nah, never had a computer room, I had a computer in my own room and it was mine, I never played games I was and still am more interested in things like configuring and experimenting with Windows (but I only like Windows up until Vista or even 7, anything never is not in my taste)
Yes, I used to stay longer at school to use the computer room, because there were no smartphones yet and I wanted to have free access to the internet. But there were just six computers, so we had to run fast after our last class. xD
One day, we turned out the light when leaving the computer room, not knowing it would be the last time... For me, the computer room at my parents house is now a storage room, but every time I visit, I experience fond memories of many summers and weekends playing video games with no pressure or expectations... I want to go back.
Reading the comments here are pretty wild. I've always had a computer room/office in every apartment I had, and now in my house I have my perfect man-cave/office/computer room. I had no idea they were fading out of fashion.
@@nauscakes1868 I actualy had an normal office/computer room but it actualy felt confining so i moved it to my living room near my balconey for the veiw(12th floor is awesome) I think we where just smaller so it didnt feel closed in. Though i turned the office into a super cozy guest room though.
100%. The 90's was a decade where everything seemed so bright, positive, and full of optimism. Once 9/11 happened, it was like waking up from a dream and we have been stuck in a nightmare world ever since
A feeling of nostalgia like homesickness for a time and a place that don't exist anymore. A world that was promised to each and every one of us as children, but when we grew up it wasn't still there to inherit.
Yes! And having to wait an hour to install a game from CD or floppies just to have it crash in the middle. Everything seemed like a much bigger deal back then.
I loved my late 90s/early 2000s childhood. Lots of putt putt and pajama sam games, and playing them before bed. Those are memories I will always cherish
I had a computer. But my family couldn't afford internet. SO I spent my summer vacations at the local library. 4 hours computer time was included in the library card. Useable in any order till closing. You had to actually book time on the 10 computers they had going. So I would make days of it. wake up early. ride my bike to a friends or just on my own, early in the morning have a coffee with my pocket change, Book time, you often had to wait like 2 hours some days. So I would read manga and Books, from YA novels to steven kings the dark tower. Then surf Mystical forest zone or newgrounds for an hour. before lunch then back to the library for my last 2 hours. would do this 4 days a week in the summer.
this music evokes this feeling i had when i was a kid in the 90s, browsing Encarta, playing Where in time is Carmen Sandiago on the PC, or watching PBS nature programs- that the world is big, beautiful, and full of wonderful things to learn. I miss that.
I loved the cosy feeling of being in the computer room at school, just a fun break doing typing and math games. Felt the room was quite peaceful, everyone just quietly typing away and the computers humming. Now computers are just boring and too bright and flashy for me now.
I’ve been reflecting a lot on these times we all shared once. The joy and optimism of the 90s and pre-2001 00s…now I have kids of my own. This world we all lived in was a product made from the adults that created it at the time. It wasn’t an accident. They deliberately made this world for us to fight against the pessimism and hopelessness of the 70s along with the shallow consumerism and reckless nationalism of the 80s. Something we’re also dealing with right now. We can create this optimism again. It won’t happen by accident, and it won’t happen overnight. We have to deliberately continue this path again. Not just for our own mental health, but for our kids. They deserve a world even better than the one we have. Stay strong my friends. Use this moment to inspire yourselves. To create a new optimism, and to enforce it to maintain itself to lead to a better present and future.
This might be one of the most nostalgic atmospheric mixes I’ve seen/listened to recently. I grew up with these kinds of computers and similar games in my early childhood and have always found the sounds and feelings very comforting. Add in the nighttime sounds and crickets and it’s very cozy. The 1990s were a much simpler time for many. Thank you for putting this together.
I think the 1990s, at least in the US, was a time of optimism. The world seemed open and peaceful. Soviets had failed and collapsed, and new technology was making our lives better. 9/11 ruined all of it and, looking back, was the worst thing to happen to this country in a long time. We’re still dealing with the negative effects of that event on our society.
I 100% agree. The 90's was a decade where everything seemed so bright and positive. We were looking forward to the future but once 9/11 happened, it was like waking up from a dream and we have been stuck in a nightmare world ever since
Bush & Obama ruined it. Bush sent us into a war that we could not afford. Obama destroyed race relations. Obviously there is more they did, however what I said was enough.
A few minutes ago I had this very same conclusion. I yearn to be in the 90's even though i never personally experienced it. And then I read your comment and it was a weird sensation.
