Retro Stuff ![](img/hot.gif)
I grew up with the web of the 90s and early 2000s. With Geocities, FTP, Microsoft FrontPage, Netscape Navigator, CuteFTP, Winamp, Napster and personal websites. I often get nostalgic about all that. If you do too, you might enjoy this collection of things from that era.
Built With
The design of this website itself is a tribute to websites of that period.
Most of the animated GIFs on this site are from
Internet Archive's GIFcities, a searchable repository of animated gifs from old Geocities websites.
Every single page is hand-coded and hand-linked, right down to the RSS feed (if you find errors, please
let me know). It's hosted on
Neocities, a modern-day Geocities-like web host where you can find and follow lots of other old-school websites.
Websites and Resources
These are websites related to either archiving, documenting or keeping alive the spirit of the 90s/early 2000s web and computer culture:
Internet Archive, a library of millions of free books, movies, software, music and more. You can even play old games and listen to entire albums!
WayBack Machine, lets you travel back in time and browse saved versions of most public websites since 1997. Maybe your old site is still there!
Windows 98 Icon Viewer, where you can browse and download all of the wonderfully detailed little icons from Windows 98 (thanks to Alex Meub).
Smart Guestbook, a free hosted guestbook like the one on this website.
Neocities Websites, a searchable directory of all Neocities websites.
Wiby, a search engine for simple, no-frills webpages with interesting content. Also has a surprise me link that takes you to a random site.
Virtual Vault, a collection of links to cool, weird and interesting webpages, most of which have an "old school internet" feel to them.
The Geocities Gallery, a restored gallery of the archived Geocities sites, sorted by neighborhood. Lots of gemsd: a complete guide to European butterflies (in German), a definitive list of commemorative Coca-Cola bottles and MIDI songs to famous TV show/movie soundtracks, and much more!
Mydora, a continous streaming player that lets you listen to 490,273 recovered/archived songs from MySpace before they were all lost.
Screenshots from developers & Unix people (2002), if you ever wondered what the desktops of famous computer people looked like in 2002.
Project Gemini, a new, collaboratively designed internet protocol, which explores the space inbetween gopher and the web. Read FAQ for details.
Epic Rock Radio, the loudest of all online radios, streaming symphonic, progressive and powermetal non-stop since 2004, run by an old friend.
Want to experience the the 90s and early 2000s first-hand? Here are some tools and utilies to get you started:
Winamp skins, Games and Music
This page is under construction. I have a lot more stuff to add and will be doing so over time. Be sure to check back every once in a while. ![Smiley impatiently waiting with an hourglass](img/waiting.gif)
![Under construction sign](img/under-construction.gif)
Guestbook
Of course this website has a guestbook! ![Cool smiley with sunglasses on](../img/cooldude.gif)
What do you think about this page? Do you have a 90s thing that you'd like to see added? Or you just have a comment maybe. You can sign my guestbook or you can read what others have written.
![Sign my guestbook](../img/guestbook.gif)
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This website is under construction. Last updated: 25 May 2020.
All original text and music on this website are free and in the public domain under the CC0 1.0 Universal license. Download, copy and remix any way you like.
Made in France. All pages hand-coded, like in the old days. Valid HTML and CSS.
Hosted on Neocities. View website source code on GitHub. RSS feed available.
Best viewed in any browser, including Netscape Navigator, Firefox and lynx.
The main font is Barlow by Jeremy Tribby.
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