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ICQ (1996)
The 'I Seek You' messenger that introduced real-time chat to millions.
- Cost
- 6 RAM
- Power
- 13
- Rarity
- Epic
- Family
- Social
- Era
- Boom (1995 to 1998)
- Collection
- Dead Links
What it does
When you play a card here: +1 Power to your other cards here.
When you play a card here fires each time you add another card to that lane.
It costs 6 RAM to play and brings 13 Power to its lane. You get 1 RAM in round 1, 2 in round 2, and so on.
Social cards lift the cards around them, here and in the other lanes.
The site, in 1996
An instant messenger whose name means I Seek You, built by the Israeli company Mirabilis.
It was the first widely adopted instant messenger, and its one-to-one chats between personal accounts set the pattern for later services such as AIM. AOL bought it in 1998. It shut down on 26 June 2024.
In 1996: Founded in June and first released in November, free to download and spread by word of mouth rather than advertising.
Boom era, 1995 to 1998. Netscape, frames, hit counters and animated envelopes. Everyone had a homepage, and every homepage was under construction.
Dead Links: Gone, but not forgotten. Mostly forgotten.
Pixel tribute by dub3, after the 1996 page.
Put it on your site
Run ICQ, 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 ICQ in your deck? Make a free account and open some packs, or try a match first. No sign-up needed for that.
