Kids of the 80s and 90s what do u remember?

[Mike23artist]

I was born in 83 so I remember things like atari nintendo he-man the smurfs the goonies power rangers teenage turtles pogs stuff like that any other retro kids here????/:jointsmile: :)

[The Colonel]

i wouldnt go as far as to say
thats retro, but i sure as hell
remember it all

[Samwhore]

I am a 90's kid. I dont remember many current events. But I do remember a lot of TV shows on the old Nick. I loved Hey Arnold and Rocket Power. Bobby's world was awesome too. I remember alot of the Old Skool music, probally because they still play it today.

[higher4hockey]

knowing is half the battle.

[Shannon]

I was born in 83 so I remember things like atari nintendo he-man the smurfs the goonies power rangers teenage turtles pogs stuff like that any other retro kids here????/:jointsmile: :)

Born in 89, but i remember pogs, ninja turtles and fucking loved power rangers

[smoke it]

*flashback*
i remember power rangers, ninja turtles, and all of the cartoons i watched.

[GreenLadyOfDankDowns]

I was born in 1978, so yeah. My favorite cartoons have always been Scooby Doo and Thunder Cats. Sesame Street was the bomb back in the day before they added Elmo, and Mr. Rogers taught me how to say please and thank you. Neither of those shows held a candle to The Muppet Show. Saturday evenings were special because my dad would hook up the Atari system and let my brother and I play until 9pm. My favorite games were Haunted House, Pitfall, and Pong. If Ronald Reagan was speaking on TV it ruined your night because you were going to miss the A-Team, Nightrider, or Dukes Of Hazzard. If it was the state of the union address you were fucked because you were probably going to miss all of them. My parents had a shitty old console TV that only got twelve channels until I was ten. That year we were in seventh heaven because we got old school cable. The box was huge and had a turn dial for twenty five channels, and I was introduced to the joys of Nickelodeon. Paradise! The highlight of my day was watching Double Dare and You Can't Do That On Television after school. Nickelodeon these days is complete and utter crap. Well, except for Rugrats. That show is still somewhat entertaining, but if I see one more episode of Spongebob I swear I'll hurl.

[missybit]

The highlight of my day was watching Double Dare and You Can't Do That On Television after school.

me too, in part because my mom hated YCDTOTV. i also liked kids incorporated (with fergie!), she-ra, rainbow brite, popples, my little pony, george of the jungle ...it's so strange to see some of this stuff at hot topic now.

[d00d989]

LEGENDS OF THE HIDDEN TEMPLE FTW!!

and also wild and crazy kids

i used to go to my grandparents house when i was a kid and watch tv all the time cuz they had cable haha.

the 90s....the good ol days

[DaZeDShAdOw]

remember doug and ahh real monsters hahahah

[halo]

I was born in 91 but pretty much remember everything said except for ronald reagan and atari. I remember my first videogame system was a hand-me down Sega Genesis i got when i was 3 or 4. I loved it and still have it although it doesnt work. SONIC FTW! There were some wierd games back then like Toejam and Earl among others. As far as TV i remember most everything from nickelodeon. Rugrats, Doug, Ahh! Real Monsters, Double Dare, Legends of the hidden temple, What Would You Do?, Hey Arnold, Beetlejuice(the cartoon, not sure if it was on nickelodeon or not), SNICK!!, All That back when kenan and kell were on it and even before, Are you afraid of the dark?, That one show with the girl who could melt into silver stuff (The secret life of Alex something) Pete and pete, so many others!

I loved watching Mr. Rogers, sesame street, the muppets, muppet babies, Barney when i was really little (grew out of it by 5), tons of others.


p.s. I hated Winnie the Pooh!

[timothylearyisdead]

Damn I remember when I was a kid watching are you afraid of the dark and tales from the crypt at my granmas house all the time. She also was the only person I knew that had satellite back when cartoon network wasn't on cable so I remember watching that channel all the time. I also remember stretch armstrong, anybody remember that shit?

[GreenLadyOfDankDowns]

I have a working Sega and Toejam and Earl! That is still one of my fav video games.

[Matt the Funk]

I am a 90's child. I remember a lot of the cartoons and such.

