The old Roblox app was just a browser that opens the Roblox sites. As you can see at 5:48, this is an old error from like 2012 used in browsers for Android. It was used until 2018 when slowly browser creators introduced their own error screens. Some browsers still display this one (like the Roblox app).
the reason why you can see games but cant play games is because this is the page for people that played as Guests, when roblox removed them, the ability to play it got away too, so you can just browse it very low
its not the page for guests, the error shows that the webpage attempted to redirect to market://details (the launcher url for the google play store) when clicking the join button this means that its still using the same html from current roblox (probably s or some android function) and it still has the functionality, it still notices that the person is using an android, so it tries to open in the app, or google play if they dont have the app, and it fails (its not a browser!!)
Thats One Reason, The Other 2 Reasons Are, That It Uses A Old Game Client From 2016 (Which With The Amount Of Updates Roblox Had Since 2016 It Wouldn't Work) And The 2nd Reason Is Cus It Uses Old API Endpoints
same i started playing in late 2015 as a guest, made my first actual account in march 2016 then had to make a new account in 2017 cuz the 2016 one got hacked (i fell for one of those free robux scams when i was a kid)
@@y_d3f same but I didn't get hacked I hacked i just forgot the username cause i was spamming random letters (I played first as a guest than made an account mid 2015)
A lot of people have actually modified the old client to have it fully working with all the new apis with Roblox android this gives you the full ability to use the app and play games
hey, i'm an admin for Legacyverse, i wanted to say thank you for trying the game! I hope you enjoyed it and i also hope for whoever checks out the game that they'll enjoy it. It's a one-man work made by profesor, and i am really glad a big youtuber like you checked it out toodles
I found out if you sideload new roblox and then replace the app with the old build you sign in…It works as well as you expect it to, it lets you browse settings and it shows your friends etc.
I managed to get the 2016 roblox client working on ios 15.8.1 by finding a 2016 client on the internet archive and changing some values to bypass the upgrade screen. Looks a bit weird because modern roblox is still broken for me but nonetheless it works
Theres also a revival called "Economy Simulator: Reborn" that has an android client from 2016, u can play games but i dont think the controls work whatsoever. The only way to possibly play it on android is by using controller that has bluetooth
Same, around 2009-2011 for me. 2016 still feels like the new era of Roblox for me, even though I know it's been ages since then. Probably because Roblox stopped being Roblox back in 2019-2020, it basically died in my mind and so I don't see it as a new era but the end of an era and the death of the platform. Sad times.
Yea, I remember having a phone I think probably before ugc, I think it was when that police box back accessory was first released. And the sign in background was a Rollercoaster!
For the people who don't know and not even Sharkblox: The Profile and the Catalog Items are just stuff that you can find on the new Website (in mobile), And it does not change any aspect of the website to 2016-2017 era style, it is only just the app itself.
(for tablet users) you can also glitch out the roblox upgrade option by being on portrait mode first, it then forces it to go into landscape mode and it glitches it off.
VERSÃO BRASILEIRA:você também pode desativar a opção de atualização do Roblox ao colocá-lo primeiro no modo retrato, depois ele é forçado a entrar no modo paisagem e ele desativa a opção
since MOST errors are caused by missing, removed, or outdated api links. i wonder what would happen if you decompiled and updated those links. because then, theoretically you might be able to get into games.
How to find your profile easily: 1. Join a group that has made a popular game that you can easily find on the 2016 mobile version (on alt device obliviously) 2. Search for that game on the front page, open the group and you should be albe to find your account in the members since it shows the most recent ones, worst case scenario you might have to scroll a few pages but overall it will take you 3 minutes at most.
i miss them because when i first made a account they were SO NICE they would help/team with me and i remember i would always SACRIFICE MY LIFE FOR THEM TO SEE THEM HAPPY AND THAT IS WHAT MADE ME HAPPY even tho they cant talk they would show their appreciation by helping or jumping alot or running in a circle
I have a version of Roblox 2016 that work but the thing thats different about the version i got is that if you play games from early-mid 2016 or other old games it shows the og 2016 loading menu
The most surprising part of all this is I remember when this icon was added, cant believe that was 8 years ago. It doesn’t feel like it’s been that long..
