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dub3's pixel tribute to Microsoft Developer Network in 1997: a Boom-era developer site
Pixel tribute by dub3, after the 1997 page

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Microsoft Developer Network (1997)

Best viewed in Netscape 4.

Cost
6 RAM
Power
10
Rarity
Rare
Family
Social
Era
Boom (1995 to 1998)
Collection
The Long Tail

What it does

On reveal: +2 Power to your other cards here.

On reveal happens once, when the card flips.

It costs 6 RAM to play and brings 10 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 1997

The part of Microsoft that dealt with developers and testers, and its website of documentation, forums and blogs.

It began in September 1992 as a quarterly CD-ROM for developers, and MSDN Online opened on the web in 1997. The main site came in 56 or more languages. Its pages now redirect to Microsoft Learn.

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 1997 page.

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

Other editions of Microsoft Developer Network