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dub3's pixel tribute to RealPlayer in 1999: a Dot-com-era software page
Pixel tribute by dub3, after the 1999 page

dub3 card · www.real.com

RealPlayer (1999)

Buffering... buffering... still buffering.

Cost
4 RAM
Power
5
Rarity
Common
Family
Commerce
Era
Dot-com (1999 to 2002)
Collection
The Long Tail

What it does

On reveal: Enemy cards cost 2 more to play here.

On reveal happens once, when the card flips.

It costs 4 RAM to play and brings 5 Power to its lane. You get 1 RAM in round 1, 2 in round 2, and so on.

Commerce cards grow every round and make your opponent pay more to play.

The site, in 1999

A media player from RealNetworks that played streaming audio and video, and later many other file types.

It began as the RealAudio Player and went through the names RealPlayer G2 and RealOne Player along the way. Its engine, Helix, is open source.

Dot-com era, 1999 to 2002. Glossy buttons, big money and a bug called Y2K. Some of these companies were worth billions for about a fortnight.

The Long Tail: The niche, the local and the specialist. Most of the web, really.

Pixel tribute by dub3, after the 1999 page.

Put it on your site

Run RealPlayer, or just remember it fondly? Here's its button, 88 by 31 like it's 1999. Paste this into your page:

RealPlayer is a dub3 card

In the game, this pixel page loads the way it did in 1999, then plays a short scene. Want RealPlayer in your deck? Make a free account and open some packs, or try a match first. No sign-up needed for that.