I was 13 that day. I was very sheltered and didn't understand what the big deal was nor why those buildings were a big deal. I did, however, have the foresight to save the next morning's paper. I still have it. I've done a lot of digging as an adult and boy oh boy have we been LIED TO...about dang near everything 🤬🤬🤬 And yes, everything changed and won't go back to what it was. Best we can do is buck up, chin up, and move forward.
It's a very accurate interpretation of what the computer room was like in the 90s! In particular the educational aspect, the computer was seen as a learning tool, and our parents were less reluctant to see us on it than on our consoles ^^. In short: a good shot of nostalgia, a very accurate vision, well done!
i remember when we had the computer room, and Mom would shut everything off, put the tacky beige plastic covers on everything, shut the lights off, and close the door for the night ❤
This video totally has the feel of mid to late 90's, and this is how it would have been for me back in the day, as I am now 41: the window is open on an early summer evening. It was a hot summer day, but now with the evening having arrived, it has cooled down a bit. A pleasant breeze is coming through the window, and I can totally imagine myself as a teenager again, browsing the ultra-exciting world wide web! Sending IM's on AOL and going into various chat rooms. Hoping my dad doesn't wake up so I don't have to get offline, because I've already been on the computer for a good two hours, and that's about as long as my dad would like me to be on. But then the phone rings and I hear the dreaded "GOODBYE!" as I am kicked off AOL.
I miss the African motifs in music during the first half of the 90s, peaking around the time of The Lion King's release. It made everything feel so... world-ly. I feel like society has regressed since then.
It absolutely has, that coincided with World Music in popular culture (Rusted Root, Deep Forest, Enigma, etc). Growing up we all really believed we were just different colors of the same rainbow per as our boomer teachers taught us. Today it's backwards, some colors and good and others are bad. Maybe the unity was just childhood and ignorance as a child, but sure seemed like it was more together then.
The rise in those motifs was tied to the aesthetic known as Global Village Coffeehouse. Though I was born in 2004, I remember '90s media that contained it, we had old books and went to restaurants with that style too, like echoes of the 1990s. There are some less than great implications regarding Global Village Coffeehouse as a Western aesthetic when looking at it in hindsight. But it was for sure an influential part of 1990s design. I'm just glad I found out what it was called!
Don't forget about that one Donkey Kong tune. I never even got to experience it growing up, yet it feels unbelievably nostalgic (like most of the music here).
I wasn't around back then, but I did grow up using computers at a pretty young age, and that included using different kinds of generations of the same Dell computers, HP computers, etc. back in the mid 2000s. Very nostalgic either way since there was a lot of overlap between the technology that would be in the house.
Track 5 at 6:11 sounds like a peaceful Phil Collins/Enigma instrumental mashup in all the best ways 21:36 sounds like an early 90's Phil Collins track too, I love it!
I shouldn't feel sad listening to this, but at the same time it brings back good memories-at my grandparents house playing lode runner with my grandmother-introducing her to the wonders of nintindo through an emulator-introducing her to the Starcraft universe when blizzard actually gave a shit. Good times. RIP Grandma.
This is the only TH-cam playlist I have listened to for the last three months. It's becoming a security blanket-- I haven't been able to find anything else that hits this spot so accurately.
I remember having a computer lab in elementary school, but as soon as I entered middle school everyone began using smartbook laptops and the dedicated computer labs ceased existing. I have always intended to have a dedicated computer room in my house when I buy one, and nostalgia spikes like this only further encourage that.
One of my favorite playlists and have listened well over a dozen times now. I was child during this era and this playlist captures that adventurous optimism and curiosity that I felt. However, the latter half settles into a much more somber mood, as if knowing that this bubble of time remains where it is and we can only think fondly of it in retrospect. Heavy, but honest and real.
What a great video! Right on the spot. Times were simpler, and we used to value all forms of media, I remember I used to read manuals for games and then was amazed by graphics and simple animations, etc, later that would inspire me as a kid to draw characters in school and eventually got introduced to D&D and first TSR program back in the 90s/Y2K. Much simpler times, when we were all still having some human values, things were simplified but not to a point of atrophy like now.
the 90s were just… heavenly compared to now. i know there were issues, and of course the world has never been the safest… i just personally would give anything to go back to 1990 or even the 80s and start again
@@rovhalt6650 We are going into hi def 80s and 90s now, for another round. People will reminisce in the next few years that it reminds them of the 90s and early 2000s where it left off.
