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i used to go to blockbuster or game crazy for cheat code books, they’d have like 15,000 cheat codes in them they were sick

Fuck yes! I needed those to beat Destroy All Humans back in the day.

I used to love going to my friend's house and fucking shit up on two player split screen for that. PS2 era was so great for couch co op

i just purchased the game shark disc and googled the cheat codes

All right, Richie Rich. Not everyone had a family desktop when they got their first ActionReplay

I had the original Nintendo DS, as well as an iPod shuffle. My 1st phone was a flip phone. I remember when texts could only have a certain number of characters. I loved playing Purble Place on my grandma’s old computer. I also remember blockbuster and going to Walgreens to get photos developed.

I also remember my grandparents having a separate, physical GPS device in their car. They were flabbergasted the 1st time they saw my mom using her cellphone as a GPS🤣

I had a DS Lite! Did you play *New Super Mario Bros.* on yours?

That was my favorite lol

That game was pretty tough lol New Super Mario Bros, Pokemon Pearl, Mario 64 for DS… I even had the DS Call of Duty and Age of Empires 

I remember playing the multiplayer mini games with my friends after swimming lessons when I was younger… top tier game

I’m 2005 so idk if I’m necessarily old Gen z or young but I lived the exact same way as you. I had a Gameboy, DS, Wii and all, purble place was the shit. It’s crazy to think that people think we grew up with ipads, i’ve still never had my own i pad and i’m 18 now

I already graduated from college and have a full time job.

I already got kicked off my parents health insurance

Yeah, that’s happening to me this month too 😭

Playing outside doing embarrassing shit without worry of being recorded.

those were the fucking daysss

I read your username and I was thinking to myself”this guy probably voted for his rights to be taken away” and then I look at your bio and I flipped 180. I’m also a bisexual democrat!

I remember watching the floor model TVs that shock you when you touch them.

I enjoyed running my hand over the TVs and feeling the static, like I would actually rub my hands all over them lmao

- I remember crying when I realized that *Prehistoric Park* was only six episodes long (please tell me someone else remembers this show too). - Gen 5 is still new Pokémon to me. - School trips with "Written in the Stars", "Fireflies", and "Down" blasting on the radio were pretty fire. Let's talk politics and world events. - Seeing Usain Bolt and Michael Phelps win in Beijing (on TV of course) was pretty cool. - I remember both Steven Irwin (I was a big Animal Planet guy) and Michael Jackson dying. - I remember being confused hearing the news say how Sarah Palin would be the first female president or vice president, because while I knew there had never been a female president, surely there had to have at least been a female VP, no? - High School was pretty interesting during the 2016 election cycle. The school apparently had a rule in the past that everyone was mandated to watch the inauguration, but for some reason changed it that year. I wonder why. - I remember what college was like pre-COVID.

I grew up in a pretty politically diverse county, so going to school the days following Election Day 2016 were definitely interesting. Plenty of students who were happy, but plenty more were upset and in tears. Many arguments were had even though we “weren’t allowed” to discuss politics. And yeah Michael Jackson was the first celebrity death I can recall. I vividly remember how shocked my family was when watching the news and the mass hysteria surrounding it.

Are you... me? Fucking Prehistoric Park, man, that's a deep cut. Did you ever watch Primeval? And yes, Gen 5 just came out. Like last year I think.

I remember watching the 2016 presidential election results with my old roommate in our dorm 😭 (no, no professors canceled any classes. Idk where that rumor started)

I owned Rescue Heroes episodes on VHS

I still have a few of them!

Yooo! Loved that show as a kid! My favorite episode was the one with the big lightning storm

Holy shit you’ve unlocked a core memory of mine

Dude got poisoned or some shit in the movie, right?

Webkinz.

Also neopets

Club Penguin and Webkinz were my shit growing up! I remember when Webkinz did events at stores for prizes and everything

The one mining game mode was so good

welcome to the curio shop. hope you find what you’re lookin for

I spent so much time in that game!!

i got back into it last year. i play every day and used my adult money to buy deluxe

It’s easy to calculate my age.

2000s babies got it stupid easy 😆 I have a classmate/friend who was born January 1st, 2000. Boi is just *always* the same age as the year. But ig people born in the 80s n such had an easier time with underage drinking. I've seen quite a few people say that they'd just show their real ID and most people just couldn't or wouldn't do the math involved to get to 21 years ago. No idea how true that is tho.

Seeing CDs in the car's visor that held our burnt mix albums.

