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A list of all the "old web" revival services I know of - please help expand it!

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Over the past year or so, I've been signing up for a load of old websites/services that are made to mimic/copy/revive old sites/services that have been drastically changed or shut down. I'll list all of them here, plus some that I know of but don't use. If you have a service that you'd like to add to this list, feel free to reply to this post and I'll add it to the list!
  • escargot.chat - a revival of Microsoft's MSN Messenger/Windows Live Messenger service. Works with all MSN/WLM clients from 1.0 to 9.0.
  • escargot.live - a revival of Windows Live Spaces and Windows Live Profiles, run by the same team as escargot.chat. It will launch this summer.
  • NINA - a revival of the old AOL Desktop clients. It also hasn't launched yet, and there's no ETA, but rest assured it'll be here someday :D
  • Phoenix - a revival of AOL Instant Messenger. Works with all clients from 1.0 to 6.0, though 6.0 is kinda bugged. Also supports Yahoo! Messenger and ICQ.
  • BitView - one of several classic YouTube clones, and my personal favourite. Replicates YouTube's 2009 design pretty much perfectly.
  • VidLii - another YouTube clone. Doesn't replicate YouTube quite as closely as BitView does, but it supports longer videos and more resolutions/audio bitrates than BitView.
  • FulpTube - yet ANOTHER YouTube clone. Unlike the previous two, it's meant to replicate YouTube from 2012/2013. Seems a bit glitchier than the other two. It also has its own replica of YouTube XL, and a mobile site.
  • SpaceHey - The site you're on right now. A MySpace replica.
  • NeoCities - a clone of Yahoo! GeoCities. Lets you host your own website, for free (with extra privileges for donators)!
  • oldgoogle - a clone of Google Search, with replicas of pretty much every redesign that Google has gone through, from 1998 to 2014.
  • oldyahoo - a clone of Yahoo! Search. Exactly the same as above, but for Yahoo! instead.
  • Bwitter - a clone of Twitter from 2007. Warning - this site doesn't support HTTPS, so you might want to use a different password from your other accounts.
  • Goodblox (RIP) - a revival of several old Roblox clients. Currently shut down :( It may come back later, but considering how long it's been "temporarily" closed, don't count on it...
  • rverse - a Miiverse revival, compatible with Wii U and 3DS. Doesn't have its own website, so I've provided a link to their Discord server. If the invite stops working, tell me and I'll update the post with a fresh invite link.
  • RiiConnect24 - a revival for pretty much every single WiiConnect24-dependent Wii channel, such as the Check Mii Out Channel, the Weather Channel, the News Channel, and the Everybody Votes Channel.
  • Sudomemo - a revival for Flipnote Hatena, the animation/art-sharing service for the Nintendo DS app Flipnote Studio.
  • Wiimmfi - a revival of the Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection service. Similar to RiiConnect24, but for multiplayer games instead of just Wii channels.
  • Flashpoint - not sure if this quite fits the description of an "old web" revival service, but I'll include it anyway. Flashpoint is a MASSIVE archive for online games using plugins like Adobe Flash, Silverlight, and even really obscure ones like the PopCap Plugin and ActiveX Controls.
  • ruffle.rs - an Adobe Flash emulator, similar to Flashpoint. Unlike Flashpoint, it is available as a browser extension too.
...and that's all for now! Please don't hesitate to post your own additions to the list here. Have a lovely day, everyone! :D


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Reply by MattGamerMusicYoutube

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What about hummus (2017 discord)?

https://hummus.sys42.net/


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Reply by PostalDumbass

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idk if this thread is still active anymore but ill provide something neat anyway. novetus happens to be a collection of several classic roblox clients thats easy to install. there happens to be a few multiplayer communities out there, with the most prominent for novetus being austiverse/austiblox (the server seems to be having issues for half a month approx. connecting to the website as of now gives a 403 error so check it out later or if you see this post a while after it being posted). havent played much on there but its worth a look into.


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Reply by tragicissy69

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Haii just letting everyone know escargot.love might be down or not working anymore? And youtube xl and the mobile site of fulptube also don’t work? (Also it’s called bojansocial now? Not sure what it is… doesn’t seem like a YouTube replica though) lastly bwitter doesn’t work either.


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Reply by Ginger1234

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⚠️ PLEASE DO NOT USE THIS LIST BECAUSE IT'S OUTDATED AS HECK PLEASE USE GRIFFEN LIST INSTEAD THANK YOU? ⚠️


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Reply by Brightt

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https://protoweb.org/ is a service hosting old sites similar to the wayback machine, but they also have retrozilla- a modified 16bit mozilla browser made compatible with modern 32 and 64bit computers!


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Reply by pretzel1006

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blips.club Old Twitter, Still works


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Reply by B3etle_Bl0od

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thanks this is rlly helpful!!!! :OO


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Reply by Miles

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GUYS pls dont go to vidlii i just saw some gore and some other disturbing stuff, stay safe :(


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Reply by Danny ^_^

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AHHH!!!! THANK YOU!!!!!! I'VE BEEN LOOKING FOR A SIMILAR APPLICATION TO FLASH


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Reply by Sid ⛥

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I LOVE OLD INTERNET STUFF TYSM 4 THIS :DDD


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Reply by Sid ⛥

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I LOVE OLD INTERNET STUFF TYSM 4 THIS :DDD


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Reply by Dr. Krush U

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i dont recommend joining VidLii


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Reply by Christian Reynolds

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I created Pliko, a retro version of the old twitter! Everything is very similar to how Twitter was when it first was released. http://pliko.net



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I would not recommend going to VidLii btw, half of the people active on the site nowadays are edgelords that think posting CP, gore, and blatant racism = peak comedy. This wave of trolls happened because VidLii doesn't even bother with moderating it's videos anymore.

