern internet has become. I still remember when video files were simply downloaded into your web browser's cache directory, and you could just copy it to another directory in your $HOME to save it. That was simple enough! But then they had to change it, make everything super-duper complicated and require obnoxious workarounds to extract the video and audio streams, and then run ffmpeg to recombine them into a container format like .webm or .mp4 or whatnot. When everything magically works, that still sucks because ffmpeg runs like molasses on ARM hardware. Video playback with ffplay is no problem, but video editing with ffmpeg takes ages! So I'm just going to save myself the headache and simply delete this youtube downloader nonsense. From now on, if I can't just grab a video file directly, I'm not going to bother at all.
And basically this is what I was getting at earlier. We used to host files on FTP servers, Gopher servers, and so on. That's still possible today, those pro
Message too long. View the full text
No.768 [Open]
bca0835575c50bf8309505610dab8b8c85c16d9b.jpg
[Hide] (1MB, 1024x768)
e8b11e1bea501fb9f031286062c6c4bb04b7e15e.jpg
[Hide] (1.1MB, 1024x768)
Let's have a new thread without a tonne of broken images.  Have there been any new forms of /retro/ media (could be movies, games, anime, websites, etc.) that wanted to look old and actually succeeded?

There's an artist called BlueTheBone who makes "retro"-styled animations, cheesecake, and porn.  Like any modern hack, he overdoses on visual clutter and uses filters that don't actually resemble the time period he's trying to emulate - but despite that, I think his style is consistently decent.  If he relied less on computers and filters, then I think he'd be a much better artist, but that goes without saying for most contemporary artists.

The really weird things happen when he tries to make modern character designs and media look old, like pic 2.  It isn't exactly wrong, but there is something perplexing about viewing characters and series that were developed specifically with modern aesthetics in mind.
443 replies and 450 files omitted. View the full thread
No.5164 
>>5162
thank you for sharing this gem
No.5166 
I guess I never shared it here, but Pizza Tower spawned a ton of VHS-style retro animation when it released back in 2023. The Noise update the following year helped keep it going.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?&v=7jbjeF0-kMA
No.5171 
>>4348
New Anna Logue dropped just in time for Christmas.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xFtaWTzPLP4
Replies: >>5185
No.5173
5728749_822476_skarmuse_untitled-5728749.f6d63ae1771480178ef5338affe27e87.png
[Hide] (1.8MB, 831x1109)
images65.jpg
[Hide] (6.6KB, 225x225)
hqdefault_(1).jpg
[Hide] (14.1KB, 480x360)
hqdefault_(2).jpg
[Hide] (12.6KB, 480x360)
Happy New Year
I'm that 1 anon who's been curating animation and art that excels in imitating older aesthetics since 2022. This year I've decidied to focus on my personal animation and life, so it'll be a while till my next post

Found an animator named Skarmuse, their art/animation evokes late 90s cg renders projected onto film like those cinemark promos with the cats. 
Some of the animation has anachronistic issues but the key idea is there thanks to coloring, rendering, and bitrate compression/filters
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rpX9c0BIG6g
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ms5f_vNbOyk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TGosrHDwd2w
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z3uQv3p4cww
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=owzOe4Bhc2U

I really enjoy this thread, its been super inspirational for my creative process, probably the best use of the 4chan format in my opinion
Replies: >>5185
No.5185 
>>5173
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o4Ge4KQjv4Q

Would you say Planetronika counts?

