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

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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.
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>>4451
I didn't mean to completely abandon my banner for almost a month. Here's a version with no uri.
Would this font work?

>>4460
>>4461
Nice.

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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.
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>>4469
yeah
>>4466
>hot tanned redhead with Doug Funny's nose
I don't know how to feel about this.
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>>4479
You might as well enjoy it since it had good work put in.


Does SFM count on here?
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>>4480
A lot of stuff ITT is Blender, Unity and Unreal so if it captures the theme then it should count.
>>4480
Sure. Whaddya got?

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I want to go back. When browsing the Web felt like going on an adventure.

What substitutes for "Wild West" these days? All I can think of are Tor, Zeronet, and the vast array of imageboards. Discord can feel pretty wild too sometimes, that is if you can find the right servers.

Post what you know, please.
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>>4474
>Might I suggest for the Webring Anons then, at the least, that you please consider helping to contribute to the common efforts at /robowaifu/ ?
Speaking personally, that's outside of my area of expertise (if I even have one) and not something I have much interest in. I wish you guys the best of luck though.

How is your work going over there?
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>>4475
>Speaking personally, that's outside of my area of expertise (if I even have one) and not something I have much interest in.
Well, you may have more expertise than you think, if you decide to build any intredast in. Quote :
>"We are technologists, dreamers, hobbyists, geeks and robots looking forward to a day when any man can build the ideal companion he desires in his own home. However, not content to wait for the future; we are bringing that day forward. We are creating an active hobbyist scene of builders, programmers, artists, designers, and writers using the technology of today, not tomorrow. Join us!"

>I wish you guys the best of luck though.
Thanks!  :)

>How is your work going over there?
No need to guess, find out for yourself, Anon. We're over on AlogsSpace on the Webring.

As to 'work', we're basically a loose affiliation of DIY'rs in a kind of 'workshop' where we share our work progress with one another, for the most part. I think the hardware part is moving apace, and I predict it will be well in-hand within about 3 years or so. The software, ehh, not so much. I'm having a hard time trying to convince other Anons to join in the systems software side of development, for whatever reasons. We'll see if thi
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>>4476
>Well, you may have more expertise than you think
I have basically no technical skills whatsoever.
> think the hardware part is moving apace, and I predict it will be well in-hand within about 3 years or so. The software, ehh, not so much. I'm having a hard time trying to convince other Anons to join in the systems software side of development, for whatever reasons. We'll see if things change rapidly (hopefully so!), once the prototype robowaifu bodies begin appearing.
I saw this video a while ago (I had to look up the name) and was surprised to see the progress that's being made in the field. Yeah, it's all still in the early stages so far, but I figured it would be much more primitive than this.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0LNthFGX4aM
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>>4477
>I have basically no technical skills whatsoever.
Not sure which part of :
>"...builders, ...artists, ...writers"
applies to that, Anon?  :)

>and was surprised to see the progress that's being made in the field
That's definitely a smol, hobbyist effort, and we all consider them brothers of /robowaifu/ .
>tl;dr
Masiro meidos a cute!!  :D

OTOH, the billions-US$ -funded corpos already have fully-biped-ambulatory humanoids working today :
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R6OEpsU21y4
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>>4478
>Not sure which part of : >"...builders, ...artists, ...writers" applies to that, Anon?  :)
Unfortunately, I'm not really any of those either.

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>These guys think they're bad because they walk slow...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KRiH3jNE7OY
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>>4281
>The guy was 24 when he released this seven years ago, and here I am at the same age and I haven't done jackshit.
Van Gogh only started painting when he was 27.
>but what I'm worried about most is
STOP THINKING
JUST ACT
THOUGHTS ARE POISON
WORK IS THE CURE
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>>4287
>Van Gogh only started painting when he was 27.
and he only sold one painting, then he died and only then did everyone realize he was a master
>STOP THINKING JUST ACT THOUGHTS ARE POISON WORK IS THE CURE
I AM TRYING
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>>4288
I once knew a writer who reached acclaim only in his 50s. It's alright to have a Julius Caesar moment, but let it spur you on.
I knew a bummder once who enveloped a briefcase up his arsehole only when he was "in his finding himself"-phase it's alroight it'll have spurned the OP, onto much bigger and brighter things you shiitin' mong bus wanker

>t. retro 1999
>discover Los Angeles: Critical Mass through YouTube suggestions like everyone else did
>love every track from it
>the guy who put it all together put out Critical Mass Vol. 2 late last year when he saw how popular it got
>it's not that good
i wouldn't call it a bad album, but it all feels really mediocre compared to the original. and i don't think that's my nostalgia speaking, i just don't think it's that special of an album especially compared to the masterpiece of CM1. what a shame.
https://yewtu.be/watch?v=7HZSuUagrwk

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RIDERS ON THE STORM
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>>3914
>lets not argue over time periods guys
OP may have done but I have not come here just to nostalge all over myself. If you say a car is good I want to know the reasoning for why. Or why not.

