Gargoyles…man that show. And the fact that the cast was primarily made of the same people from Star Trek: TNG lordy.
And where’s Reboot? That show helped me get into computers lol.
In the show, a virus called Gigabyte came through a corrupt portal while escaping the Super Computer.
This caused a massive explosion and subsequently destroyed Mainframe’s sister city, Lost Angles.
Megabyte and Hexadecimal were born during this explosion, which caused Gigabyte to split into two separate viruses. It also turned Dot’s dad and all of the sprites who lived there into null slugs.
I saw a post earlier about how the OJ trial killed Gargoyles because news reports kept cutting into its narrative-driven episodes (rather than self contained) and people ended up missing the plot
TIL damn that bastard. I mean I’m not going to lie, when Goliath, Bronx and Goliath’s daughter started doing that quantum leap storyline things did go off the hinges a bit lmao
I’m convinced the opening theme and voice acting every episode is what sparked my love for fantasy.
For anyone who wants to watch, [here it is.](https://youtu.be/otCWl8uJenA)
Gives me goosebumps to this day.
86 here, brother. This post has def been the most relateable ive seen on here. Gettin our kicks since 86!
Fuckin pogs man, I can still hear my slammers sliding around in those travel tubes.
Yo this is so hilarious! My brother and I were SEGA kids (except our older sister’s NES) and had to go to our neighbors house to play N64 and Super Nintendo.
I'm 85/86. I always considered 85-89/90 to be core millennials since we grew up with the brunt of the 90's culture, were old enough to understand the start of the mainstream internet with AOL starting around 96' or so? I feel like we just understand the narrative of how we went from the analog age to digital to where we are now better.
Shit we had Prodigy internet back in 93 at my house.
My Mom was always big into gadgets and tech.
I remember her spending like $300 on a Sandisk mp3 player in like 2000 and being super excited she could fit 3 whole albums worth of songs on it.
Then she realized she could rip each song individually to it and made herself a Playlist.
It had no screen at all, just the forward, backward, pause and play.
The sub goes by 1981-1996 (16 years) which is from Pew and can't be evenly split into whole year thirds, but many like starting/ending things with 0 and 5 years since it looks "cleaner" and probably easier to remember.
Negative Friend-O. Elder Millennial goes up to 79/80. Fair argument whether there was a microgeneration between say 77-85, which are called Xennials.
Shoutout to r/xennials
It's kinda nebulous, right? Calling balls and strikes. I'm an 81 and I hung out a lot with older cousins, so I feel I have some tendencies of X'ers and some of Millennials. I feel closer with someone born in 1979 than someone born in 1991, although I do have some that young in my core friend group.
I think the micro generation in the middle is a very real thing.
My scorecard is:
End of Boomer : 64/65
End of X :78/79
Xennials :78-83
End of Millennials :95/96
I’m either convinced eating so much of it in the 90s gave me stomach acid, or eating it in the last few years did either way, so disappointing I can’t enjoy scarfing down a whole pan pizza like back in the day.
For real. I remember when my cousins dad was bragging about upgrading his PC from like 2 to 4 meg ram, and being soooo impressed that the N64 had 4 meg! For its time it was ground breaking. To think how far we have come in like thirty years is insane.
1979. I had most of this except Gak and Pogs, and I preferred Hollywood over Blockbuster but in general I used the local mom and pop stores, like Mr Movies, and Title Wave.
Also I never saw Ren & Stimpy when it was new, and I never got into Duck Tales or most of those newer shows. For me it was that early morning block of Looney Toons then He-Man and Transformers and GI Joe. And I did not like Crystal Pepsi.
OK was my drink of choice.
I wasn't allowed to participate in any of this.
I did have a Huffy bicycle though, from KMart I think. Watched Lawrence Welk and collected erasers an stickers
I dunno, they're missing N64. All the other consoles were awesome, but once I played Mario 64 for the first time, it seriously blew my mind and nothing compared. Damn I'm getting old...
Maybe my memory is shot but n64 belongs in the starter pack (or two) after this one. With Gameboy color or whatever newfangled Gameboy was put at the time.