>>5171
Ten minutes of Anna. That was pretty good, and I'm glad the cast is being introduced.
No.536 [Open]
1561850711377.png
[Hide] (234KB, 4568x3327)
1561851316980.png
[Hide] (836.6KB, 1024x768)
1561930197978.png
[Hide] (1.7MB, 1818x1080)
Aesthetics thread
276 replies and 400 files omitted. View the full thread
No.4537 
>>4536
Not sure if that's the guy but I was looking for him as well, I'll message him and see if it is.
No.4629
ab752dce382be6bc630a9ebcbc4a160e646b69370c9d54c90fc803edb376f92b.png
[Hide] (1.4MB, 1024x680)
>>3186
>look up his site
>he's still at it
HE HAS A KITTY
No.4630 
>>4531
Wow, I see these wallpapers when I am unconscious. I always wondered where it was from.
No.4857 
is frutiger aero retro already?
Replies: >>5180
No.5180
media_G2mSVY6aoAAufXB.png
[Hide] (659.9KB, 630x605)
>>4857
Many people would say so. I don't think I would though.
No.1985 [Open]
win98install.png
[Hide] (264.9KB, 1600x1200)
1499369920054.jpg
[Hide] (619.5KB, 2000x2152)
Anyone else here /retro/maxxing? I've realized there is no point in denying myself happiness and gigacoziness and I may as well go all in on my retro obsessions even if it's a bit weird. 

I could list a bunch of things I'm doing but I'll start with just a couple here

>film photography
I have never bought a digital camera and I have stopped being a NEET lately. I have a small comfy job so I have some money and I buy rolls of film on occasion and I carry a late '90s point and shoot camera with me almost everywhere I go. It's fun and super comfy. I also started developing black and white film myself, at home.

>computer
I have set up my windows machine to look like windows 98 (not completely accurate but I've changed over the icons and use a classic theme, etc. 

And on my linux machine I have set it up to look like some versions of UNIX from the late 80s to early 90s.

And for my browser I use Pale Moon and I have it set to look like Netscape.

>music
Message too long. View the full text
286 replies and 75 files omitted. View the full thread
No.5094 
>>5063
I bought the Commodore 64x case for mitx. They're still offering it. I tried to shill (raise awareness) of it over the years. Sean who's one of the people involved with this even though Perifractic is the point man is a great guy.
>>5072
Maybe you should tell that to Leo on his forum for 'Commodore' OS.
>>5087
Spectrum was already brought back?
No.5095 
>>5093
Yeah, that's what I figured. I'm going to have to see what I can find.
No.5142
ClipboardImage.png
[Hide] (205.3KB, 640x352)
>>5063
https://archive.md/https://www.indieretronews.com/2025/10/the-a1200-full-size-full-keyboard-full.html
There is also an Amiga 1200 emulator now.
Replies: >>5143
No.5143 
>>5142
Neat! Thanks, Anon.
No.5175 
I just found this 90's site which is compatible with windows 3.1 , win95 and win98

https://lifeseven.com/1990s/
No.803 [Open]
1521577129072.jpg
[Hide] (78KB, 800x655)
Looks like none of the images in the catalog work. Let's get a fresh thread in here, focused on computers!

I don't have pictures at the moment to share, but I got lucky today and picked up a nice big beige computer case. I'm assembling a new personal computer from parts that I got deals on, found in the junk heap, or that I was given by friends.

So, I guess it's not really a /retro/ computer, but it will be in a /retro/ case, and I plan to get an adapter which will let me use a 3.5" floppy disk drive in there. The adapter plugs into the floppy pins, and presents a USB interface to the motherboard. That adapter is under $10 USD.

In fact, I've seen an adapter card that will do the same but for 5.25" floppy disk drives. So, when I have more money, I should be able to have not only a 3.5" FDD, but a 5.25" FDD in my system, running alongside new solid state drives, Blu-Ray disc drives, and of course a few regular hard drives. It should be pretty fun.

Again, no pictures yet but I will share with you guys when I can. For now I'll just post one from my collection.

What have you guys been up to?
194 replies and 111 files omitted. View the full thread
No.5115 
>>5100
Sadly I've been resorting more and more to DeepSeek for basic information. Traditional search engines are still fine for memes and wallpapers though, but nothing useful. Weeks ago I had to ask it "where are websites for the following businesses in [mycity]?"
No.5130 
>Commodore 64 -related : >>5063
No.5147 
>>5100

Do not sure about youtube though, but i have found it on Modarchive. 