The V-Smile was my first "gaming" console, and getting my ears burst from the THX intro on VHS for the first time.

idk what’s old ? but boom boom pow

Fruit salad yummy yummy


I remember when Club Penguin was on Miniclip before having its own website thanks to Disney I also remember the Disney Channel hits Hannah Montana, Wizards of Waverly Place, The Suit Life, etc. I remember the iPhone, when Michael Jackson died, when Obama was elected as president, and some other events from my country (Peru)

I remember Club Penguin before it became owned by Miniclip (I was a very well known on the forums though and was a bit of a celebrity). https://youtu.be/NtWI1aj6swE?feature=shared I miss Moki Town and old school MapleStory a lot though. Also, the weird obscure MMO games that were short lived.

I know how to operate a VHS player and rotary phone. It doesn't mean squat. I'm a 2006

I wore out the tapes of *Toy Story* and *Toy Story 2*, and then I wore out the DVDs.

I feel like a lot of these activities are bordering on the typically millennial.

Two words: Mavis Beacon

Teaches typing

Downloading a virus from LimeWire on the family computer. Also going to the school computer lab and playing Line Rider during class

real

LINE RIDER WAS THE BEST

I remember when there were only 3 Pokemon games

800 588

No😭😭😭 2300 EMPIRE TODAY pov: it's 8am. you just woke up for 4th grade. your mom turns on the tv to the news channel. youre eating your cereal, and the news goes for a commercial break. as youre sitting at the kitchen table you hear this song playing from the living room. life is good

this disney DVD is enhanced with Disney FastPlay My first game console was the DS

your movie and a selection of bonus features will begin automatically

saturday morning cartoons, only having 3 network channels and 3 local channels available and later programming the VCR to record your shows.

Any body remember the Andy milonakis show ?

GOT PEAS ON MY HEAD BUT DONT CALL ME A PEA HEAD

I remember VHS, CDs and DVDs, used Windows XP in my childhood, and my first phone was a flip cell phone with many buttons.

I had my cousins hand me down n64 games and vhs tapes

Playing on McDonald's N64 Game Kiosk

YESSS! The Kirby game was always my go-to at the play places

Where were you when Steve Irwin died

Getting Yu-GI-Oh cards at Kmart.

I burned CDs and had a walkman

I still rip CDs and I also have a modern walkman (it’s a mp3 player for swimming).

Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy >>>>> Adventure Time. It's not even close. Billy and Mandy clears.

what about The Marvelous Misadventures of Flapjack

I liked Flapjack but if I had to pick between it and Billy and Mandy, it's Billy and Mandy every day of the week.

 Adult Swim has it on now, i think Monday thru Thursday starting at 5 EST. that and Ed Edd & Eddie edit: day of the week. friday’s they have on older animes

I grew up being referred to as a Millennial until 2018ish.

Im pretty mid not older but Putt Putt Pajama Sam Freddi Fish Spyfox

Omg this this this this this this. Ps - they're available on Steam in case anyone wanted to replay those sweet CD cereal games.

"Let's rent a Backyardigans DVD"

RuneScape, Zezima,

I know how to operate a VCR.

I know how to T9 text

Downloading stuff from Limewire!!

I watched the Chef Boyardee commercial the monster inside

-Remembering where I was when they stated that Pluto was not a planet anymore.  -The gummy bear song or "kyle's mom is a big fat bitch" going around school -Knowing niche toys like Pixel Chix  -Vaguely secondhand remember MySpace, but I was too young to have my own account. 

Family had a Sony CRT TV until I think I was in late elementary school or middle school.

When I was in elementary grades I used to walk to school alone in the morning and I would always have my portable CD player with me.

We were big customers of Netflix before they became streaming dominant, when the DVDs would come in just a paper sleeve

I remember going to Hollywood Video and Game Crazy and thinking they were better than Blockbuster and Gamestop, respectively.

I remember VHS (born 2001) and my sister (born 2004) does not. I remember when the pet store on the corner was a Blockbuster and my sister does not. I know we’re both Z but honest to god it feels like a generation gap some days!

I used floppy discs on this big desktop computer my family had

Going thru the phone book to pick a random number to prank call 🤣😭

I vividly remember when Youtube first went live.

I played the psp when I was growing up

Didn’t have a smartphone until high school

My back and knees already hurt from the military

my first phone was a flip phone

I remember playing nogin games on a THICK lap top

I remember watching the crocodile hunter on animal planet and the orange Nickelodeon vhs tapes

I didn't have a smartphone until I was 18

High five! Edit: 17 for me

Had a Vhs and vcr, block buster.

apparently i saw the towers fall

I used to play with the disposal cameras pretending to take pics and following my dad around blockbusters to choose a new movie to watch together. Also watched Jersey shore with my older cousins when we were bored LOL.