The 90's may have been great in the Western rich people bubble, but for me personally the 90's was a soul-crushing grind. Still, I miss the family and friends we had then.
My greastest admiration, deep gratitude, and dear appreciation for imortalyzing these preciously fond memories collectively shared among all the Millenial generation. This video truly was a love labor dedicated to those who would appreciate and enjoy it most. I hope you keep this video posted for all time and never take it down. God Bless.
This is such a nice video. I even love how the video looks when I'm scrolling and see the thumbnail next to all the various other video thumbnails that pop up. It delivers exactly what it promises and I'm so happy to see people are making little artsy nostalgic videos about the beauty and feeling of using digital technology in the late 90s. This is so sweet and personal, to see creative people like you taking music, art, and design and bringing them together so effectively. This instantly transports me to into some of my earliest memories and emotions I can recall in my life. I've seen a lot of other videos on YT that use memorable 90s imagery + a soothing playlist to try to achieve that same effect but I think this one gets it just right. Well done! 🎯
The old windows 95 startup music is PURE MAGIC : C The nostalgia hurts soooo bad. EDIT: Oh my god. This is the first time I've ever heard of 'utopian scholastic' as a genre, but DAMN, I totally remember this vibe! Especially with the songs at 6:44 and 12:55 !! That panflute ;-; This takes me back to being a kid playing the Magic School Bus Solar System PC game and a bunch of other educational PC games from the mid-late 90s. I think Ecco was one of the very first video games that I ever played, but I played it on the SEGA channel. But anyways, thank you for making this. This is something that could have only been put together by someone who experienced it themselves. ♥♥ Sort of unrelated, but one of my fondest memories as a 90s kid was coming home at dusk after playing with my friends all evening, arriving just in time to see Elton John's music video for 'Can you Feel the Love tonight' playing on TV. Dinner was ready and I just remember feeling pure contentment and bliss at that moment.
I love the 90s, That was the last decade of the 20th century, That was the last decade for good music and That's my favorite decade. Those years were wonderful times because There was good music and There were good movies. Thank you so much for all this, I think that old is beautiful. 🙂👍
Somehow even that planet photos from the thumbnail (at 7:30) felt nostalgic to me. In my childhood I was a huge astronomy nerd and one of my first experiences with the internet was when I was on my parents computer around age 9 to 10 (my parents only gave me internet access on my own computer when I was I think 13) and searching about the planets and other astronomy stuff in Google and finding these educational websites that had a lot of photos of the planets and being fascinated by them. This was in the early to mid 2000s and back then computers and the internet felt like a fascinating new world to discover as a kid. These early 2000s websites had their own unique style that feels quite nostalgic now. I also remember having educational software on my Computer myself, one was about animals and one about planet Mars, and a point and click dinosaur museum game called Eyewitness Dinosaur hunter.
I have a theory and I don't know if it's true or if already exists any study about it, but as a kid from the late 80's and early 90's, we grew up with so much things happening, history facts, technology boom and so on. We do not appreciate things like other generations, we did not have time for this. And because of this, we are so nostalgic.
I miss Netscape Navigator and Real Player. So little computing power and so much better art design than the minimalistic wastelands we’ve been seeing for the last decade.
Big gamer my whole life, born '83, had an NES, genesis, gameboy, game gear, 64, then got into PC gaming in high school. Went to LAN parties, played counter-strike when it was a mod, star craft, diablo, age. At the risk of sounding like an old person complaining about how "they don't make them like they used to," I'll say it -- they don't. Half a year ago I uninstalled Steam and Battle net. I bought a Wii U, home brewed it, and can now run virtually any console game. No more toxic online gaming communities and no more grindy games with battlepasses, endless expansions/DLCs and micro transactions. Now I play games that are genuinely well done, when they cared about art, music, and game play. There is such a vast collection of amazing games for NES, SNES, N64, Wii, Gameboy, DS, Game Cube, and Wii U that you could live your whole life and never play/beat them all. People come over now and I fire up the Wii U, everyone enjoys it. I'm also happier now that I've disconnected from MOBA's and COD. Great video, makes me remember why I did it.
I love this video. how much I miss general simplicity in everh day items and even styles of well anything back then. the 90s/00s seemed creative and freer definitely like there werent aesthetics and labels that we have nowadays you just liked what you liked and didnt have to post about it online
thanks for this, really made my week. man, life is so much easier to navigate with a little optimism and hope for the better, which is perfectly encapsulated in this music. truly utopian! too sad to think that this 90s-spirit is dead, but thanks to folks like you it will live on in each of us
I know this is probably weird, but thank you for that nearly 2 mins of crickets. No idea why, but hearing them was so peaceful and it made me feel joy. Keep up the good work.
