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What do you remember of the 90s?
NOSTALGIA THREAD. ALL THINGS TECH/COMPUTER/INTERNET RELATED GET IN HERE!
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Anyone ever play this one?
I say 2005 marked the time the internet went to shit. the early internet while slow, provided a barrier of entry to those without technical know-how effectively making the internet a haven for nerds geeks and other like-minded individuals.
unfortunately with the advent of web 2.0 social media YouTube and the like we have now introduced the Internet to people who honestly have no business being here.
inb4 sekrit club shit
>>606474388
>>606474840
I agree with this guy
>>606474840
this makes me sad.
having used the internet since the mid-90s, i witness the massive changes it underwent in the mid-2000s.
while some changes arent bad, the fact that now no one does anything on the internet unless they can get money from it, has turned the web into a pile of dogshit.
before people made content with no regards to profit. they did it because they wanted to, and if they lost money, no matter, because it was a HOBBY first and foremost. now if someone tries an original idea, it gets copied to death to the point the creator gets shouted down
>>606474388
nigga I had a 33.6; downloded the original quake (40mb) in 8 hours... after trying millions of times because the stupid connection would get lost and i'd have to restart
>>606474840
Yes, because it is impossible to have private forums or IRC rooms or <insert method of internet communication here> where you can gather only like-minded people.
>>606474994
Was going to post this. Nice m8. You got a source where I can get this beauty from that runs on a W7 machine? If not I'll go get myself a VM, but I would be very glad to avoid that mess.
>>606475217
I miss when viruses/malware were only interested in destroying your machine, not hiding and mining the fuck out of you for personal info.
also, WHY THE FUCK ARE POPUPS AND INVASIVE ADS CONSIDERED NORMAL?
back in my day we lynched webmasters who did this shit.
>>606475383
Just download and install DOSBox. It should play it beautifully. Can probably find game itself on abandon war ensure ornbittorrent. Enjoy.
>>606475421
Yes, I am old fag.
>>606475510
on GOG now. and compatible with windows.
>i would wait for it to go on sale. or just download it somewhere.
Bean with bacon megarocket.
https://archive.org/details/softwarelibrary_msdos_games
You're welcome.
>>606475744
I already have all the games I am posting. I also know how to get and install any game or software I can think of. I have a Linux file server that I download all my torrents through. It tunnels all traffic through a VPN in Sweden. Firewall rules only allowcit to talk to that server, so no leakage occurs.
>>606475744
I have heard rumors that GOG galaxy will fill the void left by ZONE when it closed.
>>606474840
When internet chat rooms starting growing, i remember all the "never give real names, never give out personal information" parents and teachers would tell us. Now, everyone puts all their information on the internet and are surprised when some one does anything shady with it. The internet used to be like the wild west, now its like the mild west.
>>606475618
There's an online version of it. Seems to be 1:1 port.
http://static.tibaco.nl/games/4/244/index.html
I'm pretty happy right now.
Remember when the joke was about how tiny phones were getting?
>>606476275
Oh man, the memories.
I still say napster was the superior music distribution software. even today (if it still existed)
>>606475421
2 megs of ram for $799.00 ha ha ha ha
>>606474840
This nigga speaks truth.
There was an article I read where something like a fifth of all Internet users think Facebook is THE internet.
yes. People exist that think Facebook is the literal definition of what the Internet is.
>>606475510
YEARS OF MY LIFE GONE TO THAT GAME
I remember using torrents for anime/irc/forums downloading at 35kbps. back in 2002.
I was like damn....Windows 85 was 7 years ago.
now its 20 years old. holy fuck.
Windows 95
>>606477421
>People exist that think Facebook is the literal definition of what the Internet is.
a lot of people in this world are clueless fucking morons and I have to deal with these stupid cunts every day.
you know what's even scarier?
these people don't even know they're stupid. they're surrounded by stupid people so they think their retarded ideas are normal and flip their shit right out when someone says to them:
> hey.. did you know you're a fucking idiot?
it's a sick sad fucking world.
>>606476480
Ahhh i remember the system halt time after time. Goood times.
>>606477421
>>606477824
http://qz.com/333313/milliions-of-facebook-users-have-no-idea-theyre-using-the-internet/
Granted, the sample size was taken from 3rd world countries, but i'd be willing to bet that if you polled EU or US you would get similar results.
>>606474388
Waiting for a porn pic to load fully or atleast load the good parts. Also having porn on a floppy disk.
>>606477824
Literally the first thing that comes to mind when you say that is America.
For me the golden years were between 2003-2008
In those 5 years PC's really fucking evolved into something incredible along with internet speed.
