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dub3's pixel tribute to Gallica in 1997: a Boom-era digital library
Pixel tribute by dub3, after the 1997 page

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Gallica (1997)

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Cost
3 RAM
Power
4
Rarity
Rare
Family
Institutions
Era
Boom (1995 to 1998)

What it does

Ongoing: If you're losing here, +3 Power to this card.

Ongoing is always on while the card is in play.

It costs 3 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 1997

The digital library of the Bibliothèque nationale de France, with free books, newspapers, photographs, maps, manuscripts and more.

Its millionth document, in February 2010, was an edition of Henri Murger's Scenes of Bohemian Life. The ten millionth was added on 30 March 2023.

In 1997: Established in October.

Boom era, 1995 to 1998. Netscape, frames, hit counters and animated envelopes. Everyone had a homepage, and every homepage was under construction.

The Establishment: Governments, universities, libraries and archives. Very official.

Pixel tribute by dub3, after the 1997 page.

Put it on your site

Run Gallica, or just remember it fondly? Here's its button, 88 by 31 like it's 1997. Paste this into your page:

Gallica is a dub3 card

In the game, this pixel page loads the way it did in 1997, then plays a short scene. Want Gallica in your deck? Make a free account and open some packs, or try a match first. No sign-up needed for that.

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