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dub3's pixel tribute to PC Games in 1996: a Boom-era online magazine
Pixel tribute by dub3, after the 1996 page

dub3 card · www.pcgames.de

PC Games (1996)

Requires Shockwave.

Cost
2 RAM
Power
3
Rarity
Common
Family
Games
Era
Boom (1995 to 1998)
Collection
The Long Tail

What it does

On reveal: +3 Power to a random card in your hand.

On reveal happens once, when the card flips.

It costs 2 RAM to play and brings 3 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

A German PC gaming magazine, with a website at pcgames.de.

Computec Media published the first issue on 22 September 1992. The magazine's first online presence went live in 1996, and its community moved from a chat lobby to a forum in 2001.

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 PC Games, or just remember it fondly? Here's its button, 88 by 31 like it's 1996. Paste this into your page:

PC Games is a dub3 card

In the game, this pixel page loads the way it did in 1996, then plays a short scene. Want PC Games in your deck? Make a free account and open some packs, or try a match first. No sign-up needed for that.