Polished metal type, holographic foil, 8-bit arcade panels and vaporwave sun grids. The 1999 aesthetic rebuilt entirely in CSS — no sprites, no images, no canvas.
Liquid metal
The single gradient stack that fakes polished metal — a hard light/dark break at the 50% mark. Roll the background-position and it becomes liquid.
CYBER
Chrome headline
2026
Rolling chrome
Chrome pill button
Liquid metal blob
Bevel plate
Chrome ring avatar
Access
GRANTED
Metal card
Chrome divider
Iridescent
Trading-card foil, oil-slick blobs and prismatic borders. Animate background-position, not the colours, to keep it cheap.
Holo foil card
Iridescent button
Prismatic border
Oil slick blob
Foil sticker
Hue-shift card
pop!
Bubble text
Star sparkle
8-bit
Stacked hard shadows, step-timed blinks and blocky health bars. No sprite sheets — every one of these is CSS.
Pixel button
INSERT COIN ▮
Blinking prompt
HP
Health bar
Pixel lives
A wild component appeared!▼
Dialogue box
Score
004820
Score counter
Pixel grid frame
8-bit loader
Retrowave
Perspective sun grids, tracking glitches, scanlines and cassette cards. Peak 1999, rebuilt for 2026.
Retro sun scene
AESTHETIC
VHS glitch text
Scanline panel
DREAMWAVE
ドリームウェイブ
Japanese subtitle
Neon frame
Mixtape 99
Cassette card
Marquee banner
Gradient mesh tile