[thcbongman]

The great days.

Nintendo, the days without the internet, payphones, saturday morning cartoons.

[yankeesgirl83]

Retro Junk | Hey I remember that (http://www.retrojunk.com/)

cool site- i had forgotten about david the gnome, my favorite when i was little

[rebgirl420]

hmmm I remember shows like Wild and Crazy kids, Pete and Pete, Kablam, rugrats, Double dare, and TRL (when it used to be cool with bands like Korn, NIN, and godsmack)

[rebgirl420]

Anyone else watch I Love The 80's and 90's? I love those shows!

[jokeyjokejoke]

Born in 83.

Remember loads of TV. He-man, Postman Pat, Thomas the Tank Engine, Thunder Cats, Transformers, Turtles, Power Rangers.

Toys and games. Hungry Hungry Hippos, Domino Rally, Lego, Mechano(sp?)

[Metaphor]

POGS were the shit. i remember i got one of those "sawblade slammers" it was my fav. i still have it soemwhere, it was in the drawer right next to me lol, the only one i still have.
but yeah TMNT was the shit too, all those old nick shows, the day kurt died. legos, mighty max, NES SNES & SEGA, i remember alot of it all, too young for atari

[stinkyattic]

the Challenger disaster
rugby shirts
loafers
Reagan's hair
the Voyage of the Mimi (best tv show for kids EVER)
the few fools who went beta instead of vhs, lol
tetris
the macneill-lehrer news hour
jeanne kirkpatrick... yikes..
being out of the loop re: beverly hills 90210 since we had no cable
my little pony
hmmmm.....

[rebgirl420]

POGS were the shit. i remember i got one of those "sawblade slammers" it was my fav. i still have it soemwhere, it was in the drawer right next to me lol, the only one i still have.
but yeah TMNT was the shit too, all those old nick shows, the day kurt died. legos, mighty max, NES SNES & SEGA, i remember alot of it all, too young for atari

OMG yeah! I had POGS! I had all sorts of Jurrasic park ones!:thumbsup:

[BizzleLuvin]

yeah double dare and hey arnold were the best! and remember moon shoes? they sucked but they sure looked great on the commercials.
and sega, that was great too. mortal combat was my game. SE-GA!

[Psycho4Bud]

I remember spending about 3 hours putting together the Castle GreySkull for my son on X-Mas Eve. I recall all the toys and joys.....I was the one buying the lovely crap! All of that's landfill now.........:wtf:

Have a good one!:jointsmile:

[friendowl]

i remember walking to the liquor store
with a .25 cents to play tight ass video games like
paperboy,shinobi,double dragon,cabral,black tiger

i remember playing hide and seek outside with all the kids on the block

going to the school yard and playing baseball and hitting the ball over
the fence and breaking windows on houses [gran slam]

playing tackle football at the high school against other kids from other blocks
after we won or lost, the losers did a beer run and we all got drunk

i remember scamming with this chick at garfield hs after a party one night
and just as things were getting good an earthquake hit

transformers were the shit

following the train tracks for as far as we could walk

riding bikes all over doing crazy stuff

exploring and playing in abandon buildings

I WISH THINGS WERE LIKE THAT AGAIN
KIDS NOW A DAYS ARE BORING WHEN IT COMES TO ADVENTURES
ALL THEY DO IS PLAY GAMES AND WATCH MOVIES AND EAT

[GreenLadyOfDankDowns]

I'm with you there Friendowl. When I was a kid the rule was until supper time your ass had to play outside. Adventures were the order of the day. Abandoned buildings were always a plus, because we always thought they were haunted and that just made for a great kiddie adrenaline rush. Remember putting pennies on the railroad tracks so they'd be flattened by a train?

[Psycho4Bud]

I WISH THINGS WERE LIKE THAT AGAIN
KIDS NOW A DAYS ARE BORING WHEN IT COMES TO ADVENTURES
ALL THEY DO IS PLAY GAMES AND WATCH MOVIES AND EAT

I almost feel sorry for the kids now. When I was a kid all the parents knew all the kids around the neighborhood and looked out for them. Now with all the freaks it's really hard for the kids to go out the way they used to be able to. Our kids have become prisoners of the TV.

