Use Apple’s App Store and Google Play like they would have looked in the 1980s

Feb18

by Sindy Cator on February 18, 2016 at 4:53 pm

If you find Apple’s App Stores or Google Play a bit overwhelming at times, check out App Store Retro. This late-1980s MS-DOS style reworking boils today’s stores down to low-res text straight out of your parents’ old 386 PC. The simplified interface is oddly calming. It offers a limited selection of popular titles and a search function to help you find your favorite app. You’ll get sent hurtling back to the modern world when you click a link, but hey, the nostalgia trip can’t last forever. That said, I’d love to see popular apps’ store pages reworked in glorious blocky-vision. App…