This works because when you open Roblox, it's not the app itself that opens, but a page on the Roblox website opens, it's kind of like a browser. Guys, please like this comment so that everyone can see it :P
bro, i thought it works on sign up on the app and login on the web after 1 whole hour of trying with no success, and then i thought i missed some steps. And you were just trolling, nice one james.
YESSIR ANDROID HEHEHEHEHEHEHEH (Of course... Android is just built differently from iOS. Those suckers hate apks, which I mean hey; at least it's to be safe, right?)
maybe someone already knew this, but you can use a theme on stylish for chrome to make the roblox page look like its form 2016/2017 (i think its for pc only)
There's a way to "log-in" in the app, and that is by using the "Log with another device" thing, just go to a random game, try to click the like button and use the cross device login method.
this doesnt really matter but its something that annoys me a bit but in all of the "legacy" roblox simulators they all use the current lighting instead of the compatability one and it just ruins it for me, compatibility was like the default lighting mode in 2015 it just makes everything less vibrant and the shadows more smooth but its really nostalgic
you can login by going to a game and selecting the robux options and it is just a web page so that works to login but you can only access games tab and you cant play
I remember every day in 2017 opening Roblox on my crappy Android tablet, pressing the play now button, seeing the Welcome to Roblox screen (The logo that came up was the 2017 one obviously), and playing games as a guest.
Sharkblox, Where is the link to the image for that classic roblox R T-shirt? I've checked the description like what you just said but I cannot find it anywhere. Please add the link to the t-shirt so people have acess to it! Thank you -Bumpkin
I love the fact that theres some dude saying "Brainrot kids will never ever have it" like dude the kids dont need to have this as their "nostalgia". You cant do anything its their own liking. Not trying to be rude, im just saying.
this still works because the app uses android webview on their app. if you compare roblox website on the mobile to that app, it is similar. because the roblox 2016 app is acting like a browser.
The old Roblox app was just a browser that opens the Roblox sites. As you can see at 5:48, this is an old error from like 2012 used in browsers for Android. It was used until 2018 when slowly browser creators introduced their own error screens. Some browsers still display this one (like the Roblox app).
I still get the error
It actually still uses the browser cuz sometimes when my Internet goes out I get the browser error.
@@JadeEnby it's still loke a browser but it uses the new chromium version
the reason why you can see games but cant play games is because this is the page for people that played as Guests, when roblox removed them, the ability to play it got away too, so you can just browse it very low
here before masteroogway skibidi toilet screenshot as a profile bot
someone could likely reverse engineer the current roblox app and find a way to hook it up to the 2016 apk
So u can play a Roblox 2017 app? Thru a apk/ipa
its not the page for guests, the error shows that the webpage attempted to redirect to market://details (the launcher url for the google play store) when clicking the join button
this means that its still using the same html from current roblox (probably s or some android function) and it still has the functionality, it still notices that the person is using an android, so it tries to open in the app, or google play if they dont have the app, and it fails (its not a browser!!)
Thats One Reason, The Other 2 Reasons Are, That It Uses A Old Game Client From 2016 (Which With The Amount Of Updates Roblox Had Since 2016 It Wouldn't Work) And The 2nd Reason Is Cus It Uses Old API Endpoints
as a 2016 player this makes me so happy
Yo I joined ROBLOX in 2015 so we both 2016 ROBLOX players dap me up my G
I also started during 2016 during summer
same i started playing in late 2015 as a guest, made my first actual account in march 2016 then had to make a new account in 2017 cuz the 2016 one got hacked (i fell for one of those free robux scams when i was a kid)
found oomf on a sharkblox video..
@@y_d3f same but I didn't get hacked I hacked i just forgot the username cause i was spamming random letters (I played first as a guest than made an account mid 2015)
Hearing Shark say most people watching probably didn't play in 2016 made feel so old.
It made me realize that kids born in 2016 are already 8 years old
i played roblox in 2016 lol
@@user-rmftwz-yrjsoqI joined roblox when kids born in 2016 were just two.. and now I’m playing with them. That’s insane.
@@GenericTH-camGuyIkr bro
I made my acc in 2015 so I nearly died inside 😭
That is surprising, 8 years ago and it still works.