>Atari ST track
Not sure about it from Atari ST, but it's Amiga MOD.

Usually when i am looking for music for i recommend looking on dedicated resources to this type of music like demozoo.org , modarchive, etc. . .

Anyway. . . I found the track.

https://modarchive.org/index.php?request=view_by_moduleid&query=43528
Replies: >>5148
No.5148 
>>5147
It certainly sounds like Amiga music, but I don't know why the video labeled it as an Atari ST track. The idea of it being done on an Atari ST was one of the things that made it stand out to me.
No.5174 
Interesting site loaded with old computer books.
https://colorcomputerarchive.com/repo/Documents/Books/
No.5 [Open]
Urotsukidoji.jpg
[Hide] (101KB, 700x696)
I know this is gonna sound weird, but you ever feel a sense of nostalgia for hentai you enjoyed from back in the day?


The 90's and 2000's had some good titles, and I'll include a lot of the 80's titles in this as well since most of them didn't get released in the West until the 90's or early 2000's.


IIRC, Legend of the Overfiend came out in 1987 in Japan but did not get a release in the West until 1993.


I think the first three parts of the Urotsukidoji OVA was the first hentai release in America ever.


Central Park Media took the different OVA installments of Urotsukidoji and edited them into four feature-length movies, the first of which got a limited theatrical release in the 90's.
Message too long. View the full text
20 replies and 10 files omitted. View the full thread
Replies: >>4867 + 4 earlier
No.4867
🐰_rabbit_🕳️_hole_♥️_miku_GkX92ASWoAAcjJl.jpg
[Hide] (1.2MB, 4096x2896)
>>5 (OP) 
In a few ways I do, I'm fond of the stuff I grew up with, at the same time I feel it was bad for me to have access to so much stuff from such a young age with the internet and all, it made my brain less sensible to this stuff, to the point where when it was time to finally do it for real, I suffered from ED for months, even now I'm still not perfect, though I'm a lot better, and when I want to make sure I'll pull it off I just use some medication, which back then barely worked because my case was so bad, now it's a treat. Anyways, besides the ED, I feel like the constant need for more stimulus made me develop unrealistic expectations, and fetishes I don't feel proud off, but can't get rid off no matter how long I stay away from all kinds of pornography, I should've used it less.

It's a double edged sword for me.
No.4993
Can't_handle_this.jpg
[Hide] (91.2KB, 1024x818)
>bring up some good old fashioned hentai
>look over the pages robotically
>no longer horny
>imagine having a gf
>instantly very horny and very angry and very sad
Could just be me getting older, but when I was younger almost everything got me fired up really easily. It takes a lot more to titillate me these days.
No.4996 
I focus on AI these days with very carefully curated text erotica it can be great but only when I really manage to get immersed and don't end up writing stupid shit or the AI slopped everything up. I don't think I have changed much tbh, it's just that everything that's out there is so crappy. 70s and 80s porn and 00s early internet amateur kind of stuff was often pretty good and still is if you look at it now. If I open any regular pornsite nowadays I just get disgusted. The people are ugly and what they do is gross. I don't think it's me, either.
Replies: >>4997 >>5168
No.4997 
>>4996
genAI porn is like having a bottomless pit in your brain. It's truly going to be the distinction between people who can control themselves and people who can only be led around by surges of brain chemicals.

Getting my mind back took years after I'd spent formative years training myself on "regular" porn. Having infinite media that looks 85% close to your mental image will do horrible things to the human mind.
No.5168
0794d02bc2bcbb7b6ca8d258c23f80b0cd99c7536029298882fc8326b8c12d7c.jpg
[Hide] (736.4KB, 1000x667)
>Slut Girl
>Spunky Knight
>Cool Devices
>Bondage Fairies
>50 gorillion amateur illustrations of Goku & Sailor Moon
There were good times, to be sure.

