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dub3's pixel tribute to 2048 in 2014: a Modern-era game site
Pixel tribute by dub3, after the 2014 page

dub3 card · gabrielecirulli.github.io/2048

2048 (2014)

Slide the tiles, merge the twos, and chase the one tile that says 2048.

Cost
1 RAM
Power
0
Rarity
Rare
Family
Games
Era
Modern (2009 on)
Collection
Cult Classics

What it does

On reveal: +0 to +4 Power to this card.

On reveal happens once, when the card flips.

It costs 1 RAM to play and brings 0 Power to its lane. You get 1 RAM in round 1, 2 in round 2, and so on.

Games cards roll the dice. Sometimes the dice roll you.

The site, in 2014

Gabriele Cirulli's sliding-tile puzzle in which matching numbered tiles merge and double, with the goal of making a 2048 tile.

Cirulli, then 19, wrote it over a weekend and released it as open-source software on GitHub on 9 March 2014; it had over 4 million visitors in under a week. It was inspired by clones of the iOS game Threes.

In 2014: Released on 9 March; official iOS and Android versions followed in May.

Modern era, 2009 on. Phones, feeds and cookie banners. The web got fast, flat and very sure about notifications.

Cult Classics: Small, strange and loved to bits by the people who found them.

Pixel tribute by dub3, after the 2014 page.

In the game, this pixel page loads the way it did in 2014, then plays a short scene. Want 2048 in your deck? Make a free account and open some packs, or try a match first. No sign-up needed for that.