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Title: The 90's; gotta love it!
Post by: DarkZelda on January 31, 2007, 02:55:59 PM
*NOTE: If this deos not belong in the General Discussion, please move it mods. I wasn't sure where to put it.*
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ALL ABOUT THE 90's!!!
I received this email, and wanted to share it with you all. Do you remember all of this? or any for that matter? What was some of your favorites in this list? Least fav's?
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You're a 90's kid if:
You can finish this [ice ice _]
You remember watching Doug, Ren & Stimpy, Pinky and the Brain, and Two Stupid Dogs.
AAH Real Monsters!
You've ever ended a sentence with the word "PSYCHE!"
You just cant resist finishing this . ."Iiiiiiin west philidelphia born and raised . . "
You remember when Tupac and Selena died.
You remember when it was actually worth getting up early
on a Saturday to watch cartoons.
You got super excited when it was Oregon Trail and Reader Rabbit day in computer class at school.
You remember reading "Goosebumps"
You took plastic cartoon lunch boxes to school.
You still get the urge to say "NOT" after (almost) every sentence . . not
when everyhting was settled by rock paper scissors..or even better..bubble gum bubble gum in a dish...
when cops and robbers was a daily activity.
when we played Hide and go seek until our legs grew numb.
when we used to obey our parents
You used to listen to the radio all day long just to record your FAVORITE song of ALL time.
"Where in the World is Carmen San Diego?" was both a game and a TV game show.
Captain Planet. He's a Hero.
You knew that Kimberly, the pink ranger, and Tommy, the green ranger, were meant to be together.
You remember when Super Nintendos and Sega became popular.
You always wanted to send in a tape to America's Funniest Home Videos . . .but never taped anything funny.
You remember watching Home Alone 1, 2 , and 3 . . and tried to pull the pranks on "intruders"
You remember watching The Magic School Bus, Wishbone, and Reading Rainbow on PBS.
You remember when Yomega Yo-Yos were cool.
You remember those Where's Waldo books.
You remember when Mortal Kombat Was "Da Bomb!"
You remember eating Warheads.
You remember watching the 1st Batman, Aladdin, Ninja Turtles, and 3 Ninjas movies.
You remember Ring Pops.
You remember drinking Fruitopia, Surge, and Tang!
If you