Gifts

Retro-tech merch is the kind of gift that only lands with someone who was actually there. It doesn't work as a generic present — it works because the person opening it recognises something specific out of their own history. That's the whole shop, but these four shelves are the fastest way in.

By recipient

  • Gifts for Developers — for the engineer whose first browser was Netscape and whose first professional language was Java. 24 items.
  • Gifts for 90s Kids — for the thirty-something who grew up in the elementary-school computer lab. 34 items.
  • Gifts for Mac Users — for anyone whose first computer was a beige Mac Classic. 16 items.
  • Gifts for PC Gamers — for the person whose first rig was a beige tower with a Sound Blaster card. 19 items.

Plenty of things appear on more than one shelf, which is usually a good sign you've found the right one.

By price

When you're not sure

  • Best sellers — the designs that land most reliably.
  • Abandonware Credit — a digital gift card, delivered by email. For when you know they want the retro-computing thing but not which one.

If you're shopping by era instead

Ordering in time

Everything here is made to order — nothing sits in a warehouse waiting. Production and dispatch usually take a few business days, and then normal shipping time runs on top of that.

For a gift with a fixed date, ordering about ten days ahead is comfortable for US delivery. International needs longer. If you're up against a real deadline, send us a message before you order and we'll tell you honestly whether it can make it.

More about who makes this and why: About Abandonware.

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