Didn’t ask: I have better content
@@masterooggway didn't ask: I dont care
@@masterooggwayyour content sucks
@@masterooggwayShut up kid
@@masterooggwayimagine being a racist youtuber fan
I remember that old classic Roblox app from 2016 when I was finishing middle school and began high school. Good times.
damn unc
i remember when the login/signup had a rollercoaster in the background
That was the webpage, this is the mobile app.
I always wanted to go on it, was that just me?
@@DanialDEcooloh yeah, right
@@DanialDEcoolI’m pretty sure it was on both unless I’m tripping big time
@@DanialDEcool i could really care less about the mobile app
sometimes I wonder how people even figure this stuff out it's crazy
Didn’t ask + I have better content,
@@masterooggway shut up nobody asked you masteroogway fan
@@masterooggway fake channel that's not even same account
@@masterooggwayShut the hell up.
We kinda have these groups that dedicate their time to find these
I joined Roblox back when it looked like this. I remember using this version on my cheap Android tablet when I was 9.
So you’re 15?
17
omggg and also how roblox was actually ROBLOX in all caps, like even the logo says roblox in all caps
Youre still a child..
@@questfaceplays357wdym hes like 17 rn
I miss the old Roblox red white logo
With the dressing room for the customize
The dressing room was the best when making your avatar
Said little Timmy with his 2020 account
@@foreigntakeoverratio is crazy
There was no point in removing it. The lighting and environment was warm and enjoyable, and now you’re in a cold, grey, lifeless landscape.
@@foreigntakeover I had a old acount that’s was made in 2019 :/
And I forgot the password for it since
So this is my new main
A lot of people have actually modified the old client to have it fully working with all the new apis with Roblox android this gives you the full ability to use the app and play games
Any prebuilt apk or do we have to mod it ourselves?
Where can they be found?
I started playing in 2017, and one of my favorite games was McDonald’s tycoon lol.
Does that game still exist?
@@TheFunlandTeamMost likely not because of how strict McDonald's copyright system is. Even using the red colour used in their logo can get you sued.
@silly_plinker Yeah because I decided to try to play it but it's just.....gone
THAT WAS LITERALLY THE FIRST GAME I PLAYED😭😭
SAMMEEEE i just kept raging when everytime i joined and my progress got reset
hey, i'm an admin for Legacyverse, i wanted to say thank you for trying the game! I hope you enjoyed it and i also hope for whoever checks out the game that they'll enjoy it. It's a one-man work made by profesor, and i am really glad a big youtuber like you checked it out
toodles
just wanted to say, can you tell profesor to change the lighting to compatibility (it was the default one in 2015)
Bro, will they continue bringing items to the catalog and games of the time? i need
@@rafaelamercedesalmanzarova6573 yes absolutely
@@Dong_real don't know
It won't work
6:25
I remember playing this game all the time in 2018.
Seeing that game in this video was hella nostalgic
Roblox should add something kinda like the Light and Dark settings but you can change the themes, like modern and classic.
Ohh yea and holiday themes too. Maybe some other too? That would actually make premium more worth it tbh cus right now theres no reason to buy it.
@@nikolajthepigYou can buy it for trade abilities, robux every month and uh yeah. Kinda pointless getting it lol
@@WaveTheWaffle some trade and assesory stuff going away too. So yea really really pointless.
@@WaveTheWaffleIt really used to be a steal before the greedy developers nerfed trading
they wouldnt use their old branding lol they really wanna move away from their past for some reason
i remember a game on mobile which was the roblox studio app for roblox, i cant find its existence anymore but i just remember it
yeah, it was called “roblox developer”, but it’s gone now, so you gotta search for an apk/IPA
yeah it was called “roblox developer”
yep, it was deleted because people thought it was the actual roblox app
Studio lite
@@Ismar2321uh
it works?!? dude this is so cool, old versions of mobile roblox looked waaaayyy better honestly B)
Now we can finally explore the pure nostalgia that brainrot kids will never have it
I began playing in 2018 but stopped playing two years ago. I am DEFINITELY not one of those kids. I was born in 08
Bro you sound like u probably never even saw this version 💀
@@JumpingBoredom indeed
you can log into your accound, heres how: find a game with gamepasses and click on the amount aka buy, and it will bring you to the login to any acc
I found out if you sideload new roblox and then replace the app with the old build you sign in…It works as well as you expect it to, it lets you browse settings and it shows your friends etc.
