bobandbill
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![[PokeCommunity.com] Official Pokémon website celebrates 20 years with amazingly terrible webpage](https://daily.pokecommunity.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/blastfrompast_website.png "[PokeCommunity.com] Official Pokémon website celebrates 20 years with amazingly terrible webpage")
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Article: Official Pokémon website celebrates 20 years with amazingly terrible webpage
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Auto-playing 'RaDiCaL TuNeZ', large gifs, themed mouse cursor… Relive the internet in the 90s while learning about a TCG release!
Pinkie-Dawn
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This radical throwback made realize, are those 90's websites still around to this day with of their cheesiness?
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The crazy design and autoplay music reminds me of the various Pokémon fan sites I used to visit back around 2002 when I first got Internet at home.
My oh my how web design has changed dramatically over the past 14+ years since I first started using the Internet regularly.
Additionally, the card images on the Cards page coming in with a reverse "dissolve" is a bit of a throwback to when dial-up connections were the norm for household Internet access. (I ought to know since I was on dial-up at home for a whopping 11 years.)
My oh my how web design has changed dramatically over the past 14+ years since I first started using the Internet regularly.
Additionally, the card images on the Cards page coming in with a reverse "dissolve" is a bit of a throwback to when dial-up connections were the norm for household Internet access. (I ought to know since I was on dial-up at home for a whopping 11 years.)
Mab
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That site is beautiful I'm not sure what you mean.
Actually though, that's really clever of them. Way to go ^__^
Actually though, that's really clever of them. Way to go ^__^
TequitoClown
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That's the best thing ever haha! The "under construction" page tied it all together!
HyperMorian
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I think I've found the best gif this November.
![[PokeCommunity.com] Official Pokémon website celebrates 20 years with amazingly terrible webpage](https://xy12.pokemontcgxy.com/assets/img/home/hero_cool.gif "[PokeCommunity.com] Official Pokémon website celebrates 20 years with amazingly terrible webpage")
Definitely saving it.
Definitely saving it.
Mewtwolover
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They should've used Comic Sans, it was common font on bad 90s websites.
Florges
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Bless The Pokemon Company for this glorious website.
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Ahhh I wanted to sign the guestbook, but it's under construction!
icomeanon6
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This probably merits some mention: on their "Animation" page they have the Pokemon: The First Movie streaming.
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I don't know why I love this so much. I think I need a download of that song... O_e
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That's actually kind of funny. I recall that Pizza Hut still has their original website up and about somewhere, and you can still order from it. What a blast from the past, huh?