Kroc Camen@Kroc@oldbytes.space

Unless you were largely cognisant during the late 90s, it's very hard to get across to you just _how_ bristling with positive energy computing was back then, just **look** at this opening screen, it screams "ARE YOU READY TO LEARN MOTHERF*CKER?!".

It has dolphins, in the clouds. How many smartphone apps welcome you with dolphins in clouds?

#encarta #90s #retrocomputing

Opening screen to Encarta '95. It bristles with positive edutainment energy, known as "Utopian Schoolastic"
Opening screen to Encarta '95. It bristles with positive edutainment energy, known as "Utopian Schoolastic"
Sobtanian@Sobtanian@mstdn.games

Replying to @⁨Kroc@oldbytes.space⁩

@Kroc I was fully cognisant then and I remember those days well!

Unrelated but here’s the artwork from another late 90s thing, Mike Oldfield’s The Millennium Bell.

Spot the difference 😅😅

A surreal, cosmic‑themed album cover shows a large metallic tubular bell floating at the centre, with the words “THE MILLENNIUM BELL” written across it. Around the bell, a collage of colourful objects drifts in a bright blue, star‑speckled space: planets, butterflies, sunflowers, guitars, a microphone, a dolphin, an astronaut, and melting clocks reminiscent of Dalí. Spheres and abstract shapes float in the background.
A surreal, cosmic‑themed album cover shows a large metallic tubular bell floating at the centre, with the words “THE MILLENNIUM BELL” written across it. Around the bell, a collage of colourful objects drifts in a bright blue, star‑speckled space: planets, butterflies, sunflowers, guitars, a microphone, a dolphin, an astronaut, and melting clocks reminiscent of Dalí. Spheres and abstract shapes float in the background.