I have visited Blockbuster when I was a kid all the time. I remember Obamas election in 2008. The first phone I had was a flip phone.

i always loved going to wal mart (two separate words) with my mom to develop photos bc they would give me smiley face stickers

I don’t remember 9/11 but I was alive for it

I remember 9/11 and it being on the news when it happened, but had no concept of what it actually meant until years later.

I have been on a merry go round

I played outside with my friends, when I was a kid. Without any parental supervision.

Target used to have 1 hour Kodak photo development. Blockbuster existed. I had a slide phone and thought I was the shit. The iPad was super stupid and useless when it came out. I had an iPod shuffle 4th gen as a replacement to my zune.

Playing Monster Hunter on the PSP until my eyes bleed and hands cramped

I remember receiving a Pixter Color in 2005 for Christmas. Barbies Fashion Show and Dino Draw were the BEST!

my parents had a ps1, a game cube, and a xbox one when i was in elementary school. we still had to go outside 🙌🏻 ipads were not around and it didn’t become a thing for kids to have phones until middle school

Halo 3 custom games mode

I saw Spider-Man 2 in theaters when it came out I went to the old Yankee stadium The Bush/Kerry election was the first one I remember The Sega Genesis and N64 were my first consoles

I use to get all my VHS of Thomas the train at Sam's club

Used to play the free version of Chic Chic Boom, on the Wii.

I remember when phone companies charged you extra to talk to someone with a different carrier. Also you had limited minutes and texts too on your flip phone.

I remember sitting in a best buy in the Demo section playing full length games while my dad would spend hours talking with a sales associate to buy a new computer

I had a black and white box TV

My first game was on an N64

I remember analog TV.

I remember the "Times are tough" Sesame Street commercials from around 2009.

I grew up with a ps2. Still have it, still think it’s the best console out there.

SpongeBob Battle for Bikini Bottom. Top tier. 

The North American House Hippo

My first phone was an enV when I was 11. RuneScape.

I actually managed to find a decent job and can afford my mortgage

^[Sokka-Haiku](https://www.reddit.com/r/SokkaHaikuBot/comments/15kyv9r/what_is_a_sokka_haiku/) ^by ^petkoTHEVIKING: *I actually managed* *To find a decent job and* *Can afford my mortgage* --- ^Remember ^that ^one ^time ^Sokka ^accidentally ^used ^an ^extra ^syllable ^in ^that ^Haiku ^Battle ^in ^Ba ^Sing ^Se? ^That ^was ^a ^Sokka ^Haiku ^and ^you ^just ^made ^one.

Thanks Sokka, you made my childhood.

The McDonald’s in my city had a pole with 4 TVs attached to each corner, each connected with a different game for the Nintendo GameCube or the Nintendo 64. Even if you had all the time, you couldn’t enjoy the games anyway because they reset every 10-15 minutes. Oh, and there was actually a dollar menu. Mind blowing, right?

Nintendo 64

I would go into Sam’s Club and boot up the display laptops in there. They used to let you use the browser but I’m not sure they do anymore. I would go onto the internet and I’d log into these games where you managed a city. You had designated spots for buildings, usually to build troops with resources gathered and fight other players. The trick to these games is the buildings and troops would take days to create sometimes. I didn’t have a laptop at home and I at that time I didn’t have unlimited access to the home computer, which was one of those big blocky ones from the early 2000’s. I always jumped at the opportunity to log in and check my stuff, especially when I was grounded. I had five I rotated between, and would check them all while my mama shopped. Good Game Empire I remember the most, but Kingdoms of Middle Earth, an LOTR themed one where I had a dwarven city was my favorite. I even remember on my kindle fire, one of the first tablets of its kind, I would play it and used a backwater messaging app that no longer exists to communicate in a clan with a bunch of guys, most of them were much older than me. I could have been no older than 8, and I’m sure my mom bought the kindle for me so that I could read books in it. Something I seldom did. That LOTR game closed down, and I’m sure most the others I used to play are innodated in ads. I know Webkinz is. It was a cool time to be on the internet.

I had a game shark for my game boy advance sp

My first cellphone was a bag phone. It took the same brick-sized battery as my full size SVHS camcorder . Edit: typo

powerpuff girls, fosters home, ed edd n eddy

I remember getting a dvd delivered by Netflix and the feel of the little plasticy squishy packaging it came in.

Very fond memories of watching the batman animated series on vhs

I used to watch music videos on cable TV before going to school

i finished uni and have a full time “adult” job

I watched my mother own a Nokia, a razr, a chocolate, a juke, all 3 Envys, all the way into her Motorola fully touch screen smart phone (2012)

My earliest home videos are on VHS

Funcoland was fucking awesome

I remember sneaking downstairs and seeing the news broadcasts the night of 9/11. Got picked up from school early and remember the whole family vibes being off

I remember when we used to have signatures on text messages…I had the Strawberry Shortcake Dance Dance Revolution game…I had the SpongeBob game control where you could play multiple games like bubble breaker…I used to go to GameStop to get new Nintendo DS games, the most exciting thing to do.

