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Global Network Navigator (1993)
The first commercial web magazine, with news, a catalogue of the net and a shop.
- Cost
- 2 RAM
- Power
- 2
- Rarity
- Common
- Family
- Media
- Era
- Pioneer (up to 1994)
- Collection
- Dead Links
What it does
On reveal: +3 Power to the next card you play.
On reveal happens once, when the card flips.
It costs 2 RAM to play and brings 2 Power to its lane. You get 1 RAM in round 1, 2 in round 2, and so on.
Media cards broadcast Power to your other lanes.
The site, in 1993
O'Reilly's Global Network Navigator, a free web magazine and directory with news, an online Whole Internet Catalog and a marketplace.
Launched in 1993, it was the first commercial web publication and the first site to sell clickable ads, the first to a Silicon Valley law firm. AOL bought it in June 1995 for $11 million and closed it in December 1996.
In 1993: Launched publicly in August at Interop in San Francisco, designed by Jennifer Niederst and hosted on BBN's NEARNET.
Pioneer era, up to 1994. Grey pages, blue links and a browser called Mosaic. Images were optional. So was colour.
Dead Links: Gone, but not forgotten. Mostly forgotten.
Pixel tribute by dub3, after the 1993 page.
Put it on your site
Run Global Network Navigator, or just remember it fondly? Here's its button, 88 by 31 like it's 1993. Paste this into your page:
In the game, this pixel page loads the way it did in 1993, then plays a short scene. Want Global Network Navigator in your deck? Make a free account and open some packs, or try a match first. No sign-up needed for that.