I admire the effort that went into this video. Although this is primarily just something I leave playing in the background, glancing at the computer monitor in this video from time to time and seeing something different running is a nice touch.
The thumbnail reminds me of those time I played with Microsoft Encarta 2006 as a kid. This software introduced me to science and built a background for me to pursue astronomy and physics in university. I miss those feelings :_)
We got a family computer that looked a lot like that from Gateway in the late 90's from a Gateway store. I think my mother pushed for it after getting tired of watching my step-father struggle with maintaining the family computer which was cobbled together with aftermarket parts. Most of the Gateway boxes had "cow" graphics on them, and were big and heavy. It was enough for serve our computing needs for a while, which weren't much (Internet, word processing, spreadsheet stuff). It certainly was a time to be aware of the world back then.
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Remember when there WAS a "computer room"? and we'd all have to share "computer time"?
People needed to get off the computer because it was my turn to play Oregon Trail.
@@DiverseStyle My parents still have a "computer room". HA!
Yes!
nah, never had a computer room, I had a computer in my own room and it was mine, I never played games I was and still am more interested in things like configuring and experimenting with Windows (but I only like Windows up until Vista or even 7, anything never is not in my taste)
Yes, I used to stay longer at school to use the computer room, because there were no smartphones yet and I wanted to have free access to the internet. But there were just six computers, so we had to run fast after our last class. xD
It's okay to miss the good times. Embody their spirit in the here and now. They never truly left.
thank you, wise frogge 🐸🙏
blessed take
One day, we turned out the light when leaving the computer room, not knowing it would be the last time... For me, the computer room at my parents house is now a storage room, but every time I visit, I experience fond memories of many summers and weekends playing video games with no pressure or expectations... I want to go back.
Reading the comments here are pretty wild. I've always had a computer room/office in every apartment I had, and now in my house I have my perfect man-cave/office/computer room. I had no idea they were fading out of fashion.
@@nauscakes1868 I actualy had an normal office/computer room but it actualy felt confining so i moved it to my living room near my balconey for the veiw(12th floor is awesome) I think we where just smaller so it didnt feel closed in. Though i turned the office into a super cozy guest room though.
oh this is the bitter, painful yet oh-so-sweet sting of nostalgia. Being a kid in the 90's was such a great experience full of wonder.
there's nothing else like it bro ❤ i miss the early 90's and late 80's
all the new tech, the visuals, graphics, everything evolving, robotics, it was all so grand
Yes, it sure was.
Anyone else miss the 90s/early 00s like a long lost friend or ex?
nope. it had its moments but I'm fine where I'm at.
Absolutely.
100%. The 90's was a decade where everything seemed so bright, positive, and full of optimism. Once 9/11 happened, it was like waking up from a dream and we have been stuck in a nightmare world ever since
@@hadesmcfadden2982based and Carpe Diem-pilled
@@hadesmcfadden2982 Based and carpe diem-pilled
Boy i miss those early home computer years. So many classic tunes, classic games and software. Such a vibe
in 2000s there was a nuclear end of us... now we all just a ghosts. So 90s is so nostalgia
I miss the computer room! I miss waking up in the same home as my family.
A feeling of nostalgia like homesickness for a time and a place that don't exist anymore. A world that was promised to each and every one of us as children, but when we grew up it wasn't still there to inherit.
I wonder how many people just had this video show up at their playlist and then got stuck in a nostalgia stun lock
I know I did. Nearly made me cry too
been 2 weeks and this playlist still has me in a chokehold
the donkey & dd kong game showing on the PC almost sent me into aphylactic shock - soo many good memories and feelings unlocked it kinda hurts lol
I think all of us, this video is recommended to that kind of people
I miss these times when booting up your pc was an enjoyable experience
Yes! And having to wait an hour to install a game from CD or floppies just to have it crash in the middle. Everything seemed like a much bigger deal back then.