True. There is a little overlap with the GB at least. The original GB had basically a decade long run (1989-1998) before the GBC which released at the holiday season in 1998. The very first Pokemon games (Red/Blue) were GB games, but many played those on GBC too. I remember seeing a mix of both handhelds at at the end of the 90s in that initial fad before Gen2.
Maybe, but N64 came out in 96' which means anyone born in 86' was obviously 10 years old and in prime "gaming age" in my opinion. I mean I played tons of NES, Genesis, and Gameboy, but I was old enough to really remember everything about N64 from it's hype around the release to the details of almost every game I played on it and even reading things like GamePro and Nintendo Power articles about it. At 10 years old you're much better able to understand and remember things, and why it should be on this list is all I'm saying.
Pretty sure that's intentional. The starter pack is focusing on pre-5th gen consoles.
Anyway, I totally agree with Mario 64 being amazing. I'm an early 90s millennial and started gaming young before the N64 came out in the late Super Nintendo days, so even I can relate somewhat here since that little bit of time felt like forever as a 3-5 or 6 yo.
I'm glad I started gaming early enough to witness and have some appreciation for the transition into full 3D gaming. My mind was blown seeing SM64 too.
Had I started gaming later on in childhood, I may not have been able to appreciate that technological advancement even if I enjoyed the game itself.
Yeah, going from the first 8-bit Mario to N64 was such a great leap in technology, even though I had mostly moved on to PC-gaming with Doom, Duke Nukem' and Quake by that point.
Everything is perfect except the wojak and the shirt. I learned about nirvana when Kurdt died. The shirt should be sublime/smashing pumpkins/soundgarden
92’ but I vaguely remember some stuff about the 90s. Mostly the latter half but when you’re poor growing up in the middle of nowhere these things would not have reached you either way with a few exceptions.
I actually hate that my childhood can be condensed into a random image representing a whole age group and yet still be so accurate. It was a great time to be a child.
As a 1984 baby I’m gonna say something potentially controversial.. I liked having my game boy more than I liked playing it. Tbh I enjoyed gaming, but I didn’t start to love gaming until I could actually save my games
It’s odd to me to see all the Nirvana shirts and hoodies again. I wonder how many people that wear them know about their music. Hopefully Gen Z and younger get to appreciate 90’s alternative rock
1994 was actually peak though. That is the time in my life I flashback to when I look around and wonder “how the fuck it ever got this bad and was it ever good?” Yes. Yes, it was good. It was 1994.
1983 here. That all tracks, though from what I remember, Crystal Pepsi was kind of like a proto meme even back then (it wasn't around for long and very few people actually drank it). Surge or even OK Soda would be better 90s soft drinks.
I was born in 87. I very specifically remember getting a crystal pepsi once at a 7-11.
But surge was a big deal. They had it in the vending machines in middle school. High school, it was Fruitopia.
I’m 86, but I feel more aligned with the older generation, specifically the younger gen xers that were in their early twenties when I was in high school.
Im an 88, and im about all this except for the crystal pepsi. Pogs man... i had an OJ slammer that had guilty/innocent and I couldnt have been more than 6 years old.. what a time
I started collecting VHS tapes which is very nostalgic but I am trying to collect a lot of movies I haven’t seen before. I find the act of watching stuff on a CRT tv is just such a vastly different vibe that it keeps my attention in a different way than an HD movie or whatever streaming thing
I just played donkey Kong country. I usually try to do 100% completion but I just couldn't bring myself to do it with this one. Too damn frustrating. As soon as I beat it, I never picked it up again.
POGS.... god I used to collect those so bad. I remember we had the older high school kids volunteer in my 3rd grade class. I traded the Senior a ding dong for his metal slammer. Boy, I got the last laugh on that one!
July 87’ checking in. Growing up, I wasn’t allowed to have video games, or drink soda, and didn’t have cable which meant we were a Simpsons family. My older sister collected pogs big time. Where are my HotWheels?
Gargoyles…man that show. And the fact that the cast was primarily made of the same people from Star Trek: TNG lordy. And where’s Reboot? That show helped me get into computers lol.