FaceBook is GARBAGE. So glad I deleted my account 4 years ago. fuck that shit.
>>606474840
you're obviously one of those retards that only started using the internet in this millennium while it was shit.
> be me
> 1991+
> usenet
> bulletin boards
> fidonet
> and fucking morons as far as the eye can see
things were fucking shit then too but it's hard to remember through the feelings of nostalgia and the sounds of furious circle jerking.
>>606478428
>FaceBook is GARBAGE. So glad I deleted my account 4 years ago. fuck that shit.
wow. you're my hero.
how about an autograph?
>>606474388
I remember the early 90s when almost no one had a cell phone and if you wanted music, you had to actually buy the damn CD. there was little copying or sharing of music unless it was on tape.
>>606478681
Once I got married and had kids, it was time to go.
Seriously. Myspace was cool in HighSchool....But once I started college and saw the mess that FaceBook was, I got rid of it,
It's provides too much personal info.
I wont give you an autograph, but here is a pic of my scrubs.
>>606478572
>early 90s
>BBS/fidonet
well no fucking shit the BBS set up was total ass. that was when that entire "sector" if you will was in total meltdown, destroy itself mode.
when people tried monetizing the BBS, that gave rise to a BBS conference (cant remember the naem) where a few "board members" kicked out some of the original creators (notably Tom Jennings)
after that, BBS died and the internet began.
the late 80s/early 90s for the BBS were very ugly. and i see the exact same fucking thing happening with the web
>>606478744
>there was little copying or sharing of music unless it was on tape.
piracy was huge during the 90s. before cd burning became dirt cheap people would record cds onto DAT tapes or other mediums and distribute that way.
>>606479082
>the late 80s/early 90s for the BBS were very ugly. and i see the exact same fucking thing happening with the web
yep. and that's just fucking sad.
>>606478890
sweet
>see sub7 on news piece.
>download it
>get it working
>manage to sucker a few friends to install "a game i just coded" then say "oh. i need to find a bug" when it threw an error
>use it for about 2 weeks then realized it was a pile of shit and amounted to nothing more than VNC
>opening the CD tray was always fun
Floppy disks, 56k modem, fuck them both
>>606478890
if thats you, i wanna tap dat
Oh man the fucking 90's!!!! BACK IN 1999! AIM MESSENGER!!! Man back in the day, you would message your XTC dealer on AIM. Chat with chicks while doing homework! IT WAS THE FUCKING BOMB! Life was more productive back than. Less distractions like fucking youtube and shit.
Man the nostalgia makes me want to cry.
>>606474388
you guys all need to listen to this song
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JwYX52BP2Sk
nostalgia is a symptom of a type of depression that comes with age
>>606479260
So, how come at an urban university with 25K students, I never saw anyone pirate music in 4 years, EVER? unless it was "dubbing" a cassette or CD to another cassette. Sure it was possible with expensive DAT or whatever, and maybe 3 people were into it, but it was NOT "huge"...not for 20 somethings anyway
>>606479438
you want to, but you won't.
>>606479373
>Floppy disks, 56k modem, fuck them both
i'm so glad that shit is over with.i still remember the pain all too well.
>>606478890
ib4 TOGTFO...man...why are anon's so fucking nice and polite today?...oh but yeah if thats you I would totally like to throw one up in 'em guts
>>606479635
because your university is full of sad lamers that wouldn't know how to tie their own shoes without written directions, or a least an instructional video that plays in their dorms every morning?
>>606475217
There still is a lot of content created just for its sake. Like this whole website, what people post, what image s they create or, looking at /f/ flashes which are created solely for fun.
>>606478428
>golden years
>2003-2008
u wot m8?
>>606479735
Martinez?
>>606479631
>door opens
>oh hey, anon is on. let me ask if...
>door slams shut
>o-okay then... ill talk to him later...
>>606476210
kek mild west
Who still remembers their FidoNet node- or pointnumber?
Why are you casting ice orbs at me? Why are you going to town? Why are you going hosti.... oh.
>>606479759
my boyfriend showed me 4chan back in 2006 lol.
I come on here when I am bored at work.
>>606479635
also.. (i forgot to add) that indeed, it was expensive, which is another reason why you wouldn't see no broke ass uni students with high quality bootlegs of ANYTHING. I'd be shocked if they had food to eat when they crawled back to their dens of lameness and their 'this is how you tie your shoes, dumbass' instructional videos.
>>606479738
>56k
im not so sure its over.
excluding pure downloads, surfing is becoming slower and slower as people bloat the mortal fuck out of their website with plugin after plugin and calls to 345234 other websites.