How to do it?
I managed to get the 2016 roblox client working on ios 15.8.1 by finding a 2016 client on the internet archive and changing some values to bypass the upgrade screen. Looks a bit weird because modern roblox is still broken for me but nonetheless it works
HOW!!!
DO IT I tried 2 times but apk files gives error
dump the IPA
@@Shavin25 bro i tryied in apk file not ipa i know ipa and apk
@@Shavin25 Can't dump the ipa file cuz i can't dump modified apps and i couldn't give you ways to replicate it as youtube will just deleted my comment
Joined in 2016, the nostalgia is real
These days roblox no longer calls their games "games" anymore. Now it's "experiences".
I mean they didn’t have to change the name of it
Theres also a revival called "Economy Simulator: Reborn" that has an android client from 2016, u can play games but i dont think the controls work whatsoever. The only way to possibly play it on android is by using controller that has bluetooth
As a early 2017 player, this is 🔥🔥🔥
i joined ROBLOX in 2015 so this is pretty nostalgic for me....dap me up bro the 2020 roblox players dont know
@@djmaxgames 2016 Roblox was so fire!
@@djmaxgames i join in 2016 too on the xbox i join in january
@@djmaxgames eeeey me to i joind when i was 4
This comment section gives me hope for humanity @@user-rmftwz-yrjsoq
2016 was when I officially joined Roblox (around 2014-15 was originally when I first tried out Roblox) and it was the golden era of roblox
i make my account back in 2011 and hearing 2016 and classic just makes me feel old
Womp womp
@@santiagonavarro7257are you a trumpet?
@@santiagonavarro7257womp womp lil bro
Same, around 2009-2011 for me. 2016 still feels like the new era of Roblox for me, even though I know it's been ages since then. Probably because Roblox stopped being Roblox back in 2019-2020, it basically died in my mind and so I don't see it as a new era but the end of an era and the death of the platform. Sad times.
@@santiagonavarro7257only gay people say that
Yea, I remember having a phone I think probably before ugc, I think it was when that police box back accessory was first released. And the sign in background was a Rollercoaster!
Sharkbloxs I love your videos ❤️❤️❤️❤️
Didn’t ask + I have better content..
@@masterooggway stopping bots from commenting more
@@joycecauilan9132you arent doing shit g
@@masterooggwaybro you like masteroogway
@minimum6122 what the hell is your channel
Thank you so much sharkblox it work your the best
For the people who don't know and not even Sharkblox:
The Profile and the Catalog Items are just stuff that you can find on the new Website (in mobile), And it does not change any aspect of the website to 2016-2017 era style, it is only just the app itself.
The old games logo in the bottom
Wait but do you know when those icons in the app changed?
9:59 'yeah you know we gotta cop the shaggy' im laughing so hard 😭
(for tablet users)
you can also glitch out the roblox upgrade option by being on portrait mode first, it then forces it to go into landscape mode and it glitches it off.
I got it on tablet I didn't need to do any of that
@@HE4VENLY_EDITs ohh okay but my samsung tablet required me to do that
some people might not get the error, most can
VERSÃO BRASILEIRA:você também pode desativar a opção de atualização do Roblox ao colocá-lo primeiro no modo retrato, depois ele é forçado a entrar no modo paisagem e ele desativa a opção
Wow I din't expect that would work, very cool!
since MOST errors are caused by missing, removed, or outdated api links. i wonder what would happen if you decompiled and updated those links. because then, theoretically you might be able to get into games.
Going to do this now with MT manager
it would possibly work but would be pretty buggy since ya know its old
@@ermgunk1127any update on it?
