Hasta La Gadget!

Ah, memories.

(Credit: Screenshot by Amanda Kooser/CNET)

I remember staring at a little Macintosh screen in my younger years, fiddling with shapes, spray-paint brushes, and brick patterns. I created little computer drawings of cats and fantastical creatures. It was all done with MacPaint, the classic Apple drawing software that debuted in 1984.

Flash-forward to modern day and all those memories are coming back thanks to CloudPaint, a fully functional version of MacPaint online from developer Martin Braun. It’s all there, from the FatBits feature to the annoying little selection lasso.

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If it wasn’t for artists who embraced the company’s computers, Apple might not have survived to release the iPod. And were it not for MacPaint, the simple (by today’s standards) bitmap-based painting program included with the original Macintosh, those artists may have never fell in love with Apple in the first place. But if you’re too young to remember what all the fuss was about, now you can relive MacPaint in your browser with CloudPaint.

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