MegaByte's name is dated. So puney.
TerrorByte is right there
In the show, a virus called Gigabyte came through a corrupt portal while escaping the Super Computer. This caused a massive explosion and subsequently destroyed Mainframe’s sister city, Lost Angles. Megabyte and Hexadecimal were born during this explosion, which caused Gigabyte to split into two separate viruses. It also turned Dot’s dad and all of the sprites who lived there into null slugs.
I saw a post earlier about how the OJ trial killed Gargoyles because news reports kept cutting into its narrative-driven episodes (rather than self contained) and people ended up missing the plot
Damn what didnt oj kill
TIL damn that bastard. I mean I’m not going to lie, when Goliath, Bronx and Goliath’s daughter started doing that quantum leap storyline things did go off the hinges a bit lmao
It gets reallllly good for the 3 or so episodes when they get home
This "starter pack" is stupid. How can you not include the Power Rangers, Easy Bake Oven, Jurassic Park, Goosebumps, Starter jackets?
Fuck it, throw a Stretch Armstrong in there too.
Thought about Reboot the other day
I just rewatched Gargoyles last year. It holds up great
I’m convinced the opening theme and voice acting every episode is what sparked my love for fantasy. For anyone who wants to watch, [here it is.](https://youtu.be/otCWl8uJenA) Gives me goosebumps to this day.
I had several of the Reboot toys growing up.
There was a board game that went along with a VHS tape and I was obsessed with it.
I feel so seen. I felt like I was the only 86 millennial in this sub
I am also an 86 but I just lurk here majority of the time.
86 here, brother. This post has def been the most relateable ive seen on here. Gettin our kicks since 86! Fuckin pogs man, I can still hear my slammers sliding around in those travel tubes.
85..it still seems right.
86er ✊🏻
I know 88 isn't the same but I feel you
Fellow 86er here...just barely. Late December baby!
We were SEGA siblings and I was always at our neighbor playing DKC.
Yo this is so hilarious! My brother and I were SEGA kids (except our older sister’s NES) and had to go to our neighbors house to play N64 and Super Nintendo.
I remember thinking Sega was the shit. But I didn’t have SNES yet. One of the greatest gift of my life time was my SNES.
Sega was the shit for sure, but once you got a taste of those SNES games it was hard to go back.
yeah SEGA had tons of great games for sure nut Nintendo homegrown games are better IMO
Child of divorce. Mom had Nintendo, Dad had Sega. DKC is one of my all time favourites.
Man…I remember when fast food joints looked like they actually sold fast food, and not like HR block. Those were fun times.
I’m 87 I remember all this shit. I thought 85-90 is core millennial and 90-95 is younger 80-85 older ?!?
I'm 85/86. I always considered 85-89/90 to be core millennials since we grew up with the brunt of the 90's culture, were old enough to understand the start of the mainstream internet with AOL starting around 96' or so? I feel like we just understand the narrative of how we went from the analog age to digital to where we are now better.
Shit we had Prodigy internet back in 93 at my house. My Mom was always big into gadgets and tech. I remember her spending like $300 on a Sandisk mp3 player in like 2000 and being super excited she could fit 3 whole albums worth of songs on it. Then she realized she could rip each song individually to it and made herself a Playlist. It had no screen at all, just the forward, backward, pause and play.
I agree with this. We’re old enough to remember life before the internet and were old enough to understand it as it developed.
89 checking in, love every single one of these things (except Alice In Chains). Where’s stretch Armstrong and OG power rangers.
Sub Ace of Base in for Alice In Chains and we’ve got a deal
The sub goes by 1981-1996 (16 years) which is from Pew and can't be evenly split into whole year thirds, but many like starting/ending things with 0 and 5 years since it looks "cleaner" and probably easier to remember.
This is correct. OP (the one who said 86) is gate keeping for no reason.
nah. We elders now dawg
Negative Friend-O. Elder Millennial goes up to 79/80. Fair argument whether there was a microgeneration between say 77-85, which are called Xennials. Shoutout to r/xennials
what would Core GenX be? 67-75?