How to find your profile easily:
1. Join a group that has made a popular game that you can easily find on the 2016 mobile version (on alt device obliviously)
2. Search for that game on the front page, open the group and you should be albe to find your account in the members since it shows the most recent ones, worst case scenario you might have to scroll a few pages but overall it will take you 3 minutes at most.
stop commenting without even watching the video 😭
Who asked lol
well you too man
@@masterooggway try to find a better insult than “didnt ask i have better content”
I was almost
No
ahh yes nostalgia hits me hard i remember i started as a guest at 2015 then i was forced to make it at 2017
WHERE ARE MY GUEST PEOPLE AT!?!?!
man frick u😭
i miss them because when i first made a account they were SO NICE they would help/team with me and i remember i would always SACRIFICE MY LIFE FOR THEM TO SEE THEM HAPPY AND THAT IS WHAT MADE ME HAPPY even tho they cant talk they would show their appreciation by helping or jumping alot or running in a circle
@@Heiwastakenthanks to exploiters and shit we don't have guests anymore
New sharkblox video already?!!
Didn’t ask + I have better content.
@@masterooggwayno one asked + imagine liking Masteroogway + get mad + womp womp.
@@SebastianArriaga-v7pdont react bruh just report it
Woah what happened here...
I have a version of Roblox 2016 that work but the thing thats different about the version i got is that if you play games from early-mid 2016 or other old games it shows the og 2016 loading menu
Can you give me a download? I'd like to try it on my 10 year old tablet.
@@ШМО ok
Really after 8 years
Didn’t ask + I have better content
@@masterooggwaymasterooggway shut up you are already canceled
@@masterooggwayyou have like 5 shorts with stolen memes, the only videos on your channel were stolen
@@PeanutButterBanana69dont react, report it and move on
@@masterooggway didn't ask: I dont care
As a fellow 2016 roblox player, this brings me *so* much nostalgia.
i’m totally blown away by the quality of your content!
Why not just keep the 2016 ui and features and keep the new features [except the roblox dating and expensive items]
They need to look "modern", that's why.
@@AwesomeYenafr we in 2024 we cant Keep a old theme
Roblox: Where there's games, they pinch nostalgia.
Bro is finding the most weirdest and interesting things on Roblox
Didn’t ask + I have better content 🎉
@@masterooggway hey stop commenting lil bro
@@masterooggwayInfact didn’t u get banned
The most surprising part of all this is I remember when this icon was added, cant believe that was 8 years ago. It doesn’t feel like it’s been that long..
for the classic event they should've reverted the website TO classic
Google everyone team
10:42 I remember the lunchable ads that they would play 😭
This works because when you open Roblox, it's not the app itself that opens, but a page on the Roblox website opens, it's kind of like a browser. Guys, please like this comment so that everyone can see it :P
so thats why sometimes i get a bug when i try to join a private server
no
It was obvious because of the verify badge that still works and premium badge thing
bro, i thought it works on sign up on the app and login on the web after 1 whole hour of trying with no success, and then i thought i missed some steps. And you were just trolling, nice one james.
The fact that everyone's commenting like "tysm!" After watching for 2 seconds😭-
they are just fast watchers
@@SuperScaryOatmeal so they watch the whole 11 mins in 2 seconds?
@@liyroplanex They watched it in 100x and absorbed all the information contained in the video
@@HelloWarudoTH6 damn-
tysm!
As a 2016 user, this actually made me emotional. wow
we needed this
plz dont die ❤
Want *
Never thought I’d see the 2016 home page again.
2 vids in one day is crazy..
Didn’t ask: I have better content.
@@masterooggway you like your sister if you say that again
THANK U IS WORKING this gives me back when i was born in 2016
Hell yeah, we can now play classic Roblox
Didn’t ask + I have better content lol
@@masterooggwayNo
@@masterooggway Shut up, you're not even the real one
@@masterooggway stopping bots from commenting more
bro made this video in may 💀 2:59
I played Roblox when I guests existed. I was a young player.
TYSM SHARK!
Didn’t ask + I have better content 😂😂
Okay?@@masterooggway
@@masterooggwaydidn’t ask
youtube though you said "shut up" idk why
@@jeffvitous9517 oh 😭
As an OG player all the nostalgia kicked in instantly
Why is his thumb so long
No idea
OMG! IT WORKS! Thank you ery much!
I hate being an apple user 😭
(Then go to files and click on it. Make sure to be on the newest version of iPhone.)
I saw a red logo in 2017, when I saw roblox for the first time. Its sad that they change logo :(.
Is the apk safe?
