dub3 card · www.shoutcast.com
SHOUTcast (1999)
A directory of homemade internet radio stations, one click from Winamp.
- Cost
- 2 RAM
- Power
- 3
- Rarity
- Common
- Family
- Tech
- Era
- Dot-com (1999 to 2002)
- Collection
- Cult Classics
What it does
On reveal: +1 RAM next round.
On reveal happens once, when the card flips.
RAM is what you spend to play cards.
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.
Tech cards bend the rules: more RAM, cheaper cards and patches that weaken the other side.
The site, in 1999
Nullsoft's free streaming software and station directory, which let anyone broadcast an internet radio station and listeners pick one to play.
Made by Winamp's makers in 1998, it let hobbyists run stations heard in Winamp and other players. Esports commentators who used it for play-by-play became known as 'shoutcasters'. By 2022, 85,317 stations used it.
In 1999: AOL bought its maker, Nullsoft, on 1 June.
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.
Cult Classics: Small, strange and loved to bits by the people who found them.
Pixel tribute by dub3, after the 1999 page.
Put it on your site
Run SHOUTcast, or just remember it fondly? Here's its button, 88 by 31 like it's 1999. Paste this into your page:
In the game, this pixel page loads the way it did in 1999, then plays a short scene. Want SHOUTcast in your deck? Make a free account and open some packs, or try a match first. No sign-up needed for that.