This is even in-period once you stretch to the early 2000s. The same design study that produced the yaris over the starlet, or the prius over the camry will be responsible for the MR-S and the Altezza as well. These cars find themselves ruined by CAD & by cynical eurocuck design committee. You may say they look good because of their form, like a roadster or a big saloon is naturally pretty; if so they are kind of cheating since any design in that format ought to look good (unless you're counting the micra convertible or something). The MR-S design on anything except that body type would look like everything else. Possibly even like that early SUV Subaru whatever it was called.

My cutoff for cars is 2001 but I don't just want to say it is because "I prefer it that way" or oh it's personal taste but I want to have clear rationale, as objective as I can make it so that in theory I'd understand what it would take to arrive at good design again.

We are assembled annoraks on the subject here. To not argue is to waste opportunity in testing my thoughts.
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>>4182
>anorak
Oh boy. How was the British car industry back then?
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For enthusiasts with a bit of money about them there were surprisingly rich pickings that were (almost) universally loved:- Aston Martin, Jaguar, Lister, Lotus, Marcos, Morgan, Noble, TVR, etc.

That a bunch of those companies were to later get into poverty and stop production, well none of that had quite happened yet and they all still made smashing cars.

All quite expensive though and won't hold a family. Basically the only working man's champion in there is a second-hand Jag. Or, those years of rolls royce when they would accidentally over-produce some and the used car market would adjust by lowering.

If you were a middle-class man after a mass market car with still some sporting credentials, it's buy German, or American, or buy foreign because the domestic scene is pretty bleak even back then. Not getting into politics too much, but the red wall did a number on them all.

Take a look at that Vauxhall-Opel rebadged Suzuki Alto. Or how about European region's exclusive Mitsubishi to rival that of the Eclipse?
I don't want to sound too pessimistic when frankly I'd be happy in any one of those cars. Even the Agila with a fog light delete and silly bolt on wind deflectors. But you have to do some car spotting to see them still out in the wild, whereas the Jaguars were generally well kept and looked after.
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Some spoilers they made back then are truly awesome. Best stuff since the huge wings of american aero warriors.

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Anybody want to talk about the fanfiction scene of the 1990's and 2000's? 


That whole era was a big deal for us fanfic spergs. Before the internet, fanfic was very obscure even for nerd stuff.


The rise of the internet in the latter half of the 90's is when fanfiction started to take off and diversify.


The 2000's was a golden age of fanfiction in my opinion, with the heyday of FFN and things like Deviant Art being seen more as a novelty than a punchline.


Even 2000's badfic was sort of legendary. My Immortal and Christian Humber Reloaded are both mid-2000's time capsules in many ways.

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>>3634
Is that show any good? I downloaded a torrent of it a while ago but never got around to watching it.
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>>3639
Looks wacky and unpleasantly perverse, but with some good points.
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>>3639
One of my favorite shows, if not my #1 favorite. Like >>3640 says you'll either love it or hate it.
>>3634
I remember watching a few episodes of Lexx as a kid, didn't really gravitate towards it at the time. I remember a few years ago coming across streams on CyTube and thought about actually giving a series a try. Definitely love the link you provided. Going to have to back up my HDD and make space and download some shows from that period, starting with Lexx.
I wonder, is Inuyasha worth trawling for fics?

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>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.
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>>4377
It really is the test of a good game that time does little to nothing to hamper its impact.

...Though I suppose the only financially reasonable method to play it these days is to emulate it. I wonder what other games and media it had an influence on.  

Could the equally cult-tier and forgotten Haunting Ground be one of them?
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=epZG93izEjY&pp=ygURUGVuIHBlbiB0cmlsY2Vsb24%3D

Pen Pen Trilcelon. Only just found it existed  thanks to Anna Logue. One of the most hyperactive game intros that I've seen in a while, it's reminded me of how the /retro/ era was the golden age of wacky races in particular, and racing games in general. Was it the sense of fun, the drive to experiment, or something else that made them possible?
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Never letting go.
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>>4456
What was good about that one?
Not the controls, tank controls and relying on cheesing the camera view for survival was hilarious but also got old fairly quick.
What never got old, though, was:
-The story being bare-bones, but with enough nuance under that simplicity to draw you into the world (minus Weasel - guy was just weird)
-The aesthetic: If anyone asks me what's the finest game that epitomizes 90s culture, I'd say these two games hands down, and yes including the somewhat awkward controls.
-The violence. Fuck yes, the violence. I don't think 10 year old me had ever seen a man (not just a demon or Wolfenstein Nazi, but any man since you could kill civilians too) burst into flames and scream and flop over before then. And the second game came up with even more unique ways to die.
-All these ways to die of course also applied to you. Sure, you had a health bar and a shield, but certain types of damage could just bypass your shield and one-shot you easily on the higher difficulties and before you knew it it was YOU who suffered a quick death. Really brought it home for me as to how dangerous fighting with that kind of shit really would be and if you miss something, or enemies surprise you with a rocket launcher? Silencer Terminated - hope you saved your game!
-Combined with this were the sounds. With the stakes being this high, few things made you roll into cover faster than hearing the plasma rifles going off on you, or of course the sound of rockets launching, or the nasty UV-9 at the end (thoug
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So, what are some of your favorite memories of the old internet?


