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Britannica Online (1994)
The whole Encyclopaedia Britannica, on the web, by subscription.
- Cost
- 2 RAM
- Power
- 4
- Rarity
- Common
- Family
- Institutions
- Era
- Pioneer (up to 1994)
- Collection
- The Establishment
What it does
No ability.
No ability, just Power. Sometimes that's all a homepage needs.
It costs 2 RAM to play and brings 4 Power to its lane. You get 1 RAM in round 1, 2 in round 2, and so on.
Institutions cards protect your side, and come back strong when you're losing.
The site, in 1994
Encyclopaedia Britannica's paid online edition, with every article of the print set, sold first to institutions and then to individuals.
Launched in 1994 at eb.com, it was the first internet-based encyclopedia, as print sales fell from 117,000 sets in 1990 to 51,000 in 1994. A free Britannica.com followed in 1999, and the print edition ended in 2012.
In 1994: Launched at eb.com for subscribers, priced per enrolled student for institutions, with all the print articles but few pictures.
Pioneer era, up to 1994. Grey pages, blue links and a browser called Mosaic. Images were optional. So was colour.
The Establishment: Governments, universities, libraries and archives. Very official.
Pixel tribute by dub3, after the 1994 page.
Put it on your site
Run Britannica Online, or just remember it fondly? Here's its button, 88 by 31 like it's 1994. Paste this into your page:
In the game, this pixel page loads the way it did in 1994, then plays a short scene. Want Britannica Online in your deck? Make a free account and open some packs, or try a match first. No sign-up needed for that.