>>606480200
either contribute or GTFO back to >>>/soc/
>>606480247
>people bloat the mortal fuck out of their website
yep. watching noscript run in firefox is an enlightening experience. some sites are ridiculous and i will avoid them at all cost. there's just no need for it. they can shove their javascripting and flash plugins up their ass.
Treasure Mathstorm was the pinnacle of my grade 1
>>606480341
This is al you get. lol.
Everytime I read GTFO or tits..I'm like okay...another cheesedick loser. lol
>>606477742
lets fuck up this boss
>>606480597
my current fetish is my sister and i had a dream a few nights ago, one of those ultrarealistic ones you know?
so we're in her bed, and we're making out, and it feels like we're making out, and then all of a sudden my mum is up at my ear, smiling going LALALALALALAL like really loud
so loud it woke me up and i could still hear it
freaky shit man, true too
>>606480735
Holy fuck. I forgot all about that.
anyone else trying to shoot that stupid dog in the face,when he laughed in your fuckin face?
>>606480735
Hooooooolllly shiiiiiit I remember that!
Pretty sure I could never beat, but I played the everlasting fuck out of it. Nokia made the best games and phones.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4rqZZgVxnCk
>>606480643
He's right though, Tits or GTFO.
Those are the rules.
>>606478085
>http://qz.com/333313/milliions-of-facebook-users-have-no-idea-theyre-using-the-internet/
thank you, anon. that was disturbing to read. i tried not to laugh.. i really tried.
>>606480735
Oh fuck that game was pretty damn good considering what it had to compete with at the time. I remember some newscasters flipping their shit about being able to play pacman on phones just as recent as 2004. You've got to appreciate the present to appreciate the future.
>>606481100
my god....
that fucking commercial...
EVERY FUCKING COMERCIAL SEGMENT THAT THING PLAYED.
thanks a lot anon... it WAS blocked from memory...
ICQ, IRC, Quake, Westwood Online... that were the days. I'm getting old :'(
anyone played fifa 98 in the 5x5 pitch?
>>606480643
I'd just like to chime
What killed internet?
coolchat and talkcity
>>606479372
Hah! Anon, I used Sub7 to lure pedo's. Acted like a grill_12 in IRC and send them my photoalbum.exe
Netbus also made me feel like a uberl33t haxx0r
>>606481631
social media
this is what we are headed for. an internet that is 100% social media.
social media portals and walled gardens.
>>606480735
oh my god....
>>606476480
What's with these homies dissing my girl?
This card changed my view of PC games entirely.
>>606481361
MPlayer, Gamespy
>>606481781
That's true in half.
Social media is not that bad, whatapp/viber are good.
I don't really like facebook/twitter.
I don't know how to explain in a better way because of my limited english.
you guys
>>606480643
You are a cheese dick loser. If you know 4chan, then you know togtfo and you would comply. Therefore you are just a man looking to pretend to be a girl and feel pretty for a few minutes.
>>606482092
Pretty sure i have a 3dfx voodoo banshee in a draw somewhere, Dat Glide wrapper.
>>606480786
Quit fucking humping every thread with this shit. It isn't clever.
>>606482298
>>606482092
3dfx
the way it used to be played.
now if only 3dfx didnt go full retard in its quest to destroy nvidia. we would have THREE major GPU makers and not 2
any1 play this?
>>606482393
I just think it would be interesting to see the different directions innovation would have taken if that was the case.
>>606482403
is it a game for ants?
>>606482393
>2
Ati is still a thing?
My desk right now.
>>606481850
WHY DO THEY GOTTA FRO-O-ONT
Internet is dead
Social media killed it
>>606480643
Troll is obvious, clearly this bitches manlet posting pictures of his dream girl but is to beta to contact her via social media because hes a fedora wearing, V mask sportin, white knight faggot that is spreading aids and cancer in this glorious nostaliga thread
>>606474388
I remember chat rooms. I used to con girls out of nude pics. I would say "pic of me and my sword. send to receive". And after I got their pic I'd send them a pic of Galford from Samurai Showdown. Good times.
>>606483062
>see obvious troll is obvious
>continues to feed it
>>606476299
>http://static.tibaco.nl/games/4/244/index.html
you are a god among men.
>>606482884
>/G/
My first glimpse of the internet:
I miss waiting minutes for a few pixelated pictures of tits to satiate my preteen urges that I didn't quite understand.
This thread is filled with little fuckers who were born in 95 and claim to be "90's kids"
>>606485121
so a three year old isn't a kid?
interesting...
>>606485121
1984 here
>>606483709
Understandable anon
Here is your proof
quake 1
>>606474994
Mah nigga
>>606474388
my first computer had 20mb harddrive...