Can be websites, memes, events or any other aspect of the days of Web 1.0 and 1.5


For a quick reference, here's what I would define as Web 1.0 and Web 1.5


>Web 1.0: Usenet, Geocities and Angelfire, AOL (1991-2001)
>Web 1.5: Early YouTube, ED, 4chan in its "wild west" days, MySpace, YTMND, Newgrounds and the peak years of dA and Fanfiction.net (2001-2008)


You also had cross-generation stuff like GameFAQs and IMDB which are still around today, although sadly IMDB's infamous message boards are gone
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>>4379
That layout is hilariously messy and eclectic, but at a glance and a few random clicks, it's a helpful little mine. Might see about hunting those serials from the 30s, especially the sci-fi and horror.
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https://www.brycebucher.net/

Found a cool website while combing through game devs and artists on Twitter.
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I was trying to find that browser privacy neocities site and I found this funny site: https://privacyguide.neocities.org/
I clicked on beginner, saw "If you already know how to block ads, this guide isn't for you" and nothing else. I was thinking, did this guy somehow code this beginner guide to look like an ad so I would block it? That's clever. Then I looked at intermediate and advanced and saw default HTML tutorial pages and lol'd
>>413
Thanks anon, that's it
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>>4452
How valuable is Neocities in the present day? What about Angelfire?

>>4383
Right back in time!
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>>4454
>How valuable is Neocities in the present day?
Very valuable. It hosts a ton of cool retro sites and personal blogs for free without ads, it's arguably the only place that's keeping the spirit of the old worldwide web alive. Also the fact that it's open source and still online more than a decade after its introduction is nothing short of amazing.
>What about Angelfire?
Apparently it's still up, and some of its old sites that I used to visit are too. However I don't think it's currently free.

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A thread for artwork and content of anthropomorphic animals characters (or "furries") from the late 1990s and early 2000s.

Sources are encouraged.

Resources:
https://yerf.metafur.org/
http://us.vclart.net/vcl/
https://confurence.com/
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Amy the Squirrel: A Walk in the Park (I hope this link still works)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T8Yh8_rfTMQ
It's very amateurish animation because it was made in 1992 on Commodore Amiga home computer. The same guy (Eric Schwartz) made some other ones, maybe they're also in that channel.
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>>3963
That's very impressive for something made entirely on Amiga, I've seen far lesser animations done with Flash in the 2000s.
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Discussion about this kind of evaporated, but Lackadaisy's pilot apparently did well enough that there's going to be an entire season. A couple shorts have been produced already and there's a 5-minute one here: https://youchu.be/watch?v=GqkUy8M-GfQ
Ivy is terminally cute, as usual.

Seems the people behind Lackadaisy have partnered with Glitch (the guys who made The Amazing Digital Circus) to open a merch store in case you wanted to buy plushies of the characters for perfectly legitimate reasons or just let your dogs chew on them. I had some misgivings about the pilot and how far it strayed from the original comic storyline, the style and charm of the characters is enough that I'm really looking forward to anything coming out of the studio.

My major gripe is Mordecai being voiced by that fat Korean faggot who became popular through meme videos, since his "dry serious voice" sounds like an affectation rather than genuine composure. And the aforementioned niggerlicious Cajuns.
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>Where did you learn to play - in a cave?
>In a trench.
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>>4448
Good voice work, good animation. I was half expecting him to get clocked.

>Dizzy Whipphid Defence

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Which ones are your favorites?

Pic related
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Say, do nature documentaries count? This is Treasures of the Great Barrier Reef from 1995. My parents tape recorded it for me and I just found it again after watching 2013's Megalodon. Give it a whirl, it's amazingly colorful and the musical ambiance is relaxing.
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>>3950
Was gonna make a bunch of reviews of that kind of shows in the /film/ thread about cartoons but got sidetracked, MTV really made tons of interesting stuff and Daria was kinda what i still imagine a slice of life if it was grungy and american.
>>4343
https://archive.org/details/shark-week-prehistoric-sharks-dc-1998

An excellent documentary with decent 3D work which my grandparents recorded for me on tape back then.
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>>4444
Blessed quads. VHS documentaries are very special to me, I used to watch a few by the BBC when I was younger so I'm sure I will enjoy this as well. The page of the uploader has more VHS goodness too.
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>>4445
Oh my, didn't notice that or the Discovery Channel section.

>  I am a scientist who has developed a profound ardor for acquiring knowledge through various means such as books and videos. My objective revolves around the preservation and restoration of antiquated historical documents and videos. These materials have been either collected or recorded in VHS format during my youth. It is imperative to note that I do not claim ownership not do I purport to have any proprietary rights over these materials. Moreover, I hold no vested interest in engaging with matters concerning copyright infringement. My sole focus is of an academic nature, devoid of any monetary transactions associated with the utilization of said material. Feel free to access and download this material at your convenience. Safeguarding this heritage is to enable individuals who are unable to access or experience these antiquities, thereby ensuring its availability to both current and future generations. I express my heartfelt gratitude to Internet Archives for its contribution in preserving this legacy.


A man after this board's heart. What do you want to dig out next?

Oh hey, a Montenegrin Akathist from 2005, wasn't expecting that.

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