Google 1970s CRT Terminal

By jason · 2 months ago · 400+ installs

Transforms Google into a 1970s green-phosphor CRT terminal with scanlines, image grid, tab navigation, and a retro TV power-off animation.

Key Highlights

  • Replaces Google’s visible interface with a green-phosphor CRT terminal overlay
  • Lets you run searches from a command-line style input and view results as numbered terminal entries
  • Adds retro tab navigation for All, Images, AI, Products, Videos, and News
  • Shows Google Images in a custom terminal-themed image grid
  • Includes commands like help, clear, about, and exit with a TV-style power-off animation

Details

Google appears as a full-screen black-and-green CRT terminal overlay with scanlines, flicker, glow, and a retro status display. Searches can be entered from a command-style input, and results are reformatted into numbered terminal entries with titles, links, and snippets instead of Google’s standard layout.

The tweek also adds tabs for All, Images, AI, Products, Videos, and News, plus a custom image grid for Google Images and a separate AI section when Google shows an AI Overview. Commands like help, clear, about, and exit are available, and using exit powers off the overlay with a TV-style shutdown animation and reveals the normal Google page underneath.

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google.com

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