Leisure Suit Larry
Space Quest
Heros Quest
Kings Quest
loved those games
>>606485544
>/B/
you arent very good at this are you?
I remember when I first upgraded to an 8gb Maxtor hard drive. Fuck me good times. And the first time I saw a 40gb drive I fucking died.
>>606486409
>8gb Maxtor hard drive
it seems so tiny today.
sadly i have noticed that nearly everyone takes this shit for granted now. Even software devs who think
>i can be a lazy nigger coding this thing. space is so plentiful and Ram so cheap, they will just cover for all the bugs i wont remove when i release it.
when HDD space blew up, people stopped being efficient.
>>606486755
same goes to dsl speeds and html coding or whatever shit "web" devs are using
>>606485598
I used to load up a porn page and then go watch TV while it loaded so I could come back and fap to it later. I'm not talking HD videos here /b/ros. I'm talking just a few JPEGs. Yep, you had to plan ahead for that shit.
>>606474388
I was born that year and I'm 20.
How do you feel?
>>606485867
>gets proof
> too pedantic about capitalisation to care
>>606487785
Babbys first friend request
this baby right here
>>606476210
>never give real names, never give out personal information
>real names and personal info visible everywhere
Damn, didn't even think of that. Shit has really changed.
>>606485854
>>606482884
see
>>606475421
Look at that price.
>>606487526
>type in iddqd
>explode
These trolling motherfuckers...
>>606488605
i still go by that mantra. (aside from online shopping etc)
but im finding it increasingly tough to get anything done online anymore since more and more people are requesting personal info just to access the site.
freenet our last option?
>>606478744
Fuck i dont miss those things.
No pocket was capable of containing that, and mine didnt have a buffer so you couldn't even walk without it skipping.
>>606488341
I've got one at home, but on vacation right now.
I have an Atari 2600, a Flashback (got it before we realized there were well-restored originals at the cartridge shop), and a Genesis remake (with wireless controllers plus ports for wired and cartridges) here though.
>>606482125
LAN parties, Half-Life, Carmageddon
>>606489681
when did you get your first street legal CPU?
>>606490124
>AMD
When AMD was good... ;_;
Hope samsung for real buys AMD
you had time to take a nap between dl'ing a couple of porn pics
>>606488842
>>606488341
I am dying to know what game that is.
>>606474994
There's a free DHTML implementation of Lemmings out there somewhere.
>>606491229
Blank Screen: The Game
>Amazing graphics
>Great controls
>Best way to make you think about your dad
>>606479372
oh man I loved that shit. used to make porn pics pop up randomly on my best friend's sister's computer. watch peoples webcams. amazing stuff.
>>606492027
>watch peoples webcams
Either this is bullshit, you used a much later version, or you were one of the very lucky few whose mark used a webcam that sub7 actually saw.
the version in the 90s/2000/20001 had webcam functionality but it never worked, except for i think 1 brand of camera
>>606474388
My Atari ST in 1988 was pretty great. I made raytraces and played games.
>>606489681
Thanks Kong internet
>>606492242
You might be right but I can't really remember exactly. Than what did we do with it again, watch their screen or something?
>>606492242
There were many web cam cunts in the 90's.
One site had a collage dorm with a dozen cameras
This is what started it for me. But they didn't really have porn, just 'nude art', was good enough for me though lol...
>>606474840
didnt i just see you on /f/?
I had the MP3 attachment you could cram in the back. You stored the songs on little SD cards that could only hold about 3 songs each. I only had one. The three songs were: FReak on a leash, break stuff, and some weird al song about cows.
>>606492802
yea. basically it was teamviewer that had a few extra options.
>>606490124
I love it.
I remember finding chicks from the US, from Secondlife, and had cybersex with them over AOL.
Those were the times.
>>606480615
game was baller
uh oh...
>it will never come back nor be replaced.
But does your graphics card 3DFX?
Fucking this.
If only per core compute power was still doubling every 24 months. Still rolling on system built in 2009.
>>606482162
it's the same company man
all your messages are stored forever, so secretly associated with your facebook account and you don't even know it
sauce: I work for the goverment
>>606494370
And this too.
The time when battling someone on a school bus meant Pokemon blue/red link cable battles.
>>606494370
yesss i got one of those in my christmas stocking
This too
>>606476594
Oh man, that. Remember Britannica tried something similar?
This. I wanted one so badly as a kid.
>>606494639
My dad had that exact one. A a blue pager
>>606494905
What was nice about those disks is that you could use them as sources in your reports.
now with wikipedia (which most schools dont accept as a source), obtaining acceptable information requires a bit of digging now, which usually means several full days at the library.
nothing wrong with the library, but the convenience is gone
>>606494706
Real photo?
