guiformatConvert any drive to fat32 without issue. Takes up all of 76 kb. It just works. Useful for console modding.
Open ShellMakes the start menu look how it looked in older Windows operating systems.
Pivot AnimatorThe cultured choice for making stick figure animations.
RetroBarMakes the taskbar look how it looked in older Windows operating systems.
ScreenToGifNeed to record your desktop and send it to a friend? ScreenToGif has you covered.
SSB Roster Maker Make your own fictional Smash roster with no image editing skills required!
VS CodiumFork of VS Code with Microsoft's telemtry removed. If you're using it for a website, make sure to get the LiveServer extension. Makes testing things a breeze.
WACUPFork of WINAMP maintained by a former developer of the program. Behaves mostly the same as the 5.666 release of Winamp with added improvements such as built in last.fm support and QOL improvements to metadata editing.
Websites
This is a list of websites that I like. I notice that on Neocities, a lot of the "Links" sections are fairly popular sites that you see repeated a lot. Now don't get me wrong, these sites are very useful! But at least for me, I'd like for my links section to feature more off of the cuff sites that I never or rarely see in link sections. So here's my collection.
AnimeMusicVideosA still-maintained website dedicated to AMVs and their creation
AnipikeThe Anime Web Turnpike was the #1 link directory for anime-focused websites in it's day. Unfortunately the later versions of site aged like milk; pages low agonizingly slow and the links often don't work since they aren't direct. As such you can only really browse the earlier versions of the site. Still a ton of websites to sift through though.
AquiliusGraphics website with a wonderful dreamlike art style. Sadly, a lot of the images weren't archived. But the ones that were are quite wonderful
Battle Box GeneratorUseful for making your very own alternate history battles in the vein of a Wikipedia page
CarolinaSucksA UNC athletics... uh... what's the opposite of a fansite? A hatesite? Yeah that's what it is, a hatesite.
CivilWarTalk Hobbyist forum for people interested in the civil war. Helped me find some records about my ancestors.
CSNades Easy, streamlined method for learning grenade lineups on Counter Strike.
Crystal RainGraphics website, primarily focuses on avatars with a very white and dreamy art style.
Dark ChiiA 2000s Chobits fansite with some great avatars and Winamp skins.
DiscmasterDirectory primarily consisting of vintage PC files
DBZWarriorsDBZ fansite consisting of awesome AMVs and useful plot summaries
Digital TyphoonBiggest repository for radar imagery of typhoons that you'll find anywhere. You can find complete cloud-view lifespans of any typhoon dating back decades.
Dreamcast TalkForum dedicated to the Sega Dreamcast. You can find lots of mods and homebrew here.
Emily's Cowboy Bebop PageCowboy Bebop fansite with an awesome UI. Offers many goodies that fans would appreciate.
Ethereal VisionsLinks page containing graphics sites, especially ones focusing on animanga.
EvaUnit007Though much of the site wasn't preserved, this page contains an awesome collection of custom made avatars and forum signatures.
Final Fantasy VII Citadel A very extensive Final Fantasy VII fansite.
FancapsGreat repository of anime screenshots and also great for getting pictures of a character while avoiding spoilers since you can look through the episodes you've seen without going further (so long as you stay a page or so back)
Fanlore Website dedicated to, well, lore about fandoms over the years. I particularly like reading it's articles about events that occured in the
fansite sphere.
FourfaInformative site about the history of emo music and other things associated with it. Very useful for clearing up misconceptions of what the label actually means. Make sure to check the links page (from archive.org) if you want to go down the rabbithole even further!
Fighters GenerationHuge database dedicated to chronicling fighting games and their characters as well
Gifcities - I know I said I wouldn't include any super popular sites, but this one's too great not to. Extremely useful not only for finding authentic old school images and decorations, but also helps you discover sites since every image links back to the site it was found on. Indespensible resource for any webmaster, greatly aided in the construction of my website.
GineipaediaWiki that covers and documents historic events in the Legend of the Galactic Heroes timeline.
HTML Text GeneratorAutomatically adds paragraph tags to text instead of you having to place all of them manually.
IronMouseSite with shrines dedicated to a wide variety of video game characters. Contains lots of 2000s fanart in them as well.
