The Internet in 1996

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30 Jul 2006, 03:54 PM
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The Internet in 1996

The Internet in 1996 - Discuss.

"All of these elements combine to give me a kind of headache that is very small but will never go away."
30 Jul 2006, 03:57 PM
Joust Williams

He's kind of like Maddox but not as funny
30 Jul 2006, 04:21 PM
Drinky Milk

I go to archive.org every day. I absolutely love that place. It's fun to see what the websites started out as, and how they evolved over time.

I don't give a shit about mcdonalds.com :chick:
30 Jul 2006, 05:04 PM
ChaoofNee

I remember that useless internet. :)
Now the internet is slightly more useful. Also not shitty-looking.
30 Jul 2006, 05:37 PM
Fe 26

I remember the 90s of webdom. I remember those BBS reply boards. GameFan had one before they had chat. Also remember how fan sites were all horrible colors that clashed and were hard to read. And people loved the fire.gif.

Speaking of Gamefan, I remember it being ahead of the game by a bit. They were one of the first sites to pretty well organized.

I also remember ICQ and how a lot of people locally used AOL because they didn't know you could use chatrooms for free with mirc.
30 Jul 2006, 05:56 PM
ChaoofNee

http://www.homestarrunner.com/sbsite/
30 Jul 2006, 06:03 PM
Rich

The lego site looked sweet.
30 Jul 2006, 06:22 PM
Beefy Hits

Quote:

Originally Posted by ChaoofNee

http://www.homestarrunner.com/sbsite/

I hope that's not your webpage. The Cheats exploits are worth some chuckles. It reminds me of one of those plastic figurines they gave away in the 80s with an Arby Kids meal when they still sold Kids meals. Apparently, only Arbys doesn't serve children, because I haven't noticed a kid's meal on the menu for awhile.

What do I know? I haven't done webpages since that time, and probably couldn't do one any better than that.
30 Jul 2006, 07:29 PM
Klonoa

Quote:

Originally Posted by buttcheeks

Speaking of Gamefan, I remember it being ahead of the game by a bit. They were one of the first sites to pretty well organized.

GF java chat ruled
30 Jul 2006, 07:32 PM
FirstBlood

lol, frames.
30 Jul 2006, 07:34 PM
Tommy Tallarico

http://www.the-nextlevel.com/board/s...&postcount=322
30 Jul 2006, 07:58 PM
Klonoa

:lol:
30 Jul 2006, 10:31 PM
ChaoofNee

Quote:

Originally Posted by Beefy

I hope that's not your webpage.

Yes. I am one of the Brothers Chap and own www.homestarrunner.com
Definitely.
Uh-huh.
Sure.

No.
30 Jul 2006, 10:53 PM
Glitch

I remember hamsterdance.com was the first website I ever went on, which has been preserved here.

<3 Hamster Dance
30 Jul 2006, 10:56 PM
Omni

Quote:

Originally Posted by Beefy Hits

What do I know?

Apparantly very little.
30 Jul 2006, 11:03 PM
Tracer

I just want to say Homestar Runner is not funny. It has never been funny, and the people who find it funny are awful.
30 Jul 2006, 11:03 PM
jyoung

Aside from gamefaqs, my earliest internet memories come from looking up various glitches/tricks for Goldeneye, Ocarina of Time, and the old AKI wrestling games on n64cc.com (A.K.A. N64 Code Center).

Quote:

Originally Posted by Giltch

I remember hamsterdance.com was the first website I ever went on, which has been preserved here.

<3 Hamster Dance

I wonder if this site and its many sequels were a precursor/source of inspiration to ytmnd.com?
30 Jul 2006, 11:12 PM
adol

Around that time I was online with a Sega Netlink. It really fucking sucked.
30 Jul 2006, 11:40 PM
Fe 26

lol, I remember the netlink. I had one of those. It came with like 50 feet of phone cord.

I remember finding some site of full of scanned porn mags with it. Something like 50 of them. That was amazing back in middle school.
31 Jul 2006, 12:41 AM
Daitokuji

So who checked out gamefan.com yet?
31 Jul 2006, 12:17 PM
Scourge

I used to go to gamespot a lot in '97. They were pretty organized. And ign when they were in their infancy and they were pretty organized too.