>>4996
>If I open any regular pornsite nowadays I just get disgusted. The people are ugly and what they do is gross. I don't think it's me, either.
This. I can't stand 99.8% of 3D. Once in a VERY blue moon I'll look into some OF chick who's legitimately attractive, save a few pics, and move on. Won't even fap, just "oh, this one's cute."

Everything else either streams of gross white trash jerking off between shifts at Dollar General or plastic-looking "AI SLAVE TO FUCK SHE HAS TO DO IT CLICK HERE." The fact that neither has slowed down their relentless ads means that they're actually popular, there's some malign agenda behind them, or bith.
No.1845 [Open]
gameboy.jpg
[Hide] (458.3KB, 1280x877)
gbp.jpg
[Hide] (97.5KB, 500x674)
Dy_4u3UVAAA_8Hd.jpg
[Hide] (198.8KB, 814x1084)
1473047913294.jpg
[Hide] (128.3KB, 500x592)
Post cool /retro/ ads and TV commercials
77 replies and 143 files omitted. View the full thread
No.5097
6464bd5a18551e65e63c5820cba8dd0e9a832936c91378f01482ddaeaf8e2f7e.mp4
[Hide] (1.9MB, 640x480, 00:30)
Replies: >>5098
No.5098 
>>5097
Hearty lulz
No.5114 
Nokia used to run ads with some serious cuties on them. Wish I could find those wallpapers again, stupidly didn't name them.
No.5149 
>>2612
If you dig around, you can find the full video. There's other women in it and it's all topless nudity. It feels slightly pornographic (even though nothing explicit happens) but the real intention apparently was art. I got curious because I miss 00s "amateur" porn. That stuff today is just kinda gross imo.
Replies: >>5160
No.5160 
>>5149
You should share the link with the class, you teaser!
https://archive.org/details/howtohavecybersexontheinternet1996
No.6 [Open]
PSX.jpg
[Hide] (24.1KB, 500x500)
>ITT: Vidya of the 90's and 2000's


Keep it limited to the scope of this board, so basically Fourth, Fifth, and Sixth Generation consoles only for now. 


For those who don't know what consoles are part of which generation, here's a quick rundown of the time frame we're talking about...


>Fourth Generation: SNES, Sega Genesis/Sega CD
>Fifth Generation: PS1, N64, Sega Saturn
>Sixth Generation: Dreamcast, PS2, Gamecube, OG Xbox


Discussion of games from the Seventh Generation consoles (PS3/Wii/Xbox 360) is allowed as well, but I'd like the thread to mainly focus on the 4th-6th console genererations since the 7th Gen era carried over into the 2010's and a lot of the games from that era onward obviously have far more in common with modern gaming than stuff from the 16-bit consoles or the PS1 and PS2 eras.
Message too long. View the full text
245 replies and 182 files omitted. View the full thread
No.5155
brute3.jpg
[Hide] (87.3KB, 354x460)
gatttower.jpg
[Hide] (89.2KB, 484x460)
gatttower1.jpg
[Hide] (47.1KB, 500x338)
gatttower2.jpg
[Hide] (63.8KB, 462x460)
gatttower3.jpg
[Hide] (55.9KB, 431x418)
I found concept art for Yuri's Revenge recently.
Replies: >>5156
No.5156
secretlab1.jpg
[Hide] (67.8KB, 380x460)
psychictower2.jpg
[Hide] (81.4KB, 338x460)
mm_render.jpg
[Hide] (61KB, 550x410)
mastermind2.jpg
[Hide] (116.5KB, 640x412)
machshop.jpg
[Hide] (118.9KB, 600x438)
>>5155
Replies: >>5157
No.5157
ufo_render.jpg
[Hide] (39.9KB, 500x328)
spyplane_both.jpg
[Hide] (101.2KB, 386x480)
sm_render_color.jpg
[Hide] (97KB, 666x460)
sm_render.jpg
[Hide] (55.1KB, 542x460)
slaveminer4.jpg
[Hide] (118.2KB, 640x373)
>>5156
Replies: >>5158
No.5158
z_guardianGI.jpg
[Hide] (59.5KB, 378x460)
z_castle_color.jpg
[Hide] (121.2KB, 414x480)
z_castle_b+w.jpg
[Hide] (92.1KB, 414x480)
yuriprime1.jpg
[Hide] (98KB, 600x466)
virus1.jpg
[Hide] (50.7KB, 405x480)
>>5157
Replies: >>5159
No.5159
z_rocketeer2.jpg
[Hide] (103.7KB, 386x460)
z_rocketeer1.jpg
[Hide] (81.6KB, 347x460)
z_rocket2.jpg
[Hide] (225.9KB, 672x460)
z_rocket.jpg
[Hide] (88.2KB, 401x480)
>>5158
I just realized that it's a bit odd how heavily Yuri's Revenge seemed to be leaning into the '50s sci-fi thing when the game itself takes place in the '70s.

