For those nostalgic for the nineties, boy’s band posters, Gameboy Nintendo, furbys, tamagotchis, or cassettes that had to be rewound… Flash back on these cult objects that will only be missed by those born in the 90s!
1. The Nintendo Gameboy
Who hasn’t drained the batteries in their Nintendo console playing hours of Tetris, Super Mario World or the ultra-pixelated version of Zelda?
2. Bey-Blade spinning tops
A playground staple in the 2000s, the famous spinning tops used to make our heads spin…
3. Panini albums
If you were born in the 90s, you’d swap your mother and father for a Panini trading card.
4. Pokemon and Yu-Gi-Oh! cards.
Who remembers Sacha, Pikachu and Bulbizarre or Yu-Gi-Oh!? We were ready to swap our entire collection for just one “rare” card.
5. The furby
Let’s face it, we all wanted the same filthy stuffed animal, halfway between an owl and a gremlin, that made the creepiest sounds…
6. The Casio calculator
Calculators were the anti-dry best friends of those who wrote mathematical formulas on the inside of the case in white ink…
7. The flik-flak watch
It was THE Rolex of its day, and having a flik-flak on your wrist was the ultimate symbol of popularity!
8. Tamagotchis
All the disadvantages of the pet without the advantages… It would die after two days forgotten in your pocket.
9. Mammoth balls
With no notion of hygiene, we’d swap these big sugar balls that we’d licked clean beforehand with just about anyone…
10. Diddl cards
Diddl cards were THE currency of exchange. A little piece of paper was overpriced if it was scented or glittered!
11. The Bratz
Who knows why, these deformed dolls with their trowel-like make-up drove us crazy…
12. The Buffalo
The height of bad taste? Platform shoes with flames were more popular than Balenciagas…
13. Chokers
Barbed plastic chokers made us look like dogs and sawed off our necks, but we A-DO-RATED them!
14. Scoubidous
Similar to knitting but of no use whatsoever, weaving rubber threads was our number 1 hobby.
15. Pogs
We almost forgot about pogs! The aim of this complex game? Knock over a stack of cardboard badges with a plastic kini (thicker pog).
16. The ball mouse
The big game of the day was to steal the balls inside the mouse… Why? The mystery remains.
17. The Nokia 3210
It’s a shame it’s so rugged. Okay, it was ugly, but it was indestructible!
18. The Snake game
Snake, the fossil of video games! With its tiny screen, impossible buttons and low memory, it was a real challenge!
19. The disposable camera
When we went to summer camp, our parents would leave us a disposable camera. Thirty photos max, and if you missed one, well… you missed it!
20. The burned CD
We had to write all the songs on the CD in felt-tip pen. And when it got scratched, it was the end of the world (thanks to the insta 90’s problem account!).
21. The imac
An object straight out of an SF movie! And to think that at the time, this computer with a huge background represented the future…
22. The fax machine
Seriously, even back then it was ridiculous. A fax took hours to get through. We won’t miss the ancestor of good old e-mail.
23. The Walkman
The famous walkman! We took it everywhere with us. Supposedly, that’s what it was made for, but it didn’t fit in our pockets at all…
24. The Secret Telephone
Who hasn’t played this game to find out who their next lover would be? And when you found the ugly one, you’d do it all over again! The beauty of the 90s…
25. The VHS cassette
With the creation of the giant Netflix, we thought the old rewind tapes were totally dead, but lo and behold, they’re back! Just goes to show, the 90s are still going strong…