A Long-Discarded Ad Format
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A pixel illustration of an ad that reads "Buy B.N.T.G. Products and Services." The whole thing is in shades of grey and greyish-green, with a scrolling diagonal background.
A pixel illustration of some text reading "liminal crypt" and a red emergency exit sign. The word "crypt" is rendered on a gravestone/cenotaph and the background is pale yellow wallpaper scrolling upwards.
A pixel illustration of a yellow humanoid with a big red smile covered in blood next to red text reading "fun." Next to the text is a Television that switches between reading "Tv" and a red smile with static between. Under the F in Fun is another smile.
A pixel illustration of a logo that looks like a headless eagle with a cube above it spinning. Text next to this logo says "Join the M.E.G."
A low-resolution image of a canal, with bright pink text overlaid reading "Visit Canal Today!" after a moment the image cuts to static, and returns with the canal being all red with the text changed to "Visit Hell Today!"
A pixel illustration of a complex square logo in yellow and black, along with the text "Backrooms Robotics." The background of the image is made up of bronze circuitry on a black background.
A black-and-white pixel illustration of an irregularly-shaped creature made of TV static with hunger and happiness UI elements around it. Next to it is flashing text that reads "TGOCHI.exe Download Now!"
Pixel illustration of a triangular white logo with text next to it reading "BRIMSTONE INCORPORATED". The background is a blue scrolling gradient.







Back in the early days of the internet, file size was a problem. When Dial-up internet was commonplace, and computers had hard drives of less than a gigabyte, you had to be diligent with compression. Even a few megabytes of image file could take minutes to load.
On the other hand, for advertising purposes you needed to grab people's attention. The best way to do so was with moving images, but animated G.I.F. files weren't very compressed. As such, in order to make them load so an internet browser on the super-information highway would see them, people would have to make them smaller.
Eventually, people settled on a specific G.I.F. size of 81 pixels in width, and 31 pixels in height.
After a while, this style fell out of fashion due to increasing storage and transfer capabilities. But they still feel nostalgic to many, so they are a perfect fit for creating art for such a nostalgia-based project as The Backrooms.
While all of these widgets are 81/31, they have been scaled to 162/62 so you can enjoy the lovely pixels (also because small scales make it look weird in some browsers). Despite my efforts, the images still suck in some respects, there is small amounts of glitching and such. Sowwy >_<.
Not all of these buttons are animated, which is sort of in line with how they were back in the day; not everything needed to be moving.
I have also linked all of these images to the pages they are based on (where possible).
All art here is made by yours truly, PrismaticMoosePrismaticMoose. Enjoy ^w^.

A pixel illustration of curly text reading "Blanche" and some slightly smaller blocky text next to it reading ".NET"
A pixel illustration of a hand holding spaghetti on the left and a thumbs-up on the right. In the centre is yellow text reading "SPAGHETTI".
A pixel illustration of a rainbow theater mask with black and white dots and eyeliner around the eyes. Next to it is pale pink text that reads "To mask is to reveal".
A pixel illustration of a logo containing a hand stabbed with a dagger and the text "Hire the Akmē Espionage Agency". Behind these elements is a background made of a scrolling pinstriped suit pattern.
A pixel illustration of a nested triangular logo with purple text next to it reading "THE ETERNAL REPOSITORY". The background is navy blue with red and blue veins.
A pixel illustration of a logo consisting of a vacuum cleaner, a hammer, and a hand saw on a gold plaque; next to some text that reads "Backrooms Remodelling Co." Under the text is a hand saw and a hammer.
A set of 5 shields with purple text beneath reading "The Venosha". The first shield has a beige background and a red sword; the second has a green background with a white stepped design and a yellow flower; the third has a pale pink background with a black horizontal stripe and a white keep with a blue door; the fourth has a purple and green woven background with a battleaxe; and the fifth has a sky-blue saltire on a blue background with a red bundle of reeds.
A pixel illustration of a red clenched fist next to text reading "The Iron Fist" and alchemical symbols for mars, Jupiter, sol, and mercury. The background of the image is a red-to-black gradient with black dots overlaid.
A pixel illustration of a logo consisting of a web of eyes surrounded by a chain with text to the right of it reading "THE EYES OF ARGOS". The background is a grey-to-black gradient with pale blue diagonal lines across it.
A pixel illustration of a blue parrot flying across a stylised sun with the text "The Followers of Jerry" next to it.
A pixel illustration of a white flower with a yellow centre and dark green leaves bordered by gold trimming. There is partially transparent text overlaid reading "The Kalag Institute".
A pixel illustration of a black owl with red spikes coming from its head and chest. Next to it is blocky text reading "THE UNBOUND", on a red gradient background.
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