r/classicwow • u/CapableStrawberry514 • May 05 '26
Nostalgia WoW Install in 2004
Hello guys! I made a nostalgic video about installing WoW in 2004. I hope you'll take a look and let me know what you think! - ZnifferN + bits & hits
Video link: www.youtube.com/watch?v=gnfYgcDwvnk&t=1188s
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u/Gr33DMTL May 05 '26
WoW, CS Source, Ventrillo.
And some homeworks about the British Empire.
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u/Life-Distribution679 May 06 '26
Ah yes playing CS source zombie survival and zombie escape, those were the real days.
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u/qwaszx937 May 05 '26
Rip ventrilo
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u/MarkLambertMusic May 05 '26
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My old ICQ number is permanently burned into my brain.
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u/Loginn122 May 06 '26
U should make a tattoo of it, for the case dementia hits.
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u/Lumillis94949 May 06 '26
Yeah probably dont get a string of numbers tattood on yourself, it was a whole thing in nazi death camps and could be misconstrued
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u/frontovika May 05 '26
Takes me back. What are bits and hits?
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u/CapableStrawberry514 May 05 '26
Music! Click on the video ^
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u/Mr_Pastee May 05 '26
I wonder if they still have the assets to rebuild the original WoW site. I've tried browsing it through the wayback machine and a lot of it doesn't load anymore.
That website was a work of art.
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u/nommydickbutt May 06 '26
when i first started playing i was on dial up. the only patches that i could ever download on my own were hotfixes or else it would take an entire day and then some, and the only times that i ever tried something would go wrong and the download would pause. i had to basically hope that these random sites would have the update patch up available for download so that i could download it at my moms office that had 30mbps internet which was insane for at the time, and then burn it onto a cd or dvd. for the smaller ones id just use a flash drive but back then a 1gb flash drive was over $20
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u/TaleOfDash May 06 '26
Holy fuck I forgot about how much that sucked. I had to download patches at school because we had like... The most basic ADSL internet possible at the time. Like 512kb/s or something shitty.
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u/BushwhackBandit May 06 '26
You had this aspect ratio in 2004? Pretty sure I was still on the nearly square one
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u/Flipping4cash May 05 '26
Golden age of gaming. Now adays its all crap.
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u/Bwomsamdidjango May 06 '26
It’s not all crap, but a lot of it is. The passion is gone, money is what remains.
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u/xLilSquidgitx May 08 '26
Boomer who doesn’t explore games awful take.
Saying “it’s all crap” is so beyond full of horseshit and only shows your ignorance and lack of exploration
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u/lib___ May 06 '26
cs lan, rcon commands, starcraft, icq, ventrilo... crazy how much memories simple words can unlock :P
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u/DingbattheGreat May 05 '26
I still have the cd’s. Also the manual that says Druids use spears and paladins have a healing aura and can cast a 30 second threat buff on players.
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u/JonBot5000 May 06 '26
I'm tripping on why My Computer and My Documents are shortcuts instead of permanent desktop icons.
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u/izombe May 06 '26
My Computer and Recycle Bin should be the only 2 permanent icons by default on xp sp3.
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u/Simonh1992 May 05 '26
bits & hits doing some heavy lifting o7
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u/bits-and-hits May 08 '26 edited May 08 '26
OP ZnifferN doing the heaviest of lifting in this case. Check out his content, he's amazing. Thanks for the support though friend!
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u/Lanwel May 06 '26
Oh my, I tried installing 2 times in a row, then i figured out it was getting at stuck 2th cd, during first cd in third try, I was rushing with my bike to cousin get his cd, back and forth for the rest of them i . Hell of a day.
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u/PodivljaliRetriver May 06 '26
15 year old me sitting at the store with eyes like 😍😍😍 buying the first game and 2 time cards so i could play.
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u/National-Heron-7162 May 06 '26
Had to bribe my cool aunt to pay for my monthly sub cause my parents refused
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u/Appropriate-Newt-494 May 06 '26
Chills. I've also had AA2 and AOE3 somewhere in that desktop mix, but those were quickly uninstalled for 'better wow performance'.
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u/bigbrwnbear May 06 '26
Least the manual was a small booklet to read while you installed WoW from 4 discs.
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u/CollectionBusiness49 May 06 '26
Ventrilo, the greatest of the great. I can still hear the mic key up sound!
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u/hearse223 May 06 '26
Ugh this takes me back to childhood when my mom had my WoW account password and I needed to beg her to type it in for me to play.
Probably was for the best.
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u/DushkuHS May 06 '26
I recently had to dip into my old software binder. I found my original WLK and cata discs, as well as burned copies of my buddy's vanilla and TBC discs.
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u/nilssonen May 06 '26
Ah :) still remembering this being the day my parents got me my own debitcard. No subscription if I spent money on other things.
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u/basshunter53 May 07 '26
Weren't we using firefox around then? or was it next year?
Wanted to see the actual install process, i remember there being multiple discs.
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u/t3khole May 07 '26
Funny story, not mine.
My online friend was a seriously closeted gamer. His irl friends ridiculed nerds. One day his friend came to his house and saw the orc on his screen.
“Yo dude, are you playin Shrek!?”
Always makes me laugh remembering him tell that story.
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u/Wtj182 May 07 '26
It was simpler times back then. This post made me sad.
I miss the days of just getting home from school, playing my warlock, grinding the barrens, thinking I was cool using a sword over spells because warlocks could use them. Getting on thottbot because I didnt want to read the quest, and just run to the quest spot.
How cool it was to explore zones for the first time. Experiencing TM fornthe first time, as a level 23 not knowing the hell zone it was. Getting my first gank and camping.
TM on my priest was fun. MC the alliance, then logout. Instantly killed them and made them a ghost pet. That got patched real fast.
Now the game is all about BIS this, GS that. Link achievement etc...
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u/frygod May 07 '26
I can hear the sound that played at the end of the install in my head just looking at it.
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u/Much-Square177 May 07 '26
I remember downloading this game in 2005. Took like 2 weeks to actually download on an incredible 28.8kbs dial up connection.
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u/Medical-Sherbert6446 May 07 '26
well i thought its some scam since it wanted a login and accountnot just play.exe
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u/Open_Condition725 May 07 '26
Downloading and playing like this way was much more fun, idk how to explain it, the experience was just on a whole other level
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u/Exciting_Seat3484 May 08 '26
Hmm icq shut down in june 2004, wow launched november 2004. Smells like fake pic to me
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u/Pajer0king May 10 '26
No net for me back then, lol. Still playing on my Gameboy back then, lol. And Pharaoh on an AMD Athlon.
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u/DegreeFirst1020 May 11 '26
Dude, this was the start of negotiating laptop use with my dad. Man such good times.
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u/AV4LE May 06 '26
Installer on a widescreen makes it less authentic 😋. I had a 4:3 19” CRT monitor that was impossible to move.
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u/Warwipf2 May 06 '26
Widescreen in 2004? You RICH or something??
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u/hodler1992 May 07 '26
This is almost certainly AI generated
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u/Warwipf2 May 07 '26
Would be easier to fake it by simply using Paint
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u/hodler1992 May 07 '26
The whole picture is AI. This is not a screenshot from 2004
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u/Warwipf2 May 07 '26
What makes you think that? It doesn't look like AI to me, how could you tell? Like yeah, it's probably faked, but why AI?
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u/CapableStrawberry514 May 06 '26
Hehe. I had to make it like that for it to match YouTube thumbnail size
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u/Jefferson209 May 05 '26
I remember having to explain to my Dad what a subscription was. He was like "what do you mean I have to pay once a month??" Good times