Lemmy's LandA Mario fansite dedicated in large part to the koopalings though it contains fanfiction and fanart of other characters as well. It was the reason that I created my first personal webpage back in 2012 and a major inspiration for this site as well.
Lovely DesignsA wonderful graphics page that remains online many years later, preserving the memories of radical 2000s gfx.
Mango ReviewsWebsite of a couple of people who reviewed graphics pages. Provides great insight in to what people valued in both web design and graphics in the 2000s, as well as some humor in how merciless it is.
Mario Kart 64 Player's PageA website where Mario Kart players submit their times and battle against one another in the rankings. Though originally for Mario Kart 64, it contains pages for all of the other games as well. It has sadly become less active in recent years. Make sure to dig around, you can find cool goodies like
this page dedicated to tracking Mario Kart DS WR activity. It also has a
forum!
MinitokyoWebsite containing official art & scans predominantly from old school anime as well as wallpapers from that time period
MkwrsWebsite containing updated world records for every track in every Mario Kart game. Make sure to check the links out on the sidebar; here's a real cool collection of
world record videos.
Mugen ArchiveHuge MUGEN character repository with a pretty active forum as well.
Panzer Dragoon Legacy Panzer Dragoon fansite. Includes lots of goodies such as detailed official art collections (wonderful considering the art for the games was drawn by the great Moebius) and a forum.
Planet DreamcastFansite and former news center for the late Sega Dreamcast. Hosted many game-related fansites in the past. Still online but it's actual content is dead on the current version, most of it can be viewed through the internet archive though.
Pro Football ResearchersWebsite dedicated to reporting and chronicling old football history. You can read most of the articles for free and it contains one of a kind interviews and information that you can't really find anywhere else.
Roy Sye's Personal Web PageA webpage dedicated to chronicling ancient football history. Has links to lots of other sites on the topic too, such as
this Pottsville Maroons fansite.
Serious Fucking BusinessWiki detailing the historic results of saimoe and other such waifu wars.
Salvaged.nuSite that recovers 2000s-era web graphics from the internet archive and reuploads them for archival purposes.
Shenmue DojoFansite dedicated to the Shenmue game series, most known for it's forum but also has lots of other goodies. Includes an extremely detailed history of Shenmue fansites which is a fascinating read
Sky ChaserA still-updated personal website of a storm chaser that chronicles his adventures into hurricanes and other systems as well.
Shmups ForumForum dedicated to Shoot 'Em Up games. Lots of good resources and tips for beginners and professionals alike.
Skies of Arcadia WorldSkies of Arcadia fansite with lots of helpful information about the game. Very nearly was going to style my UI after this but felt it'd be too derivative; awesome, unique webpage design here.
Southern Fried Common SenseAn interesting blog that I enjoy reading through. Contains lengthy articles pertaining to civil war battlefields and landmarks as well as American History in general. Has a ton of links that pertain to these topics as well.
The Kart 64 BibleEssential reading for all aspiring Mario Kart time trialers.
The Mystical Forest ZoneFantastic repository of sprites for the Sonic The Hedgehog games. Was a favorite of sprite animators back in the 2010s.
The Old School PC Font ResourceLarge hub for easily downloading countless retro PC fonts
The Spriters ResourceHuge collection of sprites for a vast amount of consoles and games.
The Swedish Punk/HC ArchiveA site dedicated to archiving and chronicling Swedish hardcore punk bands.
Tropical TidbitsSite with lots of data about active hurricanes, especially recon data and future model runs.
Unitarium Time CalculatorVery useful for calculating low amounts of time, especially milliseconds. I frequently use this for calculating lap splits in MKW.
VampireFreaksWebsite dedicated to people who loved gothic fashion and were generally into that whole vampire craze in the 2000s. Still online but is nothing more than a clothing store nowadays.
WeathernerdsSimilar to tropical tidbits in purpose but contains some tools that the former doesn't
Web Badges WorldLarge collection of 80x15 web badges.
Winamp Skin Museum A huge Winamp Skins Repository.
Wxman57 Site containing direct links to tons of resources for tracking tropical cyclones as well as radar imagery.