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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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No.4693 
>>4627
And a belated happy new year!
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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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https://crinkle.net/
https://armitage.crinkle.net/
I've found out that .ass stands for Advanced Substation Alpha, it was made in 1996, and as part of that journey I've found these.
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I'm still looking for this game from 2001 that I originally found on the Happy Penguin website or whatever it was called back then. That site closed down years ago though. But it was just an index, they didn't host games on there. And now the only references to BobSG I can still find are in these two places (yes, even the first of them is also MIA):
http://web.archive.org/web/20090412025156/http://www.tuxradar.com/content/archives-best-games-2001
https://www.crummy.com/2001
No.4792 
https://wiby.me/submit/ do your part in restoring the web to its former glory by contributing websites
No.4817 
https://oceancolor.gsfc.nasa.gov/staff/norman/seawifs_image_cookbook/faux_shuttle/
Found a relic from 2000.
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No.4820 
>>4817
Interdasting.
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You realize that you're an internet oldfag when: 

>You've been registered at old sites and forums with old local emails you don't use anymore and probably they don't even exist.
>You have saved images at BMP. format
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oh yeah, still at it babyyyyy
No.4814 
Question: what are the oldest accounts that you have created and still use on a regular basis? Mine's an account on an image board (yes, fucking really) that I created in 2012.
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No.4816 
>>4814
>2012
ahem not retro :^)
My email account is from like 2002
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No.4818 
>>4814
>>4816
Mine's from 98, Yahoo.
No.4819 
>>4814
I believe its from 2008, I forgot any older ones.
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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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No.4793 
>>4783
That was fun, but I'll echo it feeling like a fusion of cartoon eras (especially the way Clare is a ballbuster). Hope he can get more out without sacrificing quality.
No.4795 
>>4466
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hnCvazVHHwU[Embed]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jAtjgKulvws[Embed]
Yo nigga, Halloween and Punkracker are go. Looks and sounds great.
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https://www.youtube.com/@mongopangolin6974
This animator's style is a throwback to 90's WB stuff like Animaniacs. I haven't watched their 6 minute short yet but this stuff is really good
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No.4810 
>>4808
These capture the 90s style perfectly, the only giveaway is the clean "digital" look but even that is easily masked by the VHS artifacts (2nd video).
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>>4705
These audio tracks reminded me of this
https://x.com/TaskControllers/status/1772950602009510288
Found a great FL Studio Setup that converts audio into compressed in a way that sounds like XBox Live.
Did some of my own audio where I pitched up my voice and then put it through the "Xboxify" setup & it really started sounding like a mid 2000s youtube vid
The download link is in the comments of the tweet
The download has everything, but you may need kerovee and dblue crusher if you don't already
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Alright, I decided to expand the scope of this board a little more and include a containment thread for 80's nostalgia.

I mainly created this board to serve as both a successor to the old /y2k/ board, which was my favorite board on 8chan, and also expand the scope to include 90's nostalgia too, but after checking on this board, I noticed someone mentioning 80's nostalgia and I decided I would do something about it.

I personally don't care that much for 80's pop culture aside from the music and some of the old edgy anime, but 80's nostalgia did become a thing in the 2000's and I can see why others like the whole 80's style, so I'll allow it as long as it's mainly kept to this thread.
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No.4420 
>>4413
I love Duran Duran!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nbFAUFTMtLE[Embed]
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No.4424 
>>4420
I had no idea that they did Rio, let alone that they liked Nagel's art.
No.4644 
>>401
I would've tried to live in that. Maybe I am deranged, but looks quite appealing to my senses.
No.4809 
>>4412
Vietnamese nail salon art?
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No.4812 
>>4809
It looks kinda fancy or glammed up (even if dated) - I can see how the ladies dug that stuff. I kinda enjoyed the haircut experience for the same reason - never had enough coverage for pompadours and such but big crazy hair always sounded cool to me.
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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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No.4590 
>>4584
360s are dirt cheap, you can buy one and mod it yourself or just get one that's RGH'd already
No.4641 
>>4425
>Could the equally cult-tier and forgotten Haunting Ground be one of them?
Now I played that too, I' not quite sure if Eternal Darkness had any influence on Haunting Ground. It was quite an interesting game, with its own unique mechanics and ideas, but I fail to see any parallels with Eternal Darkness.
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Wapanese vidya, you say?
No.4765 
>>4641
Haven't played that one, just found its music and gameplay vids interesting. As for the connection, I just wondered if it took some influence from being made in the /retro/ timeframe, but it's much more likely to have taken from the Resident Evils. 

