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When was the first time you visited Eurogamer? Do you remember what it looked like?<\/p>\n

In the 25 years that Eurogamer has existed, it has had at least six major design revisions. Thanks to archive.org’s wonderful Wayback Machine<\/a> we can perform digital archeology and revisit those designs to see what was trendy in web design at the time – whether it be 11-point Verdana in the late 90s, rounded corners in the early aughts, or Proxima Nova becoming fashionable in the early twenty-teens.<\/p>\n

But… what if we could go one step further – and instead of looking at frozen examples from the past – enjoy any Eurogamer article using a working version of our older designs?<\/p>\n

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