1990-Early 2000 things you remember?

[ting1984]

I'm older than most here, so I have memories of the entirety of the 1990s.

Early 1990s things (1990-1994) I remember:

corded phones, and sometimes prank calls because caller IDs were still rather new, and few had them

this thing called Speak and Spell

VHS and music cassettes (CDs were still kind of new; my parents had a sound system that included a record player, cassette player, and CD player -- all three of which we used; video cassettes had messages which said, "be kind, please rewind")

the NES being a current video game system, and Super Mario 3 being an incredible new game

the Ninja Turtles movies coming out; very exciting time to be a youngster

"laser discs" in the mid 1990s being a presumably big thing (a 4th grade teacher of mine used them); this technology didn't succeed well and became overtaken in a few years by the "DVD"

2D animated films; I remember not watching Toy Story in 1995 because I didn't like 3D/CGI and wanted 2D to remain, like the Lion King

no mainstream Internet as a kid; didn't get a PC until Christmas 1995, where we had an unreliable 14.4k modem connection and a computer with just 256 MB of HARD DRIVE!

 

[Bilaz]

PETZ
FOR THE PC

 

[trashpedia]

I remember playing this in the computer lab during recess back in Kindergarten, incuding the ISPY Haunted house too

 

[Antonio]

Ahhhh, the gamecube was the **** growing up.

 

[G0DFlesh_88]

 

[Croconaw]

I loved Webkinz. I got locked out of my account a very long time ago though. I stopped playing, but it did take me a while to get over it.

 

[.: Meri :.]

"Coming soon to own on video and DVD."

I was very little at the time, but I remember when Nick Jr.'s mascot was a simplified face named Face (and little me was so mad when they replaced him ), and Wonder Ball candy! It was my absolute favorite back then; I'd always ask my parents for one at the grocery store checkout.

 

[Firesquids]

Not sure if it's been mentioned yet but does anyone remember KidPix?
I used to play that and Putt-Putt, Freddy Fish, and Pajama Sam: No Need to Hide When it's Dark Outside. I bought all the Humongous Entertainment games on steam so I can relive them with any kids I can get to play them lol

 

[Autumn247]

Easy bake ovens
the Gold Pokemon cards that came in the Pokeballs from Burger King, I had a couple back then but I lost them over the years from moving
VHS tapes
Furbies

Does anyone else remember hitclips, it was this little device that played these little CD case shaped plastic things that had like individual minutes of songs from musicians, I had NYSYNC, THE Backstreet Boys, and Brittany Spears lol I loved that thing

Hit Clips Didn't Make Any Sense But They Paved The Way For The Future | iHeart

A whole minute of music?! Who else remembers Hit Clips? | iHeart

www.iheart.com

 

[Flyffel]

Did anyone else here play any Spy Fox games? I got this one from a cereal package, it's called "Dry Cereal".
I expecially loved playing the card minigame in the greek cantina as a kid, I was fascinated by the trinkets that they traded in it.

And the tattoo bird is iconic for me...

 

[skarmoury]

I was born in the very late 90s so most of what I remember are stuff from the early 2000s.

For example, I collected My Littlest Pet Shop toys and had one Polly Pocket set. I liked playing with them a lot, but unfortunately as a rowdy child I ripped the Polly Pocket clothes LOL.

I also had My Little Pony toys and a stuffed toy with strings for its hair so that's how I learned how to braid. I think the stuffed toy was a Rainbow Dash. (These MLP toys were years before the Friendship is Magic). I also had MLP-designed notebooks in my early grade school years!

^ Yeah, this is the MLP style I grew up with.

I also had this MP3 USB player I would bring during sports competitions during grade school because my phone had like less than 10 MB memory so I couldn't store more than one song in there LOL.

Fantasia 2000 was something I really loved watching as a kid too. I don't remember much of the other parts of the film, but the segment where wizard Mickey brought a bunch of brooms to life and had them follow him really stuck in my mind. It was the segment I was most fond of.

 

[-Lumi-]

Not sure if it's been mentioned yet but does anyone remember KidPix?
I used to play that and Putt-Putt, Freddy Fish, and Pajama Sam: No Need to Hide When it's Dark Outside. I bought all the Humongous Entertainment games on steam so I can relive them with any kids I can get to play them lol

Oh my goodness I remember Pajama Sam and Putt-Putt!! It's super vague, lol, I completely forgot about them until I saw this post, but I sort of remember playing them on the computer when I was little.

I also remember:

-Those little flying fairy toys - I think they had little zip cords kind of like bey blades?? And then they'd spin and fly, I'm pretty sure my parents got rid of them ASAP though because they were destructive, lmao

-Tamogotchis! I had a pink one and I think it was one of the ~newer~ ones I got from a friend for my birthday, we could connect them together or something? Maybe we just pretended though, again, not the best memory. I also remember the Littlest Pet Shop toys that were similar to tamogotchis!

-Speaking of Littlest Pet Shops I had so many of them. They were definitely My Toy alongside My Little Pony's, I loved them so much!! I remember having some polly pockets too and oh my gosh, I think it was called Ello?? Such a strange toy lol these big flat plastic pieces (squares, triangles, semi circles, etc) that would connect together via these cubes or circles that had lines in them for you to stick the plastic pieces in lol.

