Top site, the Ian Knot must have already saved me cumulative hours of shoelace tying time.
Joe Merrick, fucking legend, has been running this Pokémon database website for at least 15+ years. Basically the same layout, low/no ads, quality info for free. Got a Pokémon-related question? Serebii’s got the answer. Love it 💚
Not super niche:
I still use this site almost every day.
Absolutely. I must use it like 5 times a day.
No longer online, but if you like this you should also check out the official Galaxy Quest “fan” site: https://web.archive.org/web/20000819162953/http://www.galaxyquest.com/galaxyquest/
Tough math problems meant to be solved by programming a solution. Nothing has taught me to optimize as well as this site.
Who is still paying the hosting fees for this?
Mark and Sarah King are the web admins and claim to have been designated to stay behind on the away mission to continue to spread their message. Although there’s still some contention around them from ex members that left before they all put on the white suits, laced up their Nikes, and drank the kool aid.
I vaguely remember a documentary where they were interviewed but can’t recall many specifics. There was also a sub reddit that (supposed) ex-members used to post in and many of them had a bone to pick with Mark and Sarah King about some of their claims.
I guess when you’re all in on crazy… I got nothing to finish that with.
This is what the Internet looked like in 2004. I love this site for both it’s stated purpose, and the nostalgia of the design. Click it if you dare.
Used to load pretty fast at 33.6kbps.
Ding ding, here comes the shit mobile
I would rather die in a fire than be rescued by this hairy piece of shit
Its honestly the best comment on the internet
Demoscene stuff!
https://www.pouet.net/ and https://scenestream.net/demovibes/
Both are still kicking like it’s 2000 even though there are modern alternatives like https://demozoo.org/ and https://hypr.website/
Thank you! The nostalgia!
It’s where I got my cool sigs! Also, it looks pretty much identical to how I remember it. I only found out it was still running a month or two ago.
What was this made with? I’ve seen a few old sites like this
I have no idea. Given its age, probably either hand coded or using a template / theme. It has a little bit of information about its creation at the bottom of the front page.
I’ve seen a few sites like this
It always looked like you would catch at least one Trojan per download, but it’s the real deal if you are looking for cracked game.exes or at least it was back in the day.
Holy shit, ancient memory recovered!
Thanks for the memory. I like how there is now a series of pre stripped strippers dancing on the right edge of the screen.
I just opened the page without adblocking – that brings back even more memories. And yes, the desktop strippers are still a thing, and now they dance on the entire website, not only in an add-window!
My ad blocking is on the router and it didn’t block the strippers.
Great comic that’s been going since 2003. Kind of sort of heading towards the end, but it’s been doing that for a while now.
