Favorite Sites, Oddities, and Digital Gems
🎮 Games & Emulators
- Paperclips – Idle cosmic horror via paperclip production.
- A Silent Forest – Minimalist survival storytelling.
- Melvor Idle – RuneScape-flavored idle RPG.
- Mirage Online Classic – Real-time pixel MMORPG throwback.
- Classic Reload – Emulated retro PC games.
- v86 Emulator – PC in a browser (Linux/Windows).
- Andy's Desk – Cozy Win95-style desktop.
- Infinite Mac – Emulates classic Mac OS.
- PCE.js – System 7-era Mac emulator.
- Macintosh Garden – Mac abandonware archive.
- Windows 98 Emulator – Web-based Win98 simulation.
- rooms.xyz – creative 3D social spaces.
🎨 Art, Aesthetic & Archives
- 16Colors – ANSI/ASCII art from BBS golden days.
- Acme Widgets – Quirky Neocities retro shrine.
- Adelfaure.net – Analog aesthetic visual poetry.
- Welcome.dream – Surreal, collaborative dream wiki.
- eXtremeweb – Vaporwave Japanese art site from 2003.
- Graphxkingdom – 8-bit/pixel resources for devs/designers.
- WWWEB WORLD – Surreal, distorted digital art space.
- Wavebird.xyz – Lo-fi web garden w/ chill cyber vibes.
- Windowswap – Real views from strangers' windows.
- midnight.pub – Minimalist pub for digital writers.
- death generator – generate yourself an old school death screen.
📻 Music & Sound Tools
- 808303.studio – Play TR-808 and TB-303 online.
- Samples – Free searchable sample library.
- Radio Garden – Explore global radio via globe interface.
📺 Retro + Weird Web
- Internet Archive – Wayback Machine + digital artifacts.
- Wiby.me – Search engine for hand-made sites only.
- Textfiles – Archive of BBS-era .txt lore.
- WinWorldPC – OS + software abandonware archive.
- Screenmania – Thousands of classic game screenshots.
- Internet Explorer is EVIL! – Classic web rant zone.
- OMG Why'd They Change That? – Chronicling changes to beloved games.
- The Useless Web – Random weird site every click.
- Melonland – Y2K hub + community links.
🖥️ Weird Tech, Tools & Toys
- Cobalt.Tools – Tool for downloading music from Youtube/Soundcloud.
- Liquid Layers – Browser-based fluid simulation.
- Webdesktops – Virtual desktops in-browser.
- patorjk (ASCII Generator) – Create ASCII banners.
- AI.Planet – Digital ant farm sim/ecosystem sandbox.
- Internet Roadtrip – Take a road trip across the country.
- GUI Gallery – Old-school browser archive and GUI nostalgia.
- Beepbox – BeepBox is an online tool for sketching and sharing instrumental music.
🌌 Oddballs & Personal Picks
- Alien Ground – UFOs, GIFs, and 2001 internet energy.
- Luna-Art – Sailor Moon shrine in classic HTML.
- Papercut Suicide – 1990s poetry/pain moodboard.
- Gary's Anime Page – VHS-era anime breakdowns + caps.
- Rugrats Fansite – French-language Rugrats shrine.
- Sonic Adventure Screenshots – Archived SEGA promo/dev shots.
- Wizardry Fan Page – Early CRPG lore, maps, fandom.
- Beep Box – A Canadian Cult that has been discontinued.