Here's gamefan; I don't know if that's actually '96 or not though; following links led to articles from 2000.
31 Jul 2006, 12:29 PM
Diff-chan

I wish web archive had text searching, I really want to pull up my first site, Nintendo 64 Game Planet. It was on Geocities though, so I have no way of really finding it. :cry:

I also tried to look at N64HQ, that site was awesome as fuck, but apparently Nintendo took the domain over and scrubbed its existence off the web. I hate Nintendo so much.
31 Jul 2006, 12:49 PM
Scourge

Quote:

Originally Posted by Diff-chan

I wish web archive had text searching, I really want to pull up my first site, Nintendo 64 Game Planet. It was on Geocities though, so I have no way of really finding it. :cry:

I also tried to look at N64HQ, that site was awesome as fuck, but apparently Nintendo took the domain over and scrubbed its existence off the web. I hate Nintendo so much.

I looked for dailyradar.com's Shenmue review to cheer you up, but it hasn't been archived.
31 Jul 2006, 12:52 PM
Diff-chan

Quote:

Originally Posted by Scourge

I looked for dailyradar.com's Shenmue review to cheer you up, but it hasn't been archived.

I appreciate the effort. ^_^
31 Jul 2006, 01:32 PM
JefmcC

My two favorite import shops:

http://web.archive.org/web/199612182...tronixweb.com/
http://web.archive.org/web/199611120...tp://ncsx.com/
31 Jul 2006, 03:06 PM
Rhydant

Quote:

Originally Posted by Diff-chan

I wish web archive had text searching, I really want to pull up my first site, Nintendo 64 Game Planet. It was on Geocities though, so I have no way of really finding it. :cry:

If it was on Geocities, its probably still there. My site is, and I created that sucker back in '98. Still gets a lot of hits, too.
31 Jul 2006, 03:06 PM
Diff-chan

OMG Im checking when I get home.

Mine was mid-1997.

2 meg size limit ftw.
31 Jul 2006, 03:10 PM
Rhydant

If you remember your user/pass, you can probably login.

I hear allocated space is up to 30megs now.
31 Jul 2006, 03:14 PM
Diff-chan

Quote:

Originally Posted by Rhydant

If you remember your user/pass, you can probably login.

I hear allocated space is up to 30megs now.

No, I totally don't.

I really wish I did, I'd even post a link here, I don't give a fuck.

I might have deleted it, honestly, but if I could figure out the section I could find it on archive.org.
31 Jul 2006, 03:41 PM
Scourge

www.ebay.com
31 Jul 2006, 03:50 PM
Tones

This was my first attempt at a website, but it ended up being a place for me to dump all of my pictures to post on TNL. I think I started it when I was 13.

lol
31 Jul 2006, 06:27 PM
Daitokuji

LOL at the GameGo! magazine in the baggie!
31 Jul 2006, 07:56 PM
Diff-chan

Quote:

Originally Posted by Tones

This was my first attempt at a website, but it ended up being a place for me to dump all of my pictures to post on TNL. I think I started it when I was 13.

lol

http://www.gamepage.homestead.com/files/GG_.jpg

LOL you lose.
31 Jul 2006, 08:08 PM
Revoltor

I wonder if anyone ever printed out the PDF of issue 2?
31 Jul 2006, 08:32 PM
dakidski

Man, in 1996 I was still dialing up boards. Shame someone didn't archieve them.
03 Aug 2006, 01:42 AM
Tones

Quote:

Originally Posted by Diff-chan

http://www.gamepage.homestead.com/files/GG_.jpg

LOL you lose.

But it was cool back then :(
03 Aug 2006, 02:37 AM
Calliander

Quote:

Originally Posted by dakidski

Man, in 1996 I was still dialing up boards. Shame someone didn't archieve them.

Click for full size

Ahh, the old days.
03 Aug 2006, 03:06 AM
gamevet

Quote:

Originally Posted by adol

Around that time I was online with a Sega Netlink. It really fucking sucked.

That was my first experience with the internet. I often visited sites like Gamefan and Ebay. I never did get the updated web browser called golden.

I later moved onto the Dreamcast web browser and my first experience with forums posting, was on the daily radar boards.
03 Aug 2006, 12:36 PM
Beefy Hits

Quote:

Originally Posted by Tones

This was my first attempt at a website, but it ended up being a place for me to dump all of my pictures to post on TNL. I think I started it when I was 13.

lol

My favorite is the vampire poster on the wall. Classy.

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