That thing you could’ve sworn you existed, remembered existed and how it has now turned into a great wonder of a chase to acquire again after so long. What is that thing for you?
Mine is discovering what music was played during an old internet radio show I still listen to was. The episodes I’m listening to are 21 years old now and for years I wondered what specific tracks were played on that show that I so want copies of. In one of the episodes, the host mentions that the backing music is from Digitally Imported now known as DI.FM.
However, that doesn’t do me any good since newer music is played now on that platform and with no hint or source telling me what tracks were played on that show in show notes or even word of mouth, I’ve no hope in tracking them down. So for so long, I’ve had to listen to this show’s episodes almost religiously, just because of the music that was played.
And my only hope now is tinkering with audio tools so I can figure a way to rip out the parts where the hosts are talking so it is just the music, then go around online asking people who’re more expert on the genre than I am to tell me, then find them and download them.
OQ and OC text by @Fyrnyx@kbin.melroy.org
There was a browser game I remember playing in ~2010 that was basically a zoo tycoon game where you unlocked new animals over time
Nostalgically, I wanted to play it a little while bac,k but I’m sure you can imagine why searching “browser zoo game” didn’t exactly help me much
So I remember coming across this basic webpage that was just a song playing on loop with an animation in the center.
The song was this weird electronic loop with samples on top: baby coos, a few lines from some female rapper, various bloopy sounds. It changed a bunch.
The animation looked like old 90s 3d web animations, very pixelated. The object would rock back and forth, and periodically changed into a different object: an old CRT monitor, a dolphin, just random stuff.
The whole thing had a very Windows 98 sorta vibe, I think the name looked like a file name. That was the whole thing though, just this animation and music loop.
It was maybe 15 years ago. The song was pretty catchy, so every once in a while I try to find it, but I can’t even begin to think of how to search this.
A goth artist guy named Marcel. I had a tiny photo of him. I’ve never found him again.
At a certain point, I forgot the name of an online store that sold a lot of cool modding gear. It was impossible to find with searches without the name, but I found an old tour of the warehouse in my very old files one day and it was called Lik-Sang. It’s so old, I probably don’t even have access to the email I used for those purchases anymore.
Not internet, but I a certain scene in an anime on Scifi channel always stuck with me. Eventually, I figured out it was Zeiram the Animation, but the scene had a different dub. That was the era when shows would sometimes have more then one English dub for one reason or another.
I also remember seeing an episode of Max Steel in the hotel room while on a family trip to Canada which had a different opening with a different explanation to how the MC got his powers. Chalking it up to some BS&P issue.
There was some AMVs I saw at Otakon that never got released online. A really good Kino’s Journey one, but I don’t remember the song at the moment.
Now I’m digging up obscure media from my brain. Apparently, it’s not lost media or even good, but I remember watching a prerelease of Game Over at a gaming con once. I guess one episode is lost media.
Shame Welcome to Eltingville never got a full series. CN sure got a lot of mileage out of playing the pilot for a show they opted not to continue.
edit: oh for fun. A friend of mine has been on the hunt for a version of Zorro he saw bits of as a kid. He’s never been able to figure out what version of it it was, even though every time he brings it up, we tell him it was actually The Princess Bride. Seriously, he wont watch The Princess Bride, but is convinced that it’s not what he saw.
Oh, and there’s allegedly a Japanese show that’s allegedly streaming on Japanese Amazon called Space Jobs. This is the trailer I found on a fansub torrent site.
There used to be a parody of “The real Slim Shady” video about Mitt Romney. About 3 years ago I went searching for it to show my partner and it does not exist anymore. Copyright claimed into oblivion. Seems stupid, but I’d really like to watch it again.
I posted my comment on the original post with my other Lemmy account but I’m going to put it here too, just in case this post gets more traction.
