The Wayback Machine.

[Owwin]

Look up how sites used to be on the internet archive.
A Link to the Past  

[Orphie]

I can't tell if it's funny or scary.  

[l-Kriel-l]

It's a bit of both.
Or a lot of both.  

[Meta_Fish]

How does this even work? That's insane.  

[Owwin]

Meta_Fish

How does this even work? That's insane.

Well every thing on the internet is copied down for posterity in an archival system. Everything you have ever done online has been saved somewhere, and maybe someday something you do will be seen by your great grandchildren, and they will laugh out loud. They do it a lot like google works. They send out search programs, only theirs are programed to copy things down and bring them back.  

[Xilo The Odd]

wow dude... i wonder if we could find old forum topics in the cult this way...

also gamefaqs was creepy.

edit: nope couldn't find the cult.

edited: http://web.archive.org/web/20021014123627/http://www.archive.org/web/web.php oldest archive of themselves lol.

epic edit: http://web.archive.org/web/19961222145141/www.nintendo.com/hallway/index.html

i'm having fun with this historical website.

http://web.archive.org/web/19961222150158/www.nintendo.com/newsroom/show_frame.html

the movies don't work... i wanted the avi files for starfox and mario and stuff. but it links to the newer website that doesn't have them no more.  

[Allegro]

Ah, the memories.  

[Super Cheesio]

http://web.archive.org/web/20040331102505/http://gaiaonline.com/
Oh... My... LORDY! XD

http://web.archive.org/web/*/http://www.newgrounds.com
New Ground Atomix? 1998? Wow, the times have sure changed old New Ground Atomix.  

[Skaeryll]

Super Cheesio

http://web.archive.org/web/20040331102505/http://gaiaonline.com/
Oh... My... LORDY! XD

You've been ninja'd.  

[Meta_Fish]

Owwin

Meta_Fish

How does this even work? That's insane.

Well every thing on the internet is copied down for posterity in an archival system. Everything you have ever done online has been saved somewhere, and maybe someday something you do will be seen by your great grandchildren, and they will laugh out loud. They do it a lot like google works. They send out search programs, only theirs are programed to copy things down and bring them back.

OH MY GODDDDDD

But look at the old SuperSmashBros.com site. wink  

[Xilo The Odd]

Meta_Fish

Owwin

Meta_Fish

How does this even work? That's insane.

Well every thing on the internet is copied down for posterity in an archival system. Everything you have ever done online has been saved somewhere, and maybe someday something you do will be seen by your great grandchildren, and they will laugh out loud. They do it a lot like google works. They send out search programs, only theirs are programed to copy things down and bring them back.

OH MY GODDDDDD

But look at the old SuperSmashBros.com site. wink

that must be daisy on the front page.  

[Trenn Flashkill]

Is everything being archived, though? A lot of sites I check out are really broken. I'm wondering if the almighty machine just glitches out a lot or if only certain things were able to be stored.

Glitchy or not, this thing is one of the greatest tools ever invented.