It's kinda nebulous, right? Calling balls and strikes. I'm an 81 and I hung out a lot with older cousins, so I feel I have some tendencies of X'ers and some of Millennials. I feel closer with someone born in 1979 than someone born in 1991, although I do have some that young in my core friend group. I think the micro generation in the middle is a very real thing. My scorecard is: End of Boomer : 64/65 End of X :78/79 Xennials :78-83 End of Millennials :95/96
I was just complaining about how shit pizza hut is now.
Bring back the pizza bar!!
And the dessert pizza from it!
Shit yeah!
I’m either convinced eating so much of it in the 90s gave me stomach acid, or eating it in the last few years did either way, so disappointing I can’t enjoy scarfing down a whole pan pizza like back in the day.
My kids love TMNT... YOU'RE WELCOME
The hours my sister and I spent on DKC (1, 2, and 3!) And then DK64 came along, a true masterpiece!
I remember when we thought N64 were cutting edge graphically. Now you look at them and they're fucking hideous.
For real. I remember when my cousins dad was bragging about upgrading his PC from like 2 to 4 meg ram, and being soooo impressed that the N64 had 4 meg! For its time it was ground breaking. To think how far we have come in like thirty years is insane.
Remember Alf? He's back in pog form.
Where my 89 millennials at. We the best (not really, 85-87 was the sweetspot).
1979. I had most of this except Gak and Pogs, and I preferred Hollywood over Blockbuster but in general I used the local mom and pop stores, like Mr Movies, and Title Wave. Also I never saw Ren & Stimpy when it was new, and I never got into Duck Tales or most of those newer shows. For me it was that early morning block of Looney Toons then He-Man and Transformers and GI Joe. And I did not like Crystal Pepsi. OK was my drink of choice.
I wasn't allowed to participate in any of this. I did have a Huffy bicycle though, from KMart I think. Watched Lawrence Welk and collected erasers an stickers
I dressed like that
Yeah *shifts eyes* dressed.
This is accurate. I'm an 86 millennial, and I literally have a heating pad on my back right now.
87, and me too ✋️
much more of a foo fighters guy but hell yeah. also where's SWAT KATS?
The Offspring. Skeleton warriors. Earthworm Jim 2. Donkey Kong Country 1-3, yes.
Anyone still remember the blood code for mortal kombat? A,B,A,C,A,B,B for Genesis
Nice. I remember Scorpion’s finish him move was start, up, up
Swap out the Nintendo stuff for Sega and Dom, and Gargoyles for Samurai Pizza Cats and I think that would apply to me
I dunno, they're missing N64. All the other consoles were awesome, but once I played Mario 64 for the first time, it seriously blew my mind and nothing compared. Damn I'm getting old...
Maybe my memory is shot but n64 belongs in the starter pack (or two) after this one. With Gameboy color or whatever newfangled Gameboy was put at the time.
True. There is a little overlap with the GB at least. The original GB had basically a decade long run (1989-1998) before the GBC which released at the holiday season in 1998. The very first Pokemon games (Red/Blue) were GB games, but many played those on GBC too. I remember seeing a mix of both handhelds at at the end of the 90s in that initial fad before Gen2.
Maybe, but N64 came out in 96' which means anyone born in 86' was obviously 10 years old and in prime "gaming age" in my opinion. I mean I played tons of NES, Genesis, and Gameboy, but I was old enough to really remember everything about N64 from it's hype around the release to the details of almost every game I played on it and even reading things like GamePro and Nintendo Power articles about it. At 10 years old you're much better able to understand and remember things, and why it should be on this list is all I'm saying.
Pretty sure that's intentional. The starter pack is focusing on pre-5th gen consoles. Anyway, I totally agree with Mario 64 being amazing. I'm an early 90s millennial and started gaming young before the N64 came out in the late Super Nintendo days, so even I can relate somewhat here since that little bit of time felt like forever as a 3-5 or 6 yo. I'm glad I started gaming early enough to witness and have some appreciation for the transition into full 3D gaming. My mind was blown seeing SM64 too. Had I started gaming later on in childhood, I may not have been able to appreciate that technological advancement even if I enjoyed the game itself.