Bitview >>>>> VidLii


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Reply by mimiko777

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this is great, thanks


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Reply by Running Man

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there's also theretrobook: https://theretrobook.net which was also recently bought by bitview.


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Reply by pugman227227

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how do i save this page?



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Reply by deltaron

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kamtape.com - 2005 YouTube Revival


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Reply by Slade Rice Watkins

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I just became a developer on the rverse team, and we really appreciate the callout here :-) <3


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Reply by Melodia

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Thank you for the collection, I enojy all of them :D


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Reply by z

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This is so great! Do you mind if I add this list to my neocities page? I'm trying to archive the new-old net but I don't have a _lot_ of content yet. I'll credit you and everything of course ♥


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Reply by David V. Kimball

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Outstanding list. Thanks for sharing, everyone! I will be compiling a list for david.qa soon.


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Reply by Northpark

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bwitter is a redirect page now!!

I'd use blips instead which recently got bought by BitView which is kinda cool.


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Reply by ToyDragon

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I just learned about the Protoweb project today


Essentially trying to take archived sites and rebuild them into functional experiences, thru a special proxy so old browsers can use it, as well as special browsers they've made. Even simulates older T1 and dialup speeds apparently!


Michael MJD also did a vid on it, which is how I learned of it:





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Reply by apphacklike

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đây là một danh sách tuyệt vời, cảm ơn rất nhiều vì đã chia sẻ nó !!!


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Reply by ༺ཐིjinnཋྀ༻

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I really appreciate you putting together this list. Kudos!


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Reply by AimForresty

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I would like to add ArtSpacious as a deviantart replica! It's going to be similar to old DA and carry many of its classic features.

https://www.deviantart.com/artspacious/blog/


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Reply by Alex

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So which MSN reboot is the 'trustworthy' project, Escargot or Phoenix? I thought I saw someone say once that one of them was sketchy and should be avoided


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Reply by GabriellaExotixxx💋

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Someone please find a picnik alternative!! I miss it sooo much


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Reply by char

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this is rly cool, ty 4 posting this!! xoxo


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Reply by ☆LAIN☆

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The yesterweb webring has a lot of people's personal websites that resemble those in the 90s! I honestly suggest surfing through and checking them out because you wind up finding a lot of cool stuff!! https://yesterweb.org/webring/


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Reply by Dylanmc6

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Is there a website (other than Bandcamp) that lets one submit their own music and reminds people of sites like MP3.com and PureVolume? Just being curious.


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Reply by Elena

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https://jspaint.app old version of ms paint


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Reply by Emaemaema

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I recently downloaded a audio player called AIMP, it allows you to both use your local archive audios and the cloud, and you can customize the way it looks with different "skins". If you change the settings it will help you find information about the song you're listening to, like lyrics, when it was released and etc. You can also sync it with Last.fm and activate the scrobbler build-in the software. You can use it in both Windows and Android, but I don't know if it works on Mac and IOS.


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Reply by ArrogantHypocrite

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I found some websites that kiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiinda look the same way they did back in the 2000s:
gbatemp.net (via the throwback theme)


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Reply by Kuba

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This is actually really useful, thanks!


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Reply by The.Online_Mercedes

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slink.chat is a texting service that is similar to AIM or MSN Messenger but it's online in a website so you don't need to install an app on a computer for it to work. There's also blips.club which is another twitter revival. damedanespace.com and myspace.f46n.org are also myspace revivals but they're based off on the now defunct windows93 myspace revival so they look nothing like spacehey or friend project. I also use theretrobook.net which is a revival that looks like facebook.


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Reply by LIbre Lenny

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wow, what an awesome list. Thanks for posting.


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Reply by Grey

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Went on Phoenix and is it immediately homophobic, anti-vaxx garbage scrolling along the top. Ew.


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Reply by Billy

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Ad roblonium it’s like Roblox in 2011-2013 so yea


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Classicube - A clone of Minecraft Classic (Minecraft before Alpha)

Jcink - A message board host that still runs Invision Power Board 1.3.  Also has a lot of the popular mods of the time.

Lightspark - Another Flash emulator.  It is available as a browser plugin, but only for older versions of browsers or alternate browsers.


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Reply by ArrogantHypocrite

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Are there any Friendster revivals?


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Reply by Sofia Rina

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Thanks, you are so helpful. These are internet archive.



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Reply by Phexe!

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thanks for the list i love it! Seeing the old MSN styles instantly hit me omg


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Reply by Kozz.e

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Such a sick list, my brain is overflowing with nostalgia, it's buuuuuuurning!!! Thanks for this list


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Reply by Bhanu

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If anyone is a fan of Mobsters in old myspace, I've found a clone, Mobsters-United


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Reply by Bhanu

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Great list! Thanks!! 


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