A floppy disk is a disk storage medium composed of a disk of thin and flexible magnetic storage medium, readable by a floppy disk drive (FDD), and sealed in a rectangular plastic carrier lined with fabric which serves the purpose of keeping the data storage disk free of foreign particles such as [...]
R.O.B. (Robotic Operating Buddy) is an accessory for the Nintendo Entertainment System (NES). It was launched in July 1985 in Japan, and October 1985 in North America. R.O.B had a short product lifespan, with support for only two games which comprise the “Robot Series”: Gyromite and [...]
Tiger is most well known for their low-end handheld gaming systems with LCD screens. Each unit contains a fixed image printed onto the handheld that can be seen through the screen. Static images then light up individually in front of the background that represent characters and objects, similar to [...]
Calling all 90s girls… Remember Caboodles? These. were. everything. If you’re not familiar with Caboodles, just watch this commercial. Feel the energy. The music. The colors. [...]
Ah, cassette tapes. Surely we’re not the only ones who spent countless hours with our fingers hovering over the Record button on a radio/tape player, waiting and waiting for that one song to come on so we could have it available on-demand without having to buy the whole album. Enjoy [...]
Before there were 12 megapixel digital cameras on touchscreen portable devices connected to insta-share Internet-based media platforms (in other words: before the iPhone 6S + Instagram), the Polaroid i-Zone was the coolest gadget around. If you were cool enough to have one of these, well…we [...]
Here’s a 90s toy you’ve probably forgotten about until just now: Thin Ice, the strategy-free game where you simply pile wet marbles on top of a tissue and wait for it to break. Wow. Those were the days! [...]
Here’s a commercial to make you smile, sigh and say, “look how far we’ve come.” Technology is fascinating! This 1979 Xerox commercial promotes an experimental office product that allows you to receive mail digitally (oooh), send the information to others (aaah) and print [...]
OMG. Street Sharks! Though less popular than the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Street Sharks were still pretty cool (apparently teen boy-marine hybrids were all the rage in the mid-90s). These four brothers were transformed into super-buff sharks by an evil professor and faced adversity around [...]
Happy Throwback Thursday! Here’s something to make you giggle. This commercial serves as a reminder of just how far technology (and commercial advertising) has come since the 90s. We’ve not only surpassed VHS with DVD, but DVD with Blu-ray and Blu-ray with Netflix and certainly more [...]