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Top 10 Hilariously Dated Old-School Websites You Can Still Visit


ah memories welcome to watchmojo.com and
today we’re counting down our picks for
the top ten hilariously old school
websites you can still visit before we
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content for this list we’re taking a
look at retro websites that yes are
still up and running let’s venture back
to a simpler time when dial-up provided
a gateway online and users still typed
out www-wait this website just as easily
could be called the internet for
beginners like at the top of the home
page you’ll find a tutorial on how
hyperlinks work the site will
congratulate anyone who successfully
clicks on quote any blue or purple word
or phrase it’s also full of other
helpful tips like how to open a window
or how to revisit the previous page you
can tell the site hasn’t been updated
lately based on the platform’s mentioned
Windows 3.1 anyone that green dinosaur
on the site’s header also roars early
90s nostalgia number nine excite excite
calm is an online service provider that
was launched all the way back in 1995
the site provides all the standard
content one would expect like email news
and a search engine the home pages
design is totally old-school although
members can customize it to their liking
still in an era dominated by Google
modern Internet users might be surprised
to learn that excitement still exists
speaking of which Google founders Larry
Page and Sergey Brin tried selling their
creation to excite CEO George Bell in
1999 he didn’t feel it worthy of their
asking price of seven hundred and fifty
thousand dollars number eight Arne
grinned dotnet the layout for this
Norwegian website is messier than a 10
year olds bedroom Arne grinned net is
littered with gadgets and gizmos for
sale although there appears to be no
organizational structure whatsoever
while some of the items displayed are
fairly run-of-the-mill others look as if
they were stolen from the set of
chitty-chitty bang-bang
hover pod or Skycar anyone but what
really dates the site are the little
animation scattered throughout here it
is everybody the world’s greatest web
site plus in the christmas-themed footer
you’ll find animated reindeer robots and
satanic it’s like Where’s Waldo meets
Santa Claus conquers the Martians tell
me is it true that this year there’s a
rumor that you’re going to use a rocket
sled no sorry number seven Internet
Explorer is evil nowadays there are many
web browsers to choose from including
Biggie’s like Chrome Firefox and Safari
but back in the 90s when it was first
announced that Microsoft would require
customers to install Internet Explorer
programmer Nathan Lineback retaliated
with a hilariously fiery rant the
Internet Explorer is evil page on his
web site toasty tech literally depicts
Bill Gates as the devil sporting a pair
of horns enclosed in an inverted
pentagram and surrounded by flames
and you can bet you can read his
argument explaining how quote Microsoft
abused its dominant position in the
operating system marketplace talk about
a hot take number six the Washington
Post’s 1996 Year in Review as
hilariously dated a CNN’s 1996 Year in
Review might be it still pales next to
the Washington Post’s aside from being
the year Washington Post com was
officially launched a lot happened in 96
and here you’ll find the year’s top
stories including President Clinton’s
re-election flight 800 and of course the
and let’s not forget other entertainment
trends like the box-office success of
Independence Day and NBC’s must-see TV
even Tickle Me Elmo gets a shout out
most notably this time capsule points
out that quote the nation embraced the
Internet as the new method of
communicating huh
you don’t say number five Heaven’s Gate
Heaven’s Gate was an infamous cult
members believed that earth would be
recycled and a spacecraft tailing the
hale-bopp comet would transport their
souls to an evolutionary level above
human you have to trust me it lasted
from 1974 to 1997 when 39 members
committed mass suicide their bizarre
beliefs and shocking experiences linger
however in the website they left behind
the site’s bright and colorful design
might seem inviting but the contents
behind this gate are extremely troubling
the farewell message posted is
especially unsettling reading quote we
are happily prepared to leave this world
number for y2k ready or not ready or not
here comes the end of the world this
website from Georgia’s reputable
Savannah Morning News was created to
prepare people for the dawn of the 21st
century when the y2k computer bug would
naturally cause a global economic
collapse this is not one of the summer
movies where you can close your eyes
during the scary parts in addition to a
digital clock that’s still counting down
for some reason the site features tips
on getting your home computer ready and
stocking up on supplies seeing is how
the year 2000 came and went with no y2k
storm this site is about as helpful as a
Duck and Cover video first duck and then
it is the definition of dated a flautist
Peter while I help you I’m happy
number three Space Jam promotional site
you’d be surprised to find just how many
films from yesteryear still have promo
sites up including wild wild west you’ve
got mail and the fake Engine site built
for the lost world Jurassic Park the one
that puts the biggest smile on our faces
though is the one for Space Jam this
1996 sports comedy was very much a
product of its time and the same can be
said about this website while
nyeh bleep ass a the home page is still
inventively designed with the content
orbiting around the film’s title against
the starry background we especially love
this one page where the soundtrack is
offered in either a CD or cassette
format but sadly the phone number listed
is no longer functional number two dole
Kemp 96 have you ever driven past a
house that still has a mccain-palin or
Carrie Edwards sign up well here is the
digital equivalent for those too young
to remember Bob Dole was the Republican
nominee for the u.s. presidential
election in 1996 alongside running mate
Jack Kemp Dole ultimately lost the
election to Bill Clinton and Al Gore
but even though 1996 was over 20 years
ago the dole Kemp site was never shut
down as it was the first ever web site
built for a presidential campaign the
site breaks down the dole agenda and
there’s even an interactive page for
supporters to make posters and buttons
and test their knowledge of Bob Dole’s
life exciting before we get to our top
pick here are some honorable mentions
welcome to zombocom
this is number one CNN’s OJ Simpson
trial coverage unless you’ve been in a
coma since 1995 you know that OJ Simpson
was found not guilty of murdering Nicole
Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman so
we’re not entirely sure why CNN still
has a website dedicated to the
controversial trial the bland layout and
cheesy images only date the site even
more but rooting around on the site is
admittedly kind of fascinating
particularly the page with user comments
about the jury’s verdict in that sense
this is a virtual artifact that not only
chronicles a historic murder case but
also preserves a significant step in the
evolution of the Internet do you agree
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