Have a good one!:jointsmile:

[napolitana869]

lamb chop, rockos modern life, when they thought people were giving temp tattoos with lsd in them to kids, polly pocket- when the whole thing really could fit in your pocket, not like it is today

[ToKAlot]

Hell ay i still have my pogs somewhere lol but i remember saved by the bell and Mr.Rogers the goonies was a badass movie <Hey you Guyssss> HAha funny shit but ya born in 88 but the power rangers ummm barniei didnt really like that show umm i cant think right know i need to get high!!!!

[GosTo]

Angry Beavers!
Rocco's Modern Life!
Ren and Stimpy!

[affasd]

i was born in 88 i remember a lot of the cartoons and stuff but i have shitty memory

[Greenport]

LEGENDS OF THE HIDDEN TEMPLE FUCK YEAH!!! gotta say i loved Ren and stimpy bitches! rugrats, gumby, transformers beastwars, space ghost coast to coast, fuckin looney toons with the fast bird and the coyote, and like Brak. good times. Nickelodian was beast. Now its just shit. the 90's were a great time. and the innocence was good too :P

[LIP]

I was out of it on glue and booze through most of the 90's, but i remember a bit of it. I remember TV was better. Even the kids shows.. they were just better than the crap they put on now. I used to sit in my living room all day watching cartoons drinking all my dads scotch, and sniffing his spray glue - i was an idiot.

[jawndoe]

Born in 1980 here...

I remember Reagan's Reelction, being 5 years old and walking to school by myself, getting in fights all the time with other kids in the neighborhood, getting away with murder at school,. seriously kids these days would get sent to prison for the shit I used to do as a child. I remember good fireworks in Calfornia before these weak safe and sane bullshit... before they had stupid bicycle helmet laws (and motorcycle helmet laws) I remember watching Challenger blow up before I went to school. I used to watch GI JOE religously as a kid (I love howw the used to do those "knowing is half the battle" segments) Transformers when they toys were made of metal. When you actually had to be creative with lego and erector sets. I remember Mr Rogers too and the Muppet show with Kermit and Piggie...When Disney's Alladin was the best Example of Animation. I remember the Berlin wall coming down and the First gulf war which was pretty cool to watch on TV. I remember using Apple II computers and Tandy computers and IBM XT's... I remember learing to program with Basic. My first Video game system was a Atari 2600, then I had the Sega Master system, NES, Geneis ET AL... When having a TV in your bedroom or own a cell phone actually meant you were spoiled I remember when the Iran contra scandel broke. I remember Clinton getting a BJ! Damn we had it good I feel sorry for kids these days... shit is just so lame now.

[Greenport]

AMEN BROTHA! needa turn back time somehow...

[jawndoe]

oh yeah I forgot to add... before everything was made in China. Metroid and Castlevania rocked!

[VaporDaddy]

Born in 77


Smurfs ruled on Saturday morning!
Being scared of "Punk Rockers"
learning about nuclear war (thanks Mr. Reagan) and thinking WHY?
sitting in the front seat of our van which didn't have a seat belt let alone a car seat
being confused by "Boy George"
hearing a news story about a woman who put her baby in the oven and cooked it...feeling my world change to a scary place

[Nation_1ne]

I was born in 86 and I have to say I absaloutly hated the 80's but loved the 90's. What an amazing era, I loved watching Seasame Street early morning on channle 4 son! I loved the SNES and Mega Drive plus the N64. The legend of Zelda was amazing too and still is. Sigh, I do miss the 90's.

[LIP]

I was born in 86 and I have to say I absaloutly hated the 80's but loved the 90's. What an amazing era, I loved watching Seasame Street early morning on channle 4 son! I loved the SNES and Mega Drive plus the N64. The legend of Zelda was amazing too and still is. Sigh, I do miss the 90's.

You aint the only one. And it's nearly another decade gone by. Damn, time goes too fast.

[MacWQ33]

Damn, time goes too fast.

Not shit huh.

