dub3 card · www.gamespot.com
GameSpot (1996)
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- Cost
- 6 RAM
- Power
- 11
- Rarity
- Epic
- Family
- Games
- Era
- Boom (1995 to 1998)
- Collection
- The Long Tail
What it does
On reveal: +4 Power to a random card in your hand.
On reveal happens once, when the card flips.
It costs 6 RAM to play and brings 11 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 1996
An American video game site with news, reviews, previews, trailers and walkthroughs, which began by covering PC games.
Pete Deemer, Vince Broady and Jon Epstein launched it on 1 May 1996. A $20 million partnership with Ziff Davis followed in 1997. CNET bought it in 2000, and Fandom has owned it since October 2022.
In 1996: Launched in May for PC games, with a console sister site, VideoGameSpot, added on 1 December.
Boom era, 1995 to 1998. Netscape, frames, hit counters and animated envelopes. Everyone had a homepage, and every homepage was under construction.
The Long Tail: The niche, the local and the specialist. Most of the web, really.
Pixel tribute by dub3, after the 1996 page.
Put it on your site
Run GameSpot, or just remember it fondly? Here's its button, 88 by 31 like it's 1996. Paste this into your page:
In the game, this pixel page loads the way it did in 1996, then plays a short scene. Want GameSpot in your deck? Make a free account and open some packs, or try a match first. No sign-up needed for that.
