12sounds
Dial-Up and Early Internet
Includes buddy list offline chime, buddy list online chime, chatroom notification pop, dial up connect success chime, dial up modem dialing, dial up modem handshake, and more.
Library
90s Retro Tech SFX Library
68 sounds from 1990s digital consumer technology: dial-up internet and early online chimes, CD-ROM and floppy disk drives, beige desktop computers and early UI sounds, handheld game consoles and virtual pets, and cameras, camcorders and pagers.
- 68 sound effects
- WAV, 44.1 kHz, 16-bit stereo
- 10 MB unzipped
- Royalty-free, no attribution
Preview
A montage drawn from across the library, at the levels the files ship at.
What is in the library
5 sections, each in its own folder.
14sounds
CD-ROM, Floppy and Storage
Includes cartridge blow and insert, cd case open snap, cd rom drive close, cd rom drive open, cd skip glitch, cd spinning up loop, and more.
16sounds
Desktop Computer and UI
Includes crt monitor power on, desktop computer power on, desktop shutdown chime, desktop startup chime, dot matrix printer loop 90s, file drag and drop, and more.
14sounds
Handheld Consoles and Virtual Pets
Includes gamepad button click, gamepad d pad click, handheld console game start jingle, handheld console low battery, handheld console menu blip, handheld console power off, and more.
12sounds
Cameras, Camcorders and Pagers
Includes answering machine new message beep, camcorder record start beep, camcorder tape eject whirr, camcorder zoom motor loop, digital camera shutter beep, disposable camera flash charge, and more.
5 sections, one matched set.68 files in total
Questions
Can I use these sounds in a commercial game?
Yes. The licence is royalty-free for commercial and non-commercial projects, with no attribution required, no per-project fee and no expiry. The one restriction is that the audio files may not be resold or redistributed on their own as a sound library.
What format are the files?
WAV, 44.1 kHz, 16-bit stereo, 68 individual files in named folders, about 10 MB unzipped.
Which game engines do they work with?
Any engine that imports WAV, including Unity, Unreal Engine, Godot and GameMaker.
How were the sounds made?
Source audio generated with ElevenLabs Sound Effects under a paid commercial licence, then screened by ear and by measurement, trimmed, faded and level-matched across the library. This is declared on every store listing.
Where to buy
The library is on itch.io at moneywithjjcom.itch.io/90s-retro-tech-library, and on the other stores listed on the store pages. The audio files are identical on every store.
Questions about the library, the licence or a custom set: [email protected].