>>606495238
back in 1995 my parents gave me a pager as a way to notify me to call/come home
111=call
222=come home
within a few months, nearly every fucking kid in my neighborhood had their own pager.
>the pager idea was actually pretty good
And this was a much maligned curiosity.
>>606495379
yeah nigga. Can't believe you haven't seen it yet.
>>606476517
Hahahaha yes, I think about this all the time.
A friend of mine had her father's Startac. You can't imagine how slim I thought the thing was at the time.
my first DoS attack
>>606495671
those nokias at the time though
>>606478890
Dat ass
>>606475862
Yes nigger
>>606480200
Hey kid, how dem titties?
>>606475421
That was late 80's. I had one.
>>606477742
So many hours
>>606495887
The qualcomms (back when they made phones) were pretty damn thin for the time.
>>606496116
HOLY SHIT THIS OMG.
>>606496099
i heard a rumor that on the laser disk version of braveheart, you can zoom in and see Mel Gibson's penis
>>606480200
femanon, pls, pls. tiiiiits.
I actually obtained a hell.com email address
ama
>>606496116
Would have always told it that I can turn it off whenever I want to.
>>606495379
Summer already?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A81IwlDeV6c
>>606496408
On the blueray version you can actually touch it
>>606495887
Indeed. So damn fine.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kGYcNcFhctc
car phone
In Jr. High, get baked with a few friends and then spend hours playing this or MTG. No better multiplayer game available on DOS.
>>606496116
Goodnight, sweet prince...
>>606477742
I was a Snake II fucking MASTER. Pic related, my top score. Screen filled. Theoretical maximum was 5k I think.
>>606496819
HAHA we used to watch this shit in class on laser disk. . .fucking laser disk.
Did anyone else have this game on all the macs in school?
My first internet experience
>Be 12
>Get AOL trial disk from Kroger
>Get home, install on my shitty windows 98
>Screen name? Lildrummerboy.jpg
>Get on yahoo
>search Britney Spears naked
>Fatguywithhisassholespreadwide everywhere
>Turn off pc
>Go play
>>606494706
Those skinny faggots should have lifted some more.
>>606480735
announced on September 1, 2000
>>606480910
super smash 4 came out very recently.. hardly nostalgia
>newfag detected
>>606474388
Playing Diablo multiplayer. Having my friend's modem calling my actual telephone number to connect to my modem.
>>606494639
i still have iii xe version!
>>606496453
Underrated post
cue the music
>>606496453
I actually own the hell.com domain
ama
Seiko US-2100 Wrist Computer
>>606496116
Right in da feelings
>>606478890
NICE ASS FAGGOT. HAHAHAHA
>>606482825
It's Amd now
>>606478890
You know the rules...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gsNaR6FRuO0
>>606495759
Made me remember
>>606481850
Holy fuck i had that disk too! That damn hovercraft game pissed me the fuck off.
![odt-escape-or-die-trying-big-5[1].jpg](https://i.imgur.com/BKjHvzK.jpg "odt-escape-or-die-trying-big-5[1]")
Anyone else remember this glorious masterpiece?
>>606480200
Tits of gtfo attention whore
>>606474840
nostalfag
anyone remember hotline connect?
>>606499505
nigga please
god tier accelerator
>>606499570
niiiice. i couldn't find any images like that.
>>606499804
have another then
Before MMORPGs were a thing...
Before WoW...
Before Ultima Online...
Before Everquest...
MUDs
>>606497170
Home of cracky chan, but not nostalgia yet.
>>606499570
good times indeed
>>606482403
I fucking did, like a tone of it, arcade mod with the infinite missiles ... fire 50 of them, they lined up on the ground to destroy cities
>>606500095
ahhhh sheeeet
what is the post/image limit for /b/?
when should we be making a new thread?
![DOS-not-forgotten-edit-autoexec.bat_-640x353_original[1].jpg](https://i.imgur.com/Sa6yXjt.jpg "DOS-not-forgotten-edit-autoexec.bat -640x353 original[1]")
>>606500095
Also, editing your config.sys and autoexex.bat untill that game refusing to start finally worked.
I hated Win98 for stopping that.
>>606478744
>mfw no anti skip
>>606498280
Apple Watch Rip Off Clearly, so when they going to sue?
![1427551478499s[1].jpg](https://i.imgur.com/98NnsfG.jpg "1427551478499s[1]")
![aardwolf-mud-2[1].jpg](https://i.imgur.com/AjNKmmI.jpg "aardwolf-mud-2[1]")