I loved my late 90s/early 2000s childhood. Lots of putt putt and pajama sam games, and playing them before bed. Those are memories I will always cherish
SUPER SOLVERS
I had a computer. But my family couldn't afford internet. SO I spent my summer vacations at the local library. 4 hours computer time was included in the library card. Useable in any order till closing. You had to actually book time on the 10 computers they had going. So I would make days of it. wake up early. ride my bike to a friends or just on my own, early in the morning have a coffee with my pocket change, Book time, you often had to wait like 2 hours some days. So I would read manga and Books, from YA novels to steven kings the dark tower. Then surf Mystical forest zone or newgrounds for an hour. before lunch then back to the library for my last 2 hours. would do this 4 days a week in the summer.
Let's appreciate the effort that was taken to show various things on the screen, including the booting and shutting down.
Oh wow, 90s EPCOT Center music. Some nostalgia there.
That one stopped me dead in my tracks
The best moment of my life is when I first turned on the N64 with Mario 64. It was my first 3D game and it felt magical. I was 9 years old.
this music evokes this feeling i had when i was a kid in the 90s, browsing Encarta, playing Where in time is Carmen Sandiago on the PC, or watching PBS nature programs- that the world is big, beautiful, and full of wonderful things to learn. I miss that.
Indeed! Carmen Sandiago… when I was trying to figure out the country that has its currency in Lira. Always a guess!
I loved the cosy feeling of being in the computer room at school, just a fun break doing typing and math games. Felt the room was quite peaceful, everyone just quietly typing away and the computers humming. Now computers are just boring and too bright and flashy for me now.
I’ve been reflecting a lot on these times we all shared once. The joy and optimism of the 90s and pre-2001 00s…now I have kids of my own.
This world we all lived in was a product made from the adults that created it at the time. It wasn’t an accident. They deliberately made this world for us to fight against the pessimism and hopelessness of the 70s along with the shallow consumerism and reckless nationalism of the 80s. Something we’re also dealing with right now.
We can create this optimism again. It won’t happen by accident, and it won’t happen overnight. We have to deliberately continue this path again. Not just for our own mental health, but for our kids. They deserve a world even better than the one we have.
Stay strong my friends. Use this moment to inspire yourselves. To create a new optimism, and to enforce it to maintain itself to lead to a better present and future.
THANKS for making this 37 year old cry when i heard the first song play....it brings back memories of my early childhood
This might be one of the most nostalgic atmospheric mixes I’ve seen/listened to recently. I grew up with these kinds of computers and similar games in my early childhood and have always found the sounds and feelings very comforting. Add in the nighttime sounds and crickets and it’s very cozy. The 1990s were a much simpler time for many. Thank you for putting this together.
I comprehend your emotions. It can be challenging, but persevere. Have faith, brighter days lie ahead.
Sigh... I remember those days. That music and vibe brought me to my early childhood. Sometimes, I wish to go back to simple times.
I think the 1990s, at least in the US, was a time of optimism. The world seemed open and peaceful. Soviets had failed and collapsed, and new technology was making our lives better. 9/11 ruined all of it and, looking back, was the worst thing to happen to this country in a long time. We’re still dealing with the negative effects of that event on our society.
I 100% agree. The 90's was a decade where everything seemed so bright and positive. We were looking forward to the future but once 9/11 happened, it was like waking up from a dream and we have been stuck in a nightmare world ever since
Bush & Obama ruined it. Bush sent us into a war that we could not afford. Obama destroyed race relations. Obviously there is more they did, however what I said was enough.
A few minutes ago I had this very same conclusion. I yearn to be in the 90's even though i never personally experienced it. And then I read your comment and it was a weird sensation.
Then the Great Recession in ‘08 ruined it further, before Covid came and finished what was left of it off
I was 13 that day. I was very sheltered and didn't understand what the big deal was nor why those buildings were a big deal. I did, however, have the foresight to save the next morning's paper. I still have it.
I've done a lot of digging as an adult and boy oh boy have we been LIED TO...about dang near everything 🤬🤬🤬
And yes, everything changed and won't go back to what it was. Best we can do is buck up, chin up, and move forward.
It's a very accurate interpretation of what the computer room was like in the 90s!
In particular the educational aspect, the computer was seen as a learning tool, and our parents were less reluctant to see us on it than on our consoles ^^.
In short: a good shot of nostalgia, a very accurate vision, well done!
Hearing the Lego Island soundtrack sent me into the Astral Plains
Ironically, my childhood bedroom in the 90s was also the family computer room.
Memories.
Повезло тебе 🙂
It was absolutely a time of wonder, there is nothing like watching the transition from 2D to 3D in real time.
Oh man, pulling out Lego Island is truly a deep cut.