It was just yesterday we used to get like 10-20 kids together and make up games based around hide-seek, capture the flag, and tag. Thinking back, we were so creative...I actually still remember all the games we made up...not all the exact rules, but the basis. Then of course, basketball, football, baseball, riding bikes, roller-blading, wrestling, building forts (we had a three floor tree fort with a couch, porch and everything about 20 feet in the air...awesome) Still see most those kids nowadays too, which is great.

Soooooo many arguements ensued from that shit haha.

Like Friendowl said, the kids nowadays are always in the house with their next generation game systems, the internet and food, no wonder they're all a bunch of fat shits. We were never in the house early 90's...always running rampant through the neighborhoods getting into trouble daily.

The 'good old days' is such an understatement.

For anyone who really wants to reminisce....this was posted a few months ago...I just had to save it...

[Nation_1ne]

And it's nearly another decade gone by. Damn, time goes too fast.

Don't it just mate.

[MacWQ33]

You're a 90's kid if:

You remember watching Doug, Ren & Stimpy, Pinky and the Brain , and Two Stupid Dogs.

AAAAAAAH real monsters.

You've ever ended a sentence with the word "PSYCHE!

You just cant resist finishing this... "Iiiiiiin west philladelphia born and raised..."

You remember TGIF on ABC. Step by Step, Family Matters, Dinosaurs, and Boy Meets World.

You remember when, 2Pac and Selena died.

You remember when it was actually worth getting up early
on a Saturday to watch cartoons.

You got super excited when it was Oregon Trail day in computer class at school.

You remember reading "Goosebumps"

You took plastic cartoon lunch boxes to school.

You remember the craze, then the banning of slap bracelets and slam books.

You still get the urge to say "NOT" after (almost) every sentence...Not...

You used to listen to the radio all day long just to record "Your FAVORITE song of ALL time"

Where in the world is Carmen San Diego? was both a game and a TV game show.

Captain Planet. He's a Hero.

You knew that Kimberly, the pink ranger, and Tommy, the green Ranger were meant to be together.

You remember when super nintendo's and Sega Genisis became popular.

You always wanted to send in a tape to America's Funniest Home Videos... but never taped anything funny.

You remember watching home alone 1, 2 , and 3........and tried to pull the pranks on "intruders"

You remember watching The Magic School Bus, Wishbone, and Reading Rainbow on PBS.

You remember when Yomega Yo-Yos were cool.

You remember those Where's Waldo books..

You remember when Mortal Kombat Was "Da Bomb"!

U remember eating Warheads.(those sour candys)

You remember watching the 1st Batman, Aladin, Ninja Turtles, and 3 Ninjas movies.

U remember Ring Pops.

U remember drinkin' Fruitopia and Surge.

if you memeber when every thing was "da BOMB"

when they made the new lunchables so that you could make tacos and pizza!!

You remember boom boxes vs. cd players

Writing M.A.S.H. notes. (and the twenty different versions of that)

Making those little paper fortune cookie things.. and then predicting your life with them.

You knew all the characters names and their life stories on "Saved By The Bell"

You played and/or collected "Pogs"

You had at least one Tamagotchi, GigaPet or Nano and brought it everywhere

...Furbies.

You haven't always had a computer, and it was cool to have the internet.

And Windows 95 was the best.

You watched the original cartoons of Rugrats, Power Rangers,and Ninja Turtles.

You had a favorite New Kid on the block, and you knew all of their names

Michael Jordan was a king.

Yikes pencils and erasers were the stuff!

All your school supplies were "Lisa Frank" brand.(pencils.notebooks.binders.etc.)

You remember when the new Beanie Babies and talking Elmo were always sold out.

You collected those Beanie Babies.

Growing Pains.

Carebears and The Gummy Bear show.

Gak was the coolest thing invented.

Lambchop's song never ended.

The old dollar bills.

Silver dollars, were cool that have.

You remember a time before the WB.

You collected all the Troll dolls

You owned a portable tape player.

If you even know what an original walkman is.

You remember wanting to sit on the orange Nickelodeon couch.


You've gotten creeped out by "Are You Afraid of the Dark?"

You know the Macarena by heart.


"Talk to the hand" ... enough said

You always said, "Then why don't you marry it!"

You know the significance of the number 23.

You went to McD's to play in the playplace.


You remember playing on merry go rounds...at the play ground.