There are a few things but I don’t think I can really talk about them here. So, I’ll just mention that there was this old browser game on Cartoon Network’s website that I remember playing when I was younger. It was based on Xiaolin Showdown and, while I don’t remember exactly what the gameplay was like, it was a fully 3D game and I think I remember it being a platformer. I have never been able to find this game or even any information about it existing, anywhere. I’ve even checked Bluemaxima’s Flashpoint and it’s not archived there either.
Xiaolin Showdown didn’t appear on Cartoon Network, it was on the WB. Maybe that’s why you can’t find it?
Xiaolin Showdown wasn’t originally on Cartoon Network but it did appear there later on. Also, I know for sure it was on Cartoon Network’s website because it was alongside a bunch of other Cartoon Network games. In fact, after looking though flashpoint again, there are different Xiaolin Showdown games that specifically mention Cartoon Network as the creator.
There was a Tetris type game, with falling pieces you had to rotate and line up, but the pieces were men and women. When they fit together in sex positions, they moaned.
I was 14 and it was hilarious.
I had one for years that ended up being a Harry Nile radio drama I heard on a work site years ago
Imagination Theatre, used to be Jim French Productions.
I have a lot of their CDs.
That’s great someone’s trying to preserve and distribute them, they remind me of Raymond Chandler really pulpy noir style and that kind of thing often gets missed when people are archiving old media
A comment on reddit that succinctly outlined the difference between private enterprise and government. So perfectly worded I was in awe.
Due to this post I just found mine.
For the longest time I’ve been trying to find a video that featured someone copying a VHS recording over and over again, each time loosing a little bit of quality.
The specific video featured a catchy song, but I couldn’t remember the song or any of the words. I’ve found a few different videos over the years but every time I found a video the song was wrong.
Every few years it’s jumped into my head and I’ve gone off looking for it, but could never quite figure it out.
This time I either put in just the right terms or the magic algorithm has moved it around,
This was a really neat watch!
I wonder if it was inspired by Alvin Lucier’s “I am Sitting in a Room”
We all have that one porn video.
Jordan Capri?
Mine: Pretty blonde girl with some piercings and knee-high rainbow socks doing a striptease to the song “Sail” by Awolnation. She was pretty and timed herself well to the song, it was hypnotic
Mine is pretty dumb, but it was a joke website from 2000-ish called One Day I Will Walk Like Walt Disney. Years later I remembered it but couldn’t find it; but I eventually did thanks to the Wayback Machine:
https://web.archive.org/web/20080421024049/http://members.shaw.ca/mcramer1/index.html
It has different sections including Brain Teasers (Aunt Fredererick’s Sand was my favorite), and “Don’t believe it or do” with such interesting facts as:
Contrary to popular belief, the Titanic never hit an iceberg and sank in 1912. Rather, it sailed successfully to New York City many times. It was finally decommissioned in 1978 and converted into a pinball arcade.
In the BBC news many years ago I remember Peter Sissons calling the reporter John Pienaar John Penis and then quickly correcting himself. None of my friends or family actually heard or acknowledged it. And for years i couldn’t find anything on the internet until recently I found this one radio clip.
At long last I have proof that I’m more observant than everyone else, not crazy. Although that being said, I did spend an unhealthy amount of time looking.
I used to listen to this spooky paranormal radio show when I was young with my dad that was either hosted by or called Nacho Limón. I think it was either from the late 90s or early 00’s. But I could never find any references to it online.
Are you sure it wasn’t just Coast to Coast radio (English language)
Nope, it was in Spanish. I think it was an FM station from Mexico
I remember this flash game I played as a kid that was a sci fi tower defense where each level you were trying to stave off a… Purple fog? Something like that… Just long enough so your colony could launch off planet to escape the allconsuming purple atmosphere. I have no clue what it’s called and have tried looking it up but to no avail. If anyone here knows what it’s called I would be indebted
If it was as an RTS it could be Outpost or Outpost 2
Check out creeper world (2, 3, evermore, etc). Sounds similar, although I don’t remember if the fog was purple.
Yeah definitely sounds like creeper world, 2 was amazing
