Retro Computing
195 sites
https://kawaiiattic.arunyi.art/
Kawaii Attic, created by Arunyi, is a lovingly curated archive of cute websites from the early 2000s, celebrating the golden age of kawaii internet culture with pixel art, adoptions, dollz, sozai, and more. Visitors can browse hundreds of linked sites organized into categories like personal pages, fanlistings, cliques, webrings, and sozai resources, making it a treasure trove for anyone nostalgic for the old web's charming aesthetic.
https://wiki.preterhuman.net/FortuneCity
Part of the Higher Intellect Vintage Wiki, this page documents FortuneCity, the classic free web hosting platform that let users build homepages in themed virtual districts during the late 1990s. It serves as a historical reference entry covering FortuneCity's features, community structure, and international expansion, alongside related services like GeoCities and Angelfire.
https://9ties.neocities.org/
A nostalgic tribute to the 1990s internet experience, created by someone called 'doc' who longs for the old web days of horrid computers and slow connections. The site features a Hotline Webring membership and neighborhood links, capturing the spirit of early Geocities-era personal pages.
https://recoil.sourceforge.net/
RECOIL (Retro Computer Image Library) is a free, open-source image viewer and converter that opens 552 native picture formats from vintage platforms including Commodore, Amiga, Atari, ZX Spectrum, and MSX. Available as standalone apps and plugins for Android, Windows, macOS, Linux, and in-browser, it is an essential tool for anyone preserving or exploring old-school computer graphics.
https://aerovvveb.nekoweb.org/
AeroVVVeb is a nostalgic personal site styled as a Windows 98 boot screen, complete with a mock BIOS POST sequence and boot manager interface. It leans into retro computing aesthetics with Flash content via Ruffle and autoplaying audio, making it a charming throwback to the late-90s PC experience.
http://holenet.info/
Techokami's HoleNet is a quirky personal site styled as a retro desktop interface, complete with a working Atari emulator (Javatari), solitaire, a notepad, and various ROM hacking tools for classic Sonic games. The downloads section showcases original PHP-based ROM rippers for a wide range of Sonic titles, making it a genuine resource for retro game hackers and enthusiasts.
https://sosumi.xyz/computering
Computering is a webring connecting websites whose creators are interested in, write about, or style their pages after older computers and operating systems like Windows 98, MacOS System 7, and Windows XP. With just 5 members so far, it's a small but charming community celebrating the aesthetics and nostalgia of vintage OS design on the modern web.
https://archaicbinary.net/
Archaic Binary is a retro BBS hub offering live Telnet and SSH connections to legacy bulletin board systems, complete with ANSI art, classic door games like Legend of the Red Dragon and Usurper, and support for message networks such as FidoNet and Amiganet. Visitors can connect directly in-browser via an HTML5 terminal or download SyncTERM, making old-school BBS culture accessible to a new generation of retro computing enthusiasts.
https://soft.lafibre.info/
A comprehensive archive of old Linux and OS ISO files organized by kernel version, spanning from 1994 through the 2010s, maintained by Vivien Gueant. Visitors can download vintage distributions like Slackware, Debian, Mandrake, Red Hat, and even OS/2 Warp directly for use with VirtualBox or physical media.
http://textfiles.com/
Textfiles.com, maintained by Jason Scott, is a massive archive of ASCII text files from BBS culture spanning the mid-1980s and earlier, preserving a crucial slice of pre-web digital history. Visitors can explore thousands of documents, ASCII art, BBS lists, digests, and companion projects like the BBS Documentary, making it an indispensable treasure trove for digital history enthusiasts.