When we were younger:

Before the MySpace frenzy...

Before the Internet & text messaging...

Before Sidekicks & iPods...

Before MIKE JONES...

Before PlayStation2 or X-BOX...

Before Sponge Bob
...Back when you put off the 5 hours of homework you had every night.

When light up sneakers were cool.


When you rented VHS tapes, not DVDs.

When gas was $0.95 a gallon & Caller ID was a new thing.

When we recorded stuff on VCRs .

When we called the radio station to request songs to hear off our walkmans.

When 2Pac and Biggie where alive.

When the Chicago Bulls were the best team ever.

Way back.

when it was all about N64.



WHEN YOU TRADED POKEMON CARDS FOR A LIVING

Before we realized all this would eventually disappear

Who would have thought you'd miss the 90's so much!!!!!

[hello3pat]

I was born in '89 I remeber some of the fads, espectially the realy big ones, never did own a furby though, but we had an army of Tamagotchi between my brother and I.

[Up In Smoke 420]

Anyone else watch I Love The 80's and 90's? I love those shows!

Hell yah! Seen every one but the 90's one.:(

[halo]

I was thinking, maybe its like the every other decade theory. The 50s were cool and prosperous for many americans(although it was kinda square). There was so much new tech and stuff in the 50s compared to the 40s. The 60s sucked (violence, drug paranoia, Mass protests and gov't tramplin on rights). People were unhappy and wanted things to change which they did. In the 70s the fruits of 60s protestors and people who changed things came to fruition. The 70s were pretty cool like that. Cool cars too. The 80s sucked because they cracked down on drug use and society was very materialistic. People were concerned with the almighty dollar. Not to mention Mtv started in the 80s and started the retardation of music. The 90s were cool thanks to awesome tv and the fall of the Soviet Union. America was guaranteed to be #1 for a long time. This attitude of optism was reflected in many areas of society. There was good music again that started in the late 80s but really became pop in the 90s like alternative/grunge and gangsta rap. The first decade of the new millenium sucks because of 9/11 and the war on iraq. People in america(and in europe too) realized that we are not the invincible superpower we thought we were. This bad vibe of vulnerability has again been reflected in society. Music sucks because of commercialization. Only a few good artists get popular, most of them suck(which makes no sense because good music should be popular). Also it seems everyone is getting fat and kids are stuck inside because of overprotective mothers afraid their child is gonna get kidnapped or sexually assaulted. Here's to hoping 2010 will usher in a new decade of coolness.

This is my theory anyway, not sure if its completely true as i didnt grow up in the 50s 60s 70s or 80s. But from the stuff ive learned about past decades i think i about sum it up.

[pass the chicken]

fraggle rock, my little pony, rainbow bright, bubble bobble, carebears, lawn darts, didn't have a cell phone unlike kiddies today, and quaters were the highest form of money cause it was the shinest and it spun. I miss being a kid

[pass the chicken]

o and i forgot that stupid ass tomichi i played with while sitting next to the family dog

and don't forget the original big ass gray gameboy black and white screen

[killerzland]

the days where spice gurlz adn backstreet boiz were the shit

runing away frm gurlz wid cooties

allowed to smoke in the school cafeteria

sega gennesis

snow forts at school

the magic school bus, and arthur

Bill Nie the Science Guy AHHA, i used to love that show. adn Art Attack

and the days where kindergarden was FUN- we had a playground in the class and everythign with a sand castle. all we used to do was play in kindergarden.... now dayz its all work, my brother learned his abc's and counting by 2's in kindergarden ahah, feel sorry for this generation

[Crosis]

I was born in 89. Loved pogs, ninja turtles, power rangers et cetera. All the TV shows they had back then were awesome because parents weren't up in television's grill bitching about how they need to further contribute to the pussification of children. Ren and Stempy, Rocko's Modern Life, all the good shit. Now we've got crap like "Camp Lazlo" and "Squirrel Boy". What the hell is that shit? Are they actively vying to destroy the manliness of our next generation? I swear most men are pansies these days.

