# The Packet Lounge

> The Packet Lounge is a Retsy Series 1 NFT on Solana, card 0929 of 1,280 in the 00s Hangouts set, made in six finishes. A storefront internet cafe with rows of humming PCs, blue neon and an hourly timer that always ran out mid-game.

URL: https://retsy.fun/collection/the-packet-lounge/

- Card number: 0929 of 1,280
- Set: 00s Hangouts (00-HNG)
- Year: 2003
- Type: Internet cafe and gaming lounge
- Tagline: Log in. Level up. Lose track of time.
- Found at: Strip mall, next to the nail salon
- Cost back then: $2 an hour
- Stats: Nostalgia 8/10, Hype 8/10, Weirdness 5/10, Trade value 7/10
- Finishes: Base (100 copies), Holo (50 copies), Laser (25 copies), Gold (10 copies), Super Laser (1 copy), Misprint (1 copy)
- Images: https://retsy.fun/nft/0929-base.webp, https://retsy.fun/nft/0929-holo.webp, https://retsy.fun/nft/0929-laser.webp, https://retsy.fun/nft/0929-gold.webp, https://retsy.fun/nft/0929-super.webp, https://retsy.fun/nft/0929-misprint.webp

## The story

The Packet Lounge had thirty identical towers in two glowing rows, each with a headset and a sticky keyboard. You bought time on a printed card with a login code, and a little countdown window haunted the corner of your screen. Teens checked their profiles, burned playlists onto CDs, and played team strategy games until the owner flicked the lights at midnight.

## Fun fact

The Packet Lounge's best seat, number seventeen, had the only chair whose wheels all worked.

Retsy Series 1 is an NFT collection on Solana. Every card is minted to the buyer's wallet the moment its pack is ripped at https://retsy.fun/packs/.