It’s not I got a virus
Jk idk if it is
a W video as always! 👑
iOS Users: AM I A JOKE TO YOU?
IOS is a lot harder to do things like this with compared to android due to it being a lot more locked down.
@@OnionTaco22 Yeah I know, I’d just sideload it.
@@SideLoadingScriptsfr I’m one of
I was playing Roblox in 2016 and I miss it. It was the best back in 2016
YESSIR ANDROID HEHEHEHEHEHEHEH
(Of course... Android is just built differently from iOS. Those suckers hate apks, which I mean hey; at least it's to be safe, right?)
@@thiagotenorio4037 Android works differently from iOS, that's all.
@@thiagotenorio4037what phone was it? If it's some cheap Android it's gonna suck, but flagships are good
6:27 THAT WAS THE FIRST EVER ROBLOX GAME I EVER PLAYED, THAT NYAN CAT GAME (it's called Ride a Nyan Cat Down a Rainbow)
(deleted because of a reply)
no
Stop like beggars
@@MonsterverseRodanK1ng oh yeah sure
@@MonsterverseRodanK1ngSo?
@@MonsterverseRodanK1ngbro that’s not begging
Imagine if someone fixes this version and allows players to login sign up and join game that would be cool AND THAT in game you get 2016 coregui
You would find rthro then
I first played roblox around 2018.
2018 gang
👇
maybe someone already knew this, but you can use a theme on stylish for chrome to make the roblox page look like its form 2016/2017 (i think its for pc only)
I don’t trust this
Same
It do works but we cant join game
@@AlvinlikesTDS ok
I started playing roblox at 2015 or 2016 and i actually remember the old roblox logos
Every like this comment gets, a kid who says “first” disappears.
Like beggar 💀
like begging for likes is any better
You didnt say about second
Second
U said "first" last time, thats sad
That’s an alternate way of saying first ☠️
man... i have my first roblox memories around 2014-2015... anyway now that i left a comment i will watch the video
E
6:25 nah nyan cat that game gave me flashbacks of old but excellent games that got deleted only few remain
*Only real shark❤🎉 fans can like this* ❤
There's a way to "log-in" in the app, and that is by using the "Log with another device" thing, just go to a random game, try to click the like button and use the cross device login method.
this doesnt really matter but its something that annoys me a bit but in all of the "legacy" roblox simulators they all use the current lighting instead of the compatability one and it just ruins it for me, compatibility was like the default lighting mode in 2015 it just makes everything less vibrant and the shadows more smooth but its really nostalgic
you can login by going to a game and selecting the robux options and it is just a web page so that works to login but you can only access games tab and you cant play
nostalgia is so powerful it can be used as a weapon. companies don’t realise that..
Bro the 2016-2019 era was a great experience for me
F old Roblox I miss PEAK Roblox
9:03 What game is that? i can't find link the description 💀
EDIT: nvm its another video. its called Zombie Survival Garry's Mod
I remember every day in 2017 opening Roblox on my crappy Android tablet, pressing the play now button, seeing the Welcome to Roblox screen (The logo that came up was the 2017 one obviously), and playing games as a guest.
It would actually be nostalgic for me when it's 2020 when like your pfp on roblox is facing right side
Sharkblox,
Where is the link to the image for that classic roblox R T-shirt? I've checked the description like what you just said but I cannot find it anywhere. Please add the link to the t-shirt so people have acess to it!
Thank you
-Bumpkin
I hope roblox lets us have a theme where we can have the old themes
I love the fact that theres some dude saying "Brainrot kids will never ever have it" like dude the kids dont need to have this as their "nostalgia". You cant do anything its their own liking. Not trying to be rude, im just saying.
"omg 2016 roblox so nostalgic!!!!"
- me who joined in 2017:
same 😿
this still works because the app uses android webview on their app.
if you compare roblox website on the mobile to that app,
it is similar. because the roblox 2016 app is acting like a browser.
WE’RE GOING BACK TO 2016 MURDER GAMES WITH THIS ONE!!! 🔥 🗣️
First time seeing sharkblox do something like this, putting a file in his video description for people to download.
Roblox was so fun in 2016. I missed it...
you need an older android right? android 14 is phasing out 32 bit apps so im not sure