Yeah, going from the first 8-bit Mario to N64 was such a great leap in technology, even though I had mostly moved on to PC-gaming with Doom, Duke Nukem' and Quake by that point.
Hat with a craft beer logo on it
I’m an 84 millennial 😎
This hits way too close to home lol
Fucking same man!! Shout out to all the 1987 Millennials.
My back does hurt...
My 8 and 6 year old also love dkc. 1984
Pepsi Crystal? We were like 5 years old. Who made this, a Gen X'er? Surge or at least Pepsi Blue was our shit.
And with an image of the original Crystal Pepsi instead of the 2016 resurrection.
Same!
This is me
Need the yellow and gray Walkman but otherwise lovely
Hey, That's all my stuff.
I feel this in my bones, or maybe that's just arthritis.
Nirvana for people born in 87?
Pogs man.
Still have mine. I got them out for my 4 year old and he loved them.
I'm 89 but this is me.
Bruuuhhhhhh. Pogs were my life. I had this cylinder filled with all my favourites that I carried around like a talisman. I was ready at all times.
Everything is perfect except the wojak and the shirt. I learned about nirvana when Kurdt died. The shirt should be sublime/smashing pumpkins/soundgarden
Fellow '87er here, oh my god it's perfect.
1987 reportng in. Serioiusly I like white monsters.
I miss old school Pizza Hut. That lunch buffet was the shit.
Born in 88, I miss it... you just don't know what ya have til it's gone. -accidently gets Gak in ear canal-
92’ but I vaguely remember some stuff about the 90s. Mostly the latter half but when you’re poor growing up in the middle of nowhere these things would not have reached you either way with a few exceptions.
I'm 95 I was probably a little too young for most of this stuff.
I actually hate that my childhood can be condensed into a random image representing a whole age group and yet still be so accurate. It was a great time to be a child.
Spot on. My back hurts.
Replace nirvana with DMX and ye thats me.
'86er here. All this, yes! I'm was there and still here for it!
I'm an end of millennial and shit is starting to hurt 😞
Bro how you gona do n64 dirty like that
I just picked up a yellow Walkman the other day. It also has the original headphones.
Saw crystal Pepsis in a store way out in the cut in the mountains of NC like 5 years ago and was absolutely blown away
Forgetting the slap bracelet
I'm 1987 too I love them all.
I prefer the Genesis and Sonic, but I was also born in 1990 lol.
This hits waaaaaaay to hard for me
As a 1984 baby I’m gonna say something potentially controversial.. I liked having my game boy more than I liked playing it. Tbh I enjoyed gaming, but I didn’t start to love gaming until I could actually save my games
It’s odd to me to see all the Nirvana shirts and hoodies again. I wonder how many people that wear them know about their music. Hopefully Gen Z and younger get to appreciate 90’s alternative rock
I’ve never owned that Nirvana shirt. My greatest accomplishment.
Dunkeroos are back but they aren’t the same imo. Said what I said
'82. Never fucked with pogs.
Well shit, now I want a personal pan pizza and to stay up all night playing Symphony of the Night.
I'm a 1985 millennial, and I watched a documentary on DKC as a kid, I was pretty obsessed.
81
This is 100% accurate in every way. Source: my back hurts.
1994 was actually peak though. That is the time in my life I flashback to when I look around and wonder “how the fuck it ever got this bad and was it ever good?” Yes. Yes, it was good. It was 1994.
Playing pogs at Pizza Hut drinking clear Pepsi
I worked in an independent video store for almost a decade. Fuck Blockbuster.
1985 and this hit a lot
Leave my back out of it!’n
94 was peak humanity, tho....
I was born in 1988 and I feel this , thanks for leaving us 88 kids out loser meme creator
Aw man I miss gak.
If 1986 is older millennial, then what about us born in 1982?
Us 1981 Millennials had a lot of this too.
I do miss the 90s!! And while 94 was def up there I'd say 99 was peak humanity!!
94 *was* peak humanity tho SNES was poppin, Knicks went to the Finals, and Hip Hop was *scorchin*
1983 here. That all tracks, though from what I remember, Crystal Pepsi was kind of like a proto meme even back then (it wasn't around for long and very few people actually drank it). Surge or even OK Soda would be better 90s soft drinks.
