Restoring My Old Websites

January 12, 2024

If there’s one thing I enjoy more than anything, it’s being nostalgic. Finding old things and restoring them to the best of my ability is quite addictive, maybe it’s just me. I’m a known digital hoarder, and for good reason. Back when I was first using the internet I was massively loyal to some websites such as “DBZ Underground Fightclub II” (A Yahoo Club roleplaying group), PenguinBattle (A really fun PHP based game made by one of my friends), RuneSigs (A very cozy graphics forum) etc. I was obsessed with these sorts of communities and games, but they’d vanish without warning often. The problem with the early internet was that you had extremely limited space and bandwidth, so if your website got very popular the choices were either restart from scratch, pay to upgrade or close the site.

With the chaotic nature of the 90s/2000s web, I wanted to make sure I preserved as much of my favourite sites as possible, and especially my own. During my digging, I found almost all of my old websites and restored them to nearly full functionality. The only things missing are databases, so you won’t find any working forums for example.

You can find the restored websites and more on my Webdesign page.