-I remember watching Sabrina The Teenage Witch a lot! I remember our big blocky tv's in particular. And VHS's! I had some Sailor Moon VHS' that I remember watching.

I think that might be it? I was born in 98' lol so these are all gonna be from the early 2000's and my memory is super awful but hopefully these are all early 2000's!!

 

[jiny]

i remember this online world game i used to play called buildabearville, i was so upset when it got shut down in 2014(?). i also played fantage (also an online world game) a lot as a little kid too! and i used to play with my little ponies and littlest pet shops a LOT. littlest pet shops were definitely my favorite toys ever, i had soooo many of them, i even still have some of them stored in my closet lol

 

[StarlitGlitch]

We used to go to hotels more as a kid and there's always be a N64 you could rent for a set amount of minutes. My parents would pay for me to play a bit and I remember playing some games like Mario Kart (my sister got stuck on a chain-chomp haha), Mario 64 (couldn't understand it), and there's a picture of me playing Paper Mario.

Otherwise I played the NES, SNES, and computer games at home. For some reason I never asked for an N64, I was too into the SNES and the computer.

 

[Orius]

Oh, where do I even start... I know: I'll make a list.

Video Games

• Gameboy
• Pokémon
• The Sims
• Age of Mythology
• Dino Crisis 2

TV Shows

• Digimon (my first real anime that I watched)
• Cardcaptor Sakura
• Akazukin Chacha
• Detective Conan
• The Powerpuff Girls
• Kim Possible
• As Told by Ginger
• Rocko's Modern Life
• AAAHH!!! Real Monsters
• The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy
• Dexter's Laboratory
• Spider-Man: The Animated Series (made me a mega Spider-nerd today)
• The Spectacular Spider-Man
• Tenko and the Guardians of the Magic (for some reason)
• Action Man
• Clifford the Big Red Dog
• Little Bear
• Bear in the Big Blue House
• Arthur (And I say hey, HEY!)
• Lilo & Stitch: The Series
• Beast Wars
• Lizzie McGuire
• Sesame Street/Elmo's World (lalalala, lalalala, Elmo's world!)
• Blue's Clues
• Art Attack
• Mr. Bean

Movies

• Watching The Lizzie McGuire Movie in theatre
• Golden age Pixar (Toy Story 2's my favorite)
• Sam Raimi's Spider-Man trilogy (a nerd's wet-dream)
• Wes Craven's Scream trilogy
• Disney's Renaissance Era (Little Mermaid, Beauty and the Beast, Tarzan, etc.)
• Lilo and Stitch
• Terminator 2 and 3
• Alien 3 and Resurrection...
• Predator 2
• Speed
• Men in Black
• Independence Day
• Just Will Smith movies in general
• Jurassic Park trilogy
• The Dark Knight (changed my view about superhero movies and their storytelling capability)
• Iron Man and the birth of the MCU

Music

• S Club 7
• Hilary Duff
• Disney music (I got a compilation album)
• That one really addictive X-Men animated series theme song (used to imitate the pose of the X-Men characters in the title sequence)

Other Stuff

• SARS (that was fun; no school for several weeks)
• Crushing on Violet Parr (yes, and I'm not ashamed about it; went to see The Incredibles 50 times in theatre just for one more look at her)

That's all... for now.

 

[hauntedhead]

i know they’ve been mentioned here but TAMAGOTCHIS they’re my special interest n i have sooo many!! if you didn’t know, they never actually stopped making them, new versions get released yearly (this year with two new releases!) and they’re much bigger now and have coloured, lit screens!!! please check them out if they were a nostalgic thing for you :]

 

[Mimi Cheems]

I remember these very vividly..

Spoiler: Big Image

I think they were discontinued but are making a comeback(?) ! We always kept a bag in the fridge when I was little. I remember my grandpa would get annoyed with me sometimes 'cause I'd eat so many...

Also, when I was like, 4, maybe? They had these Spongebob Poptarts that had blue icing and sprinkles of the characters on top, I think. They were so good, I wish they'd come back. Let me see if I can find a picture of them!

Spoiler

I also remember they had these little animal key-chain plushies from McDonalds from 2004! I'm pretty sure I have a pug one somewhere. I was 3.

Spoiler

 

[princess.looking.for.frog]

littlest pet shop!! I was and still am a huge fan and I have about 140 of them and my collection is always growing!

I remember these very vividly..

Spoiler: Big Image

I think they were discontinued but are making a comeback(?) ! We always kept a bag in the fridge when I was little. I remember my grandpa would get annoyed with me sometimes 'cause I'd eat so many...

Also, when I was like, 4, maybe? They had these Spongebob Poptarts that had blue icing and sprinkles of the characters on top, I think. They were so good, I wish they'd come back. Let me see if I can find a picture of them!

Spoiler

I also remember they had these little animal key-chain plushies from McDonalds from 2004! I'm pretty sure I have a pug one somewhere. I was 3.

Spoiler

I HAVE THE DALMATIAN!

 

[dude98]

Edutaiment computer games like magic schoolbus, Reader Rabbit, etc.

The Cartoonnetwork city bumpers.
That one block in Cartoonnetwork with that girl in the underwaterbase
A lot of Cartoonnetwork stuff

DS Download stations and those events at stores where you bring in your DS

Free samples at stores (idk if thats a thing anymore)

Walmart arcades that I used to hang at while my mom was at check out

Scary Godmother

A lotvof things