Alex Buscemi
Ah, the good old days of floppy disks, dial-up internet, and brick-sized cell phones. If you’re feeling a bit weary from the relentless march of modern technology, we’ve got just the thing.
Transport back to a simpler time with some nostalgic technology pics. Remember when the height of luxury was owning a Walkman or when you had to blow into a game cartridge to make it work? Those were the days.
In this article, we’re celebrating the quirky, clunky, and downright charming gadgets that defined our past. Scroll through for some nostalgic pictures and get ready to laugh, reminisce, and feel a warm, fuzzy feeling as we revisit the tech that made yesterday a whole lot more fun.
1. Hampster Dance
2. Setting up Windows 98
3. Defragmenting Drive C
4. This is how we traced images in the 1980s
5. Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis (1992)
6. Microsoft Office Word Art Gallery
7. The Hewlett Packard 200LX (1994).
8. DoomEd, the DOOM mapping software from id Software
9. Pipe dreams screensaver
10. CyberSpot Internet Cafe
11. Rogue Squadron 3D (1998)
12. Nokia 3310 (2000)
13. The Sony Aibo (1999)
14. IBM ThinkPad 240X with a 10.4″ screen
15. Y2K warning sticker
16. Windows 98 Plus: Underwater
17. JPL’s website from 1995
18. SimCity 2000 theme pack
19. Translucent everything
20. WebFerrett
21. Half-Life (1998)
22. 3D Pinball Space Cadet
23. The Accuratus Mouse Phone was an optical mouse that doubled as a Skype phone.
24. Windows XP Plus! Aquarium
25. Southwest’s website in 1999
26. iTunes (2001)
27. Fallout 2 (1998)
28. Downloading Napster
29. Download dot com’s top game downloads (1996)
30. DOOM (1993)
31. Bryce (1994)
32. Caesar 3 (1999)
33. Blade Runner (1997)
34. AOL CDs
35. PowerBook G3 (1998)
36. Sony CLIÉ NR Series
37. StarCraft (1998)
38. Encarta 99
39. Universal Studios’ website (1995)
40. 3D Maze