How did you like it?
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No.4811 
>>4765
Interesting is the word to describe it. This is definitely a game to try, as it has original mechanics and ideas that you cannot really experience anywhere else. The dog, of course, is the primary one. You gotta run an hide and stuff, and yet you have a bodyguard which can potentially help you in a critical situation.
The plot is kinda cool, despite being japanese-style weird... and yet, overall, I'd say something is lacking. Maybe it's a bit too drawn out... not sure. I'd just say that it is worth trying it, but if it won't click - don't prerss yourself to the finish (or search for "early escape" ending in the web and get that one, so you will technically complete the game, heh).
Overall, compared to Eternal Darkness, I'd say Eternal Darkness was way more solid.
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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
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No.4750 
>>4747
Agora Road? Yes, used to post there more but it's been pretty crowded as of late. Also the demographic seems to have shifted the last couple of years by about 10 years: it's not 20 and 30 year olds as it used to be, it's 15-25 year olds that are there for the aesthetic. I'm not dunking on it, I was into forums at 13, but the tone is way off as the posters were like 5 when vaporwave was in full swing and not even sperm when the retro stuff they profess to enjoy existed. Again, not dunking, it's great they enjoy it, but I feel like the old guy with kids zooming around the room. 
Also bots... some of the members were playing with AI last year and it looks like the models have gotten better. Feels like a handful of honest posts with AI regurgitating the schizo ramblings with the exact same tone but no new insight lately.
No.4752 
>>4748
Similar feeling. I just chat with the old computer nerds at work for my retro fix. They enjoy talking about 1990's tech as much as I do. 

I don't really have an interest in the "Terraria everything" push; nothing for me there. 

Won't that be crazy? Slab phones and apps as retro though.
No.4800 
I have nowhere else to talk about this so I'll post it here

I went to the zoo recently, no phone, just my camera, with some friends, and it was pretty good. It kind of felt like the good old days if that makes any sense
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>>4800
Glad you enjoyed it anon, are you gonna share some photos with us?
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No.4803 
>>4802
Maybe later if I remember.
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What is your favorite operating system? Do you prefer MS-DOS, Windows 3.1, 95, or something else? FreeDOS? Some flavor of Linux?
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Made a new theme on my computer to look a bit like windows 2000. I have been bored with solid color backgrounds so I made this one with some pc98 art I found.
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And here is the wallpaper I made if anyone wants it
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No.4801 
>>4798
Very nice. I'm guessing this is Windows 7?
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No.4804 
>>4801
Yes. And the icons are Windows 2000 icons I found online.
No.4805 
>>4798
>>4799
Looking good.
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Post cool /retro/ ads and TV commercials
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No.4787 
>>4786
That Kirby commercial was slick, transitioning between the animation and gameplay footage so smoothly.
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No.4788 
>>4786
Really enjoyed the Kirby and the stop-motion one. The other one I found a bit repellant (though I love car racing).

Thanks, Anon! Please post more if you have them.
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>>4787
>>4788
Glad you anons liked them, that Kirby one is a personal favorite of mine.I'll be posting more as I remember to do so.
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>These guys think they're bad because they walk slow...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KRiH3jNE7OY[Embed]
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No.4626 
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=owzvqwLNW_g[Embed] The Roches New York Christmas Show, December 22nd, 1990. Enjoy, and merry Christmas!
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>discovered los angeles: critical mass a couple years ago >>3239
>tried to find torrents for a high-quality rip of the album
>instead torrented another series of albums named critical m@55 by mistake that are aggrotech and darkwave 
>love every part of them
https://thepiratebay.org/description.php?id=4193220
and i just noticed the uploader's name is DivineShadow, which is the antagonist of Lexx which i consider my absolute favofite scifi series ever made. what a small fucking world holy shit.
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someone posted this on spee and i need the original video, it looks like it's from darude but i'm not sure
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No.4772 
>>4770
It's called "Ecuador" by Sash, released in 1997 if I recall correctly.
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No.4773 
>>4772
of many thanks
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