Nostalgia
- Capsela Toys!
A favorite of mine growing up. I loved trying to make water worthy boats. They were terrifying boats.
- A Tamagotchi comeback? Toy gets first UK store as global sales doublewww.bbc.com Tamagotchi gets first UK store as global sales double
The egg-shaped toy which housed a virtual pet was one of the biggest crazes of the 90s.
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/20008150
- Fruitopia Vending Machines
Another post reminded me that these existed and were everywhere in the 90s.
- Take a penny, leave a penny containers
I grew up in the 90s and aughts. These containers were frequently around cash registers in convenience stores and perhaps other small businesses. I don't remember them being so consistently branded, but my experience then would have been limited to going into a handful of stores in the same locale. Of course, Canada ditched pennies (1 cent pieces) from cash transactions just over 10 years ago (we now round for cash transactions).
A penny felt like a meaningful amount of money to me as a child. More than anything, when I look back at them, these little containers stimulated my understanding of karma and perhaps theory of mind (e.g., mentalizing a future customer helping themself to an available penny and how they'd feel as a result). Looking back, I think that's pretty neat.
I don't know why, but these things popped into my head as I was doing the dishes. I was assured that, thankfully, there's a Lemmy community for this :D
- Who else remembers the love/hate relationship this thing caused?
You LOVED playing yours, but HATED the awful battery life.
You LOVED reading segas official catalogue full of game gear games and genesis games, but HATED that there was always that one game gear game you always wanted but could never get (huge props if you remember the catalogue)
You LOVED playing your friends game gear, but HATED that you had to give it back to them because you wanted one yourself and didnt own one.
You LOVED playing all your game gear games, but HATED there was always that one game you couldn't even pass level one on.
You LOVED playing a game on it, got excited when reaching a new level, just to either die or have the game gear die, forcing you to start over completely again, which you HATED.
My suffering: playing Sonic Triple Trouble. The chaos emerald levels with knack were fucking BRUTAL (they made Elden Ring look easy by comparison-at least at my young age). After hours and HOURS I finally got them all, just to get a game over on an easy part of the final level. Pain, nothing but pain.
My most cherished nostalgic memory: sitting on our couch, game gear plugged in, and playing it while soaking in the christmas tree lights, various household holiday lights and decorations, along with the accompanying presents. I cant quite place why that memory has stuck with me. If I had to guess, at the time, I was truly at my happiest. I got to play my game gear and anticipate my presents!
.......I truly long for those days again.
- anyone remember Telix?
i spent a lot of time in BBS-land and telix quickly became my favorite term emulator. it contained the first scripted language i put to any use, SALT. i still have the book!
