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World Wide Web Virtual Library (1998)
The web's first subject catalogue, a page of links begun by the web's inventor.
- Cost
- 5 RAM
- Power
- 10
- Rarity
- Common
- Family
- Search
- Era
- Boom (1995 to 1998)
- Collection
- The Establishment
What it does
On reveal: Draw 1 card.
On reveal happens once, when the card flips.
It costs 5 RAM to play and brings 10 Power to its lane. You get 1 RAM in round 1, 2 in round 2, and so on.
Search cards grow with the friends in their lane, and some draw you cards.
The site, in 1998
A catalogue of the web arranged by subject, each section kept by volunteer experts on servers around the world.
Tim Berners-Lee started it at CERN in 1991 as the first index of the web's content, and Arthur Secret ran it from 1993. It still works as a directory at vlib.org, though as a cooperative it waned after a 2005 takeover of its central site.
Boom era, 1995 to 1998. Netscape, frames, hit counters and animated envelopes. Everyone had a homepage, and every homepage was under construction.
The Establishment: Governments, universities, libraries and archives. Very official.
Pixel tribute by dub3, after the 1998 page.
Put it on your site
Run World Wide Web Virtual Library, or just remember it fondly? Here's its button, 88 by 31 like it's 1998. Paste this into your page:
In the game, this pixel page loads the way it did in 1998, then plays a short scene. Want World Wide Web Virtual Library in your deck? Make a free account and open some packs, or try a match first. No sign-up needed for that.