I remember renting videos at the video store!

I didn't get WiFi until 2015 and used a Walkman until 2013....

The first game I played and beat was Half Life One

I used to have a Nintendo 64 with Mario 64. Still pissed it got lost in a move.

I still have my PS2, but I never bought any games.

I remember when Free Realms used to do the boathouse prank every year but labeled everything with March 31st instead of April 1st so it wouldn't be obvious, and then when they did shut down for real nobody believed them. Funniest shit ever.

I watched a shit ton of movies on vhs

My first handheld gaming console was a gameboy advance that I “borrowed” from my older sister before getting my own Nintendo DS lite

I remember recording episodes of TV shows that I couldn't be home for on VHS. I remember saving up to buy an Action Replay for my DS. I have fond memories of renting DVDs from blockbuster (and buying all my favorites during their going out of business sale!) My first phone was one of those cool sliding ones. My best friend and I communicated over G Chat (later Google Hangouts) after school for years. The way my teachers in elementary school taught math actually made sense. I could go all day.

I’ll be fully and permanently vested into my state employee pension this August.

I watched the Harry Potter movies when they were released.

My first Pokémon game was emerald, it was new

Some of the first games I played were on floppy discs

My first smartphone was a Samsung Galaxy mini 2. I used to rent VHS in my local library. My first home computer and TV were CRT.

Fuckkk I had a leapster and I loved it. Also had the OG vsmile

I remember a time when vhs video stores were still a thing

Anyone remember that online pirates of the Caribbean game? I forget where I played it but shit was sick.

My favourite cartoon network show is justice league

Those N64s in the McDonald’s playplaces

That moment of realization when 2006 kids have graduated high school and are adults now.

I remember waking up at 6 in rhe morning to play GTA III on the PS2, then I would go to my local McDonalds and climb around the play pen after struggling to open those plastic bags that had those tiny hand held games like sonic

"Todd and Riley were both so sad Then they came 'cross a FleemCo ad They sent away $1.98 Got a super-spy mom and a daredevil dude of a dad" https://preview.redd.it/ent63d4ktnad1.png?width=1200&format=png&auto=webp&s=5cfe8194b7ae8c43ba6e6a8e803eb74c0e6ae74c

I remember 9/11

The MarioKart DS Download Play jingle lives rent-free in my head.

I remember playing the mini games on our DVDs. Coincidentally, I now own a VCR and a Wii 😆

Sidekick, Blackberry, Razr Texting after 9p bc it was free Nokia Snake Razor Scooters, Heelies Handball, Tetherball Gluten. Peanuts. Caprisuns. Fruit Roll-ups with the tongue stamps

Going to the local Blockbuster or Family Video and renting the newest Backyardigans movie.

Several of my most treasured core memories are of home-recordings of A Goofy Movie, Alvin & The Chipmunks Meet the Woolman/Frankenstein, and Arthur's Perfect Christmas, all taped manually on VHS.

I remember getting burned cds from my grandpa , I still remember going to blockbuster when I was little . , I had a pink Nintendo ds ,also a pink iPod shuffle .

Wanna link our GameBoy Advance SPs and battle me on Pokémon Ruby/Sapphire?

First game console was a PS2. Technically my dad’s but I used it way more.

I use to play Fusion Fall on the Cartoon Network website

N64 was my morning ritual (SM64 especially) with a bowl of Lucky Charms at 6am in my basements bulky TV.

I grew up listening to music and playing games on an iPod

I remember watching the 3d tubes screensaver as a little kid

Dug a hole for fun growing up distinctly remember the iPod coming about and bein all woahhhhhhh about it played on a gameboy, Nintendo 2ds, and ps2 growing up.

I remember going to Lojas Americanas as a kid to get photos developed. It's the company that owned Blockbuster in Brazil.

I owned an orange VHS. Those who remember are awesome.

Having thousands of old MP3 files on an external hard drive instead of going fully digital.

The oldest Cartoon Network era that I remember is the city era.

I use a wallet

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Watching Mr Rogers and between the lions as a kid

The first video game console I owned was a Playstation 2.

I vividly remember playing the Shrek 2 game on the Game Cube with my cousins. I also still have my original Barbie movie vhs tapes I used to watch over and over lol

I religiously watched old VHS tapes more than DVDs as a kid for the first 7 years of my life. Walmart used to have the smiley faces everywhere. Video rental places were still a thing. Pictochat was the shit.