Building a Sliding Puzzle for Netscape 4 and IE 3 β in 2026
What happens when you build a web game targeting browsers from 1997? No React, no CSS Grid, no fetch API just raw PHP, <table> layouts, and <font> tags. Welcome to Retro Dynart.
What happens when you build a web game targeting browsers from 1997? No React, no CSS Grid, no fetch API just raw PHP, <table> layouts, and <font> tags. Welcome to Retro Dynart.
Every now and then itβs nice to build something purely for fun. No deadlines, no product goals, no "is this the right stack?" questions, just curiosity and nostalgia.
I remember when I was a 9th grader we had 486DX machines with Windows 3.11 and Novell NetWare. These were my first internet experiences and it always lives in me as a pleasant memory. I have decided to recreate this experience and fortunately with the help of DOSBox-X, archive.org, theoldnet.com and - naturally - the internet it is possible.