Reminds me of looking at books about space & I, Spy before bed ❤
i remember when we had the computer room, and Mom would shut everything off, put the tacky beige plastic covers on everything, shut the lights off, and close the door for the night ❤
This video totally has the feel of mid to late 90's, and this is how it would have been for me back in the day, as I am now 41: the window is open on an early summer evening. It was a hot summer day, but now with the evening having arrived, it has cooled down a bit. A pleasant breeze is coming through the window, and I can totally imagine myself as a teenager again, browsing the ultra-exciting world wide web!
Sending IM's on AOL and going into various chat rooms. Hoping my dad doesn't wake up so I don't have to get offline, because I've already been on the computer for a good two hours, and that's about as long as my dad would like me to be on. But then the phone rings and I hear the dreaded "GOODBYE!" as I am kicked off AOL.
I miss the African motifs in music during the first half of the 90s, peaking around the time of The Lion King's release. It made everything feel so... world-ly. I feel like society has regressed since then.
I know what you mean. That panflute was used a lot and it made learning about the world exciting
You put into words something I'd only ever subconsciously acknowledged. Miss those days when the world felt friendlier.
I absolutely miss this
It absolutely has, that coincided with World Music in popular culture (Rusted Root, Deep Forest, Enigma, etc). Growing up we all really believed we were just different colors of the same rainbow per as our boomer teachers taught us. Today it's backwards, some colors and good and others are bad. Maybe the unity was just childhood and ignorance as a child, but sure seemed like it was more together then.
The rise in those motifs was tied to the aesthetic known as Global Village Coffeehouse. Though I was born in 2004, I remember '90s media that contained it, we had old books and went to restaurants with that style too, like echoes of the 1990s.
There are some less than great implications regarding Global Village Coffeehouse as a Western aesthetic when looking at it in hindsight. But it was for sure an influential part of 1990s design.
I'm just glad I found out what it was called!
Mario 64 is the most nostalgia-inducing music ever. Insane
Yea a PC classic. N64 could only dream about such games.
Don't forget about that one Donkey Kong tune. I never even got to experience it growing up, yet it feels unbelievably nostalgic (like most of the music here).
The world needed this right now and you provided it at the perfect time.
The new age music of the 90's... some heavily inspired by Vangelis, Era, Enya... Beautiful
Whew this one hit my brain chemistry like a speeding train.
1:40 A sound that reverberates fresh memories
This is a time & era that is so special to so many. Thanks for giving us this. What a great showcase of nostalgia.
agreed
this video stirs up emotions of childlike hope in me, the same feelings i had back then
This was wonderful! I miss those days so much
This video was so relaxing, it put my PC into sleep mode.
the sound clip from encarta95 really hits
Wasn't born in the 90s, but I grew up with the 90s equipment so this is home for me too.
Damn, this looks like MY computer set up I had! The desktop wasn't as tall, but the speakers, mic, monitor. Man, the feels. Thanks for this!
I wasn't around back then, but I did grow up using computers at a pretty young age, and that included using different kinds of generations of the same Dell computers, HP computers, etc. back in the mid 2000s. Very nostalgic either way since there was a lot of overlap between the technology that would be in the house.
Track 5 at 6:11 sounds like a peaceful Phil Collins/Enigma instrumental mashup in all the best ways
21:36 sounds like an early 90's Phil Collins track too, I love it!
Nothing better than rushing to the computer to play my Knowledge Adventure series in the pre-Internet days! 😌
I shouldn't feel sad listening to this, but at the same time it brings back good memories-at my grandparents house playing lode runner with my grandmother-introducing her to the wonders of nintindo through an emulator-introducing her to the Starcraft universe when blizzard actually gave a shit.
Good times.
RIP Grandma.
This is the only TH-cam playlist I have listened to for the last three months. It's becoming a security blanket-- I haven't been able to find anything else that hits this spot so accurately.
This makes my brain so safe and cozy
I still have those Boston Acoustic speakers to this day. They sound fantastic!
I remember having a computer lab in elementary school, but as soon as I entered middle school everyone began using smartbook laptops and the dedicated computer labs ceased existing.
I have always intended to have a dedicated computer room in my house when I buy one, and nostalgia spikes like this only further encourage that.
One of my favorite playlists and have listened well over a dozen times now. I was child during this era and this playlist captures that adventurous optimism and curiosity that I felt. However, the latter half settles into a much more somber mood, as if knowing that this bubble of time remains where it is and we can only think fondly of it in retrospect. Heavy, but honest and real.
