dub3 card · download.com
Download.com (1999)
Free software downloads, one installer wizard at a time.
- Cost
- 4 RAM
- Power
- 8
- Rarity
- Rare
- Family
- Search
- Era
- Dot-com (1999 to 2002)
- Collection
- The Long Tail
What it does
On reveal: Draw 1 card.
On reveal happens once, when the card flips.
It costs 4 RAM to play and brings 8 Power to its lane. You get 1 RAM in round 1, 2 in round 2, and so on.
Search cards grow with the friends in their lane, and some draw you cards.
The site, in 1999
CNET's directory of downloadable software, with freeware, shareware and try-first programs, and editor reviews.
It grew to over 100,000 software titles, and the download.com address drew at least 113 million visitors a year by 2008. The directory has since moved to download.cnet.com.
Dot-com era, 1999 to 2002. Glossy buttons, big money and a bug called Y2K. Some of these companies were worth billions for about a fortnight.
The Long Tail: The niche, the local and the specialist. Most of the web, really.
Pixel tribute by dub3, after the 1999 page.
Put it on your site
Run Download.com, or just remember it fondly? Here's its button, 88 by 31 like it's 1999. Paste this into your page:
In the game, this pixel page loads the way it did in 1999, then plays a short scene. Want Download.com in your deck? Make a free account and open some packs, or try a match first. No sign-up needed for that.
