Does anyone else remember Cyberpets? They were an online craze back in the mid-90s and lasted for a couple years. This was back when things like this were kept simple because there was only so much technology to allow them to be interactive. Cyberpets were little images of animals or whatever else you could think of, some static, some animated that you "adopted" - usually by filling out a form on someone else's site which in turn allowed them to send you your Cyberpet image and information on what to do with it via email. Often the only rule was if you displayed your new "pet" on your site you also placed a link along with it back to the site you "adopted" it from. Seem silly? Maybe, but it was a fun thing for people to do - a great way to find out about new sites from links that weren't just made of plain text, and it also allowed people with a little graphic talent (or even those with none) to come up with their own Cyberpet creation to offer from their site the in turn gave them extra links and more traffic. It was a cool feature to have back in the day, haha. Now of course there are more "interactive" creations for kids to play with online, but just remember where those things got their roots.
Posted by Meg6212 at February 9, 2003 10:24 PM | TrackBack