What a great video! Right on the spot. Times were simpler, and we used to value all forms of media, I remember I used to read manuals for games and then was amazed by graphics and simple animations, etc, later that would inspire me as a kid to draw characters in school and eventually got introduced to D&D and first TSR program back in the 90s/Y2K. Much simpler times, when we were all still having some human values, things were simplified but not to a point of atrophy like now.
52:37 Feels so good with headphones on. Thanks for this one. This playlist made me discover a new aesthetic of utopian scholastic, love it.
Flashing back to seemingly endless days and nights exploring the early days of the big computer, at home with not a worry. Long to be back...
Desperately need a follow-up to this playlist!
the 90s were just… heavenly compared to now. i know there were issues, and of course the world has never been the safest… i just personally would give anything to go back to 1990 or even the 80s and start again
A lot of people agree that the 90's where the best. But few people will know or say why that is.
@@rovhalt6650 We are going into hi def 80s and 90s now, for another round. People will reminisce in the next few years that it reminds them of the 90s and early 2000s where it left off.
The 90's may have been great in the Western rich people bubble, but for me personally the 90's was a soul-crushing grind. Still, I miss the family and friends we had then.
Good luck with AIDS
As a kid it was great, but I wonder how it was to adults and seniors at the time? Not sure if they feel the same as us.
This. This is how I would've wanted to grow up in the 90's. Fascinated with computers and space
My greastest admiration, deep gratitude, and dear appreciation for imortalyzing these preciously fond memories collectively shared among all the Millenial generation. This video truly was a love labor dedicated to those who would appreciate and enjoy it most. I hope you keep this video posted for all time and never take it down. God Bless.
This is such a nice video. I even love how the video looks when I'm scrolling and see the thumbnail next to all the various other video thumbnails that pop up. It delivers exactly what it promises and I'm so happy to see people are making little artsy nostalgic videos about the beauty and feeling of using digital technology in the late 90s. This is so sweet and personal, to see creative people like you taking music, art, and design and bringing them together so effectively. This instantly transports me to into some of my earliest memories and emotions I can recall in my life.
I've seen a lot of other videos on YT that use memorable 90s imagery + a soothing playlist to try to achieve that same effect but I think this one gets it just right. Well done! 🎯
The old windows 95 startup music is PURE MAGIC : C The nostalgia hurts soooo bad.
EDIT: Oh my god. This is the first time I've ever heard of 'utopian scholastic' as a genre, but DAMN, I totally remember this vibe! Especially with the songs at 6:44 and 12:55 !! That panflute ;-;
This takes me back to being a kid playing the Magic School Bus Solar System PC game and a bunch of other educational PC games from the mid-late 90s. I think Ecco was one of the very first video games that I ever played, but I played it on the SEGA channel.
But anyways, thank you for making this. This is something that could have only been put together by someone who experienced it themselves. ♥♥
Sort of unrelated, but one of my fondest memories as a 90s kid was coming home at dusk after playing with my friends all evening, arriving just in time to see Elton John's music video for 'Can you Feel the Love tonight' playing on TV. Dinner was ready and I just remember feeling pure contentment and bliss at that moment.
I love the 90s, That was the last decade of the 20th century, That was the last decade for good music and That's my favorite decade. Those years were wonderful times because There was good music and There were good movies. Thank you so much for all this, I think that old is beautiful. 🙂👍
This is QUALITY. Simply a well made ambient video. I love it.
This video is amazing! Its like a time capsule which takes us back to the good old days. Please make more of these!
Seeing Encarta 97 on the computer monitor was touching :)
Edit: Thank you SO much for the list in description!
90s. The peak of human kind.
ah, the times using windows 3.1 in school computers...playing nes at home...watching 80s anime series on tv with dad...good times!
the white grid window is accurate!
You should really get some Myst music and gameplay on this one!
That image, right in the feels...
That looks spot on to my computer and peripherals circa 1995-ish. Well played.
90s the era i call my time..homesick for a home of long ago ..my childhood far away ..but memories stay.. thankyou for this.
"Utopian Scholastic", now that's a new one.
