ICQ

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ICQ — Windows 98 Simulator

Immersive experience (full screen)

Back in 1998

ICQ ("I seek you"), launched by Mirabilis in 1996, was the first instant messenger many people used. Your identity was a number, the UIN, and the "Uh-oh!" of an incoming message was the sound of being online in 1999, when AOL had just bought the company.

What you can do here

ICQ 99b in Simple Mode, the instant messenger of the late 90s: register a new ICQ number (UIN), search for users, add them to the Online / Offline contact list and set your status to Away, N/A or Do Not Disturb.

Send online messages and get answers from virtual contacts who live in 1999 — students, gamers and webmasters happy to talk about modems, music and the coming millennium — with the flashing flower, the message history and the original sounds. Nobody real is on the other end: the contacts are virtual.

Windows 98 Simulator · free, runs in your browser