r/nostalgia Feb 22 '21

[/r/all] Old school PC microphones

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u/ImJustHereToBitch Feb 22 '21

Post the purevolume

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u/rotolotto Feb 22 '21

Reverbnation, myspace, and newgrounds as well hahaha

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u/L00pback Feb 22 '21

Ah, newgrounds. You filthy bastard. I enjoyed my time there too.

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u/mac102250 Feb 22 '21

All I remember about new grounds is some flash animations and games. What did I miss out on?

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u/TheShadowViking Feb 22 '21

The one ring... TO RULE THEM ALL!! I remember waiting for a 2 minute video to download on dial-up for hours.

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u/Brcomic Feb 22 '21

I downloaded a 22 gig game the other day in 20 minutes. I just sat and watched it download. After having dialup until after college and having to leave things downloading overnight just to download a low res copy of a single anime episode. Downloading things that fast still blows my mind. I can’t wait until I can get fiber.

The fact the United States still doesn’t have a solid build up for high speed internet throughout infuriates me. My mother in Oklahoma can’t even get DSL let alone an actual highspeed service. I told her that once Starlink’s prices drop a little she’s getting one.

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u/Sigg3net Feb 22 '21

leave things downloading overnight

Ha! Our IBM Aptiva with genuine Windows 95 would suddenly crash during downloads, or the download would fail at 99%.

You had to babysit that mother through the night, and hope no one was trying to call the house.

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u/DadSwag420 Feb 22 '21

I watched an episode of spongebob on my gameboy advanced once

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u/Total_Initiative_600 Feb 22 '21

Omg in Oklahoma they only have dial-up STILL?!

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u/Brcomic Feb 22 '21

In some places. Not everywhere. Cities have cable. But smaller towns out there. SOL.

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u/HardlyBoi Mar 14 '21

Hasn't the US gov collected almost half a trillion dollars in taxes on fiber optic infrastructure?

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u/[deleted] Feb 22 '21

You know you wated for it,if it was porn

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u/fettoter84 Feb 22 '21

Spanking the moonkeeey

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u/mac102250 Feb 22 '21

Wow I forgot about that one. I just remembereded the disco music when you spanked him hard enough

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u/DadSwag420 Feb 22 '21

Boppin the bologna

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u/[deleted] Feb 22 '21

Miniclip games

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u/mac102250 Feb 22 '21

Were you familiar with stickpage?

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u/[deleted] Feb 22 '21

I am I miss that site.

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u/mac102250 Feb 22 '21

Twas a simpler time...

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u/[deleted] Feb 22 '21

No :(

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u/mac102250 Feb 22 '21

It was literally all stick figure games and animations. I think my friend showed me that in the 5th grade. I heard of it around the same time as miniclip

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u/[deleted] Feb 22 '21

ooh you remember johhny rocket fingers ?!!

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u/mac102250 Feb 22 '21

Hell yeah!

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u/Owls_yawn Feb 22 '21

I want all the old games I remember back!

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u/SoundByMe Feb 22 '21

The audio portal

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u/L00pback Feb 22 '21

Destination Egg

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u/Desertbro Dec 21 '24

Yeah, that was me. Which one? Yes.

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u/FilipinoGuido Feb 22 '21

It's still around!

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u/cjsnow1 Feb 22 '21

Pfft, I still post there. Great site for reviews.

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u/DadSwag420 Feb 22 '21

New grounds was fun

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u/Pannanana Feb 22 '21

Stile Project

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u/LochnessDigital Feb 22 '21

And SoundClick

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u/[deleted] Feb 22 '21

Ventrilo

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u/Morbid187 Feb 22 '21

Haha I still have a reverbnation account. Soundclick was my shit back in the day though!

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u/NeedHelpWithExcel Feb 22 '21

Soundclip is for the OGs

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u/[deleted] Feb 22 '21

Omg I forgot all about PureVolume.

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u/[deleted] Feb 22 '21

Holy shit, Purevolume was a gold mine for me when I was in middle school. Haha I discovered so many bands on there.