Mike
As an elder millennial who grew up during the tech boom, it’s wild to look back at the gadgets and devices that felt cutting-edge at the time but now seem like relics from another era.
Whether it was the chunky computers, early cell phones the size of bricks, or those classic Walkmans, these pieces of technology from the 70s, 80s, 90s, and early 2000s feel like they’re from a time long, long ago.
It’s crazy how fast things have changed, and these nostalgic pictures are a perfect reminder of how far we’ve come—while making you wonder how we ever managed with that old tech.
1. Duke Nukem 3D (1996)
2. Nokia 9000 Communicator (1996)
3. User interfaces used to be fun!
4. Mac Speak in Blank Check (1994)
5. Slashdot
6. Geocities
7. Little Computer People (1985)
8. Flash 5 (2000)
9. Windows XP
10. Finder
11. Descent 2 (1996)
12. Defragmenting…
13. Cordless Telephone, Takenobu Igarashi (1989)
14. Winamp Skin: Zelda Amp 3
15. Caesar 3 (1999)
16. Bang & Olufsen Beomaster Control Module (1976)
17. Blockbuster Video’s website (1997)
18. Bryce 2 (1996)
19. Bang! Bang!
20. The PowerBook (1991)
21. AIM
22. The “NeXT” Computer (1988)
23. Mortal Kombat (1992)
24. The Nokia N-Gage (2003)
25. The HTC Dream (2008) first Android phone
26. Windows NT 3.5
27. The Macintosh Portable
28. NeXTSTEP 1.0
29. Steam on launch (2003)
30. iPod Nano (2005)
31. Super Nintendo Doom (1995)
32. Winamp Skin: vault tec v5
33. MapQuest
34. After Dark 2.0: Flying Toasters
35. Grid Compass (1982)
36. Encarta MindMaze
37. Windows 98 Plus: More Windows
38. Leisure Suit Larry: Love for Sail (1996)
39. Nelsonic Nintendo Game Watches (1989)
40. Marantz PMS-6000 turntable boombox (1982)
41. Packard Bell Navigator 3.5 (1995)
42. Paintbrush on Windows 3.1
43. America Online
44. ScanDisk
45. iTunes 2 (2001)
46. MusicNet (1995)
47. Sega Online (1997)
48. Sam & Max Hit the Road (1993)
49. Olivetti Echos 43 Color (1994)
50. Pipe Dream