[Greenport]

contra bitches

[Greenport]

are you afraid of the dark fuckin did some damage to me.. I saw 1 with a lifeguard that drown and came back. Now i hate swiming alone, I cant do it for a long time. But STREET SHARKS MOTHAFUCKAS earth worm jim, Freakazoid, Tiny toons, loony toons, reboot was the shit too.

[Coelho]

damn... i just remembered how old i am... :( i was born in 82... long ago... i remember watching he-man, thundercats (hidden from my mom... she doesnt liked i watched this things), after this some japanese series, like jaspion, changeman, jiraya... i played atari a lot too... enduro was THE game... i remember when the Mega Drive was created... then some years later i spent many evenings at my neighbour's home playing Sonic (i was addicted to that game)... some years later, my new addiction... saint seiya... wow... it was a long ago... oh yes! i remember when the windows 3.1 was the modernest thing there was... that screensaver with a lot of small fishes... well... there is a lot of another things, but my stoner memory does not help much... :jointsmile:

[GosTo]

MacWQ33

i read that whole thing
and almost cried
i want the 90's back
those times were so original

[originalblu]

super mario bro's was the shit

[dark0ne]

i was in first grade when the chalenger rocket exploded. we watched it on tv.
i used to wake up early in the morning to watch mask, before school. voltron, G.I. joe, and super mario in the after noon. When nintendo came out i went to a freind's house to play it, there were 15 kids crammed in his little bedroom, playing mario. to this day if i hear the music for super mario brothers i get all giddy like a 5th grader.

OOOOH! who remembers sesamee street, when snuffleufagus (sp?) was big bird's imagenary friend, and he could only see him?
B-day 07/20/1978

[TX Girl]

Dark one, Dude are you sure you were only in 1st grade when the challenger 'sploded? Cause I was in 10th grade and I was born in 71.
Regardless, that was a crazy sad day. :(

I remember riding in station wagons that had the back seat that faced backwards so you could totally annoy the people behind you at stoplights by waving to them incessantly or putting on puppet shows.
Wearing lots of terry cloth clothing in the summer. wtf was that all about?

Deelyboppers were the shit.

Hearing The Devil Went Down To Georgia on my sisters record player for the first time and freaking out when he said 'I told you once, you son of a bitch Im the best there's ever been' cause on the radio it always said son of a gun.

Catchin crawdads.

Watching The Peoples Court with Judge Wapner and Wheel of Fortune when they were new and Pat and Vanna were so young.

Where's the Beef???

skipping school in Jr Hi to go to a friends house to listen to her new Wham! record.

All the boys gettin to school early so they could break dance as we watched in awe.

[bakedpotato]

"video killed the radio star", spaceman at the top of the hour, "headbangers ball" on mtv

getting my first record player at xmas. came with pat benatar and kenny rogers records. kenny rogers?!?! wtf?

"metal health"

"shout and the devil" record with the cool as picture of nikki sixx showing the devil sign, my mom's terrified expression when she saw it

led zeppelin - first time getting baked was to "whole lotta love" in the back seat of a pos car. during the middle section the guys smoking me out would flash the dome lights off and on

finding out mom had listened to zeppelin while in high school, too. wtf?!?! mom was cool

invading a foreign country at 2am

watching, in total amazement, as a bunch of east and west german students tear down the berlin wall piece by piece. breathing a sigh of relief, doing celebratory shots of jaggermiester throughout the night. running 4 miles the next morning still drunk as hell. puking on the side of the road

invading another country while a sandstorm raged all around

b52s, the cult, suicidal tendencies, trent reznor in concert (before nin), 3rd row floor seats for the cure, sonic youth, the jesus lizard, the flesheaters

doing blotter acid at the cat's cradle. driving back listening to pixies "wave of mutilation" while the trees turned to liquid

lollapalooza 91 - catching an elbow in the pit during bodycount's set, gushing blood from my eye. making out with some girl during souxie and the banshees. "jane says" with steel drums

tool's second stage set during lollapalooza 92

monica lewinsky

customers freaking out about something called y2k

[Ganj]

I remember the murders of two great American rappers: Tupac Shakur and Notorious B.I.G. Rest in peace.

[NextLineIsMine]

Are you afraid of the dark and Guts the nick game show

[shoi]

pete & pete bitches!