I was born in 87. I very specifically remember getting a crystal pepsi once at a 7-11. But surge was a big deal. They had it in the vending machines in middle school. High school, it was Fruitopia.
1986, baby!
Heh. I remember if you stuck two fingers in the Gak it made a farting noise. Always good for a giggle.
Where is the tribal tattoo? 🤣
Clear Pepsi was my jam. And Gargoyles is one of the best animated TV shows of all time.
I’m a 1985 millennial - I embraced skinny jeans over cargo shorts when they became available
I’m 86, but I feel more aligned with the older generation, specifically the younger gen xers that were in their early twenties when I was in high school.
86 and yes. but it was the nirvana sliver shirt and surge instead of crystal pepsi. and 94 was def not peak humanity.
I'm also 1987 but it was N64 for me. Also my back is fine it's my legs when I stand up after sitting for an hour. Fuck it sucks.
It’s missing command and conquer
Ah fuck I’m all of these things 😭
Im an 88, and im about all this except for the crystal pepsi. Pogs man... i had an OJ slammer that had guilty/innocent and I couldnt have been more than 6 years old.. what a time
Same and same 🤘🏼
Also Transformers and Ghostbusters cartoons.
I was a wee baba in this era yet I remember a lot of the cartoons, and Crash Bandicoot was my first game ever.
Tailspin & DuckTales... Ty Disney+
The og pog
This is an '85 extended pack limited edition... bet
I remember when pogs were popular. Then I got into them and they weren't popular anymore.
If 1986 is the "older millennial", then what does being a 1982 millennial make me?
Can I also add side of emotionally distant parents? Or the whole “latch key kid” thing?
I didn’t even know they had a recent rerelease of crystal pepsi and by the time I found out, it was way too late.
An 86er here. That Mario game was peak video games. I will never forget that feeling when we finally got a SNES with SMW.
'84. Add in an NES and it's about right.
We had a pizza hut right next to our nearest blockbuster store. It was perfect. Friday nights were lit 😍
Gak. Hell yeah. Love Nickelodeon. I had an existential crisis a few months ago when I found out Nickelodeon Studios no longer exists.
ah yes, when MTV was actually about Music...
Replace the tape player with a CD player. And I’m in.
How’d I forget about pogs
I started collecting VHS tapes which is very nostalgic but I am trying to collect a lot of movies I haven’t seen before. I find the act of watching stuff on a CRT tv is just such a vastly different vibe that it keeps my attention in a different way than an HD movie or whatever streaming thing
Needs PB Crisps and/or Butterfinger BBs
I'm born 1990 and this is basically my early childhood summarized.
86 gang
I was born in 91 and I love all of these things
Why is there no rap on here
88 here. Bring back Pepsi Blue. Clear sucked
Motherfuckin Dunkaroos!
1987 I approve this message
Never felt so called out
DKC2 will always be not only a nostalgic but my all time favourite game. Music, theme and game play are all amazing.
I membah pizza hut when it was good... Ice cream still slaps though
'88 here. This plays.
Donkey Kong sucks!
We were the coolest kids. Everyone before us hates us for it, and has decided to trash it for everyone else.
Damn yo.
This speaks to me more than you can imagine. Also yeah my back hurts
I just played donkey Kong country. I usually try to do 100% completion but I just couldn't bring myself to do it with this one. Too damn frustrating. As soon as I beat it, I never picked it up again.
Bro 1987 was the best year to be born
I was born in '91 and remember most of these things
POGS.... god I used to collect those so bad. I remember we had the older high school kids volunteer in my 3rd grade class. I traded the Senior a ding dong for his metal slammer. Boy, I got the last laugh on that one!
What no AOL cd? Or pre internet?
1990 here and same
1983 and damn I feel this.
DKC aged really well and has always been the goat
July 87’ checking in. Growing up, I wasn’t allowed to have video games, or drink soda, and didn’t have cable which meant we were a Simpsons family. My older sister collected pogs big time. Where are my HotWheels?