90s baby’s let’s gooooooooo!! Also just a thought, if you want a game like 90s internet, try hypnospace ❤
I watched this my first night moving into my own place living alone, for old times sake and to help set the mood to fall asleep, was worth it.
subwoofer on the desk is a little wild
Somehow even that planet photos from the thumbnail (at 7:30) felt nostalgic to me. In my childhood I was a huge astronomy nerd and one of my first experiences with the internet was when I was on my parents computer around age 9 to 10 (my parents only gave me internet access on my own computer when I was I think 13) and searching about the planets and other astronomy stuff in Google and finding these educational websites that had a lot of photos of the planets and being fascinated by them.
This was in the early to mid 2000s and back then computers and the internet felt like a fascinating new world to discover as a kid. These early 2000s websites had their own unique style that feels quite nostalgic now.
I also remember having educational software on my Computer myself, one was about animals and one about planet Mars, and a point and click dinosaur museum game called Eyewitness Dinosaur hunter.
I have a theory and I don't know if it's true or if already exists any study about it, but as a kid from the late 80's and early 90's, we grew up with so much things happening, history facts, technology boom and so on. We do not appreciate things like other generations, we did not have time for this. And because of this, we are so nostalgic.
I miss Netscape Navigator and Real Player. So little computing power and so much better art design than the minimalistic wastelands we’ve been seeing for the last decade.
Big gamer my whole life, born '83, had an NES, genesis, gameboy, game gear, 64, then got into PC gaming in high school. Went to LAN parties, played counter-strike when it was a mod, star craft, diablo, age. At the risk of sounding like an old person complaining about how "they don't make them like they used to," I'll say it -- they don't. Half a year ago I uninstalled Steam and Battle net. I bought a Wii U, home brewed it, and can now run virtually any console game. No more toxic online gaming communities and no more grindy games with battlepasses, endless expansions/DLCs and micro transactions. Now I play games that are genuinely well done, when they cared about art, music, and game play. There is such a vast collection of amazing games for NES, SNES, N64, Wii, Gameboy, DS, Game Cube, and Wii U that you could live your whole life and never play/beat them all. People come over now and I fire up the Wii U, everyone enjoys it. I'm also happier now that I've disconnected from MOBA's and COD. Great video, makes me remember why I did it.
This is dead-on is boosting-up a wonderful memory of my old retro house when i was a kid :D
the music is so beautiful i'm going to cry
Listening to this late at night touched me deeply, this is as close as I'll get to going back. Thank you for creating this beautiful ambience.
39:30 the best one imo, i love this kind of mix between synths and fantasy
I love this video. how much I miss general simplicity in everh day items and even styles of well anything back then. the 90s/00s seemed creative and freer definitely like there werent aesthetics and labels that we have nowadays you just liked what you liked and didnt have to post about it online
thanks for this, really made my week. man, life is so much easier to navigate with a little optimism and hope for the better, which is perfectly encapsulated in this music. truly utopian! too sad to think that this 90s-spirit is dead, but thanks to folks like you it will live on in each of us
I miss feeling safe and hopeful.
Holy, I don't know how I got here but seeing the Encarta 97 really hit me hard
things were so simple back then...i try to carry those memories with me
I know this is probably weird, but thank you for that nearly 2 mins of crickets. No idea why, but hearing them was so peaceful and it made me feel joy. Keep up the good work.
I admire the effort that went into this video. Although this is primarily just something I leave playing in the background, glancing at the computer monitor in this video from time to time and seeing something different running is a nice touch.
My family had this exact Gateway setup. I'm still using my cow-print Gateway2000 mousepad as a reminder of those days.
I miss childhood, now I am living vicariously through my sons, and it's the best feeling.
even though im a 90s baby, this is still nostalgic in a sense, 90s still bleeded into the early 2000s
You all have filled my heart with joy. Thank you for your kind words!
Remember when you couldn't be on the phone, and use the internet, at the same time… because they used the same line. (dial-up)
This was a blast of nostalgia and comfort that I desperately needed. Thank you for making this!
The thumbnail reminds me of those time I played with Microsoft Encarta 2006 as a kid. This software introduced me to science and built a background for me to pursue astronomy and physics in university. I miss those feelings :_)
That sound effect at 1:40 awakened something in me like a sleeper agent.
Yup i was part of that golden era
We got a family computer that looked a lot like that from Gateway in the late 90's from a Gateway store. I think my mother pushed for it after getting tired of watching my step-father struggle with maintaining the family computer which was cobbled together with aftermarket parts. Most of the Gateway boxes had "cow" graphics on them, and were big and heavy. It was enough for serve our computing needs for a while, which weren't much (Internet, word processing, spreadsheet stuff). It certainly was a time to be aware of the world back then.