The Them!-like missions from Counterstrike with the giant ants feel more thematically appropriate for the time period, similar to how Tiberian Dawn had the missions with the dinosaurs that were inspired by Jurassic Park.
No.223 [Open]
90's-2000's_toys.png
[Hide] (19.8MB, 4104x6144)
The 2000's were arguably the last decade when children actually played with toys...
 
What toys did you have? What toys did you want? Share memories from visiting the big toy aisles, etc.
 
P.S. The size of the pictures does not indicate the importance/quality of the toys besides Action Man vs Max Steel..'cause Action man is better or you can argue otherwise.
74 replies and 72 files omitted. View the full thread
No.4211
tf_proto_5.jpg
[Hide] (168.1KB, 1762x1284)
tf_proto_4.jpg
[Hide] (72.2KB, 1194x668)
tf_proto_1.jpg
[Hide] (71.6KB, 1225x833)
tf_proto_2.jpg
[Hide] (175KB, 1260x1702)
tf_proto_3.jpg
[Hide] (166KB, 1260x1702)
>>4210
>after the first prototypes were made
And speaking of, here they are! We got pics of Starscream and Cheetor. I believe Starscream was going to include electronics and as you can see, some of his joints were even going to be made of clear plastic. I'm pretty sure it would eventually degrade like a lot of clear plastic toys, but it does looks cool. Cheetor's pics include the steps for his transformation. Sadly, it's unfinished and we never got a look at his robot mode.
Replies: >>4212 >>4227
No.4212
BA.jpg
[Hide] (121.3KB, 600x764)
Megs01.jpg
[Hide] (127.1KB, 576x734)
Nightscream.jpg
[Hide] (124.6KB, 593x756)
SW02.jpg
[Hide] (126KB, 621x792)
TranstechMegatron-StyleBoard.jpg
[Hide] (195.8KB, 1540x1134)
>>4210
>>4211
I wonder if the movie designs would've been as polarizing if these had come out first
Replies: >>4227 >>5146
No.4227 
>>4210
>>4211
>>4212
Cool anon! It's always interesting to see cancelled toys/toy prototypes. 

I really dig Cheetor, he looks like really fun and awesome toy. 

>if this counts
It does, since it was meant to release in 2000's and you can just see the cool sleek 2000's futurism. 
 
>I wonder if the movie designs would've been as polarizing if these had come out first
Yes, since the movie designs are typical ugly grey greebled CGIshit of *2010's. The designs you post are so much cooler, smooth, sleek, colorful and have defined shapes that don't look like random scrap metal. 

*Yes the first movie was released in '07, but is still closer both in spirit and time to the 2010's.
No.5145 
I forgot about Rescue Heroes for the longest time, but they just popped into my head recently and I remembered how lame I thought they were.
No.5146 
>>4212
Blackarachnia looks really cool in that first pic. Reminds me of the mech suits from Bubblegum Crisis.
Page: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] | [Catalog] [Banners] [Logs]
Show Post Actions

Actions:

Captcha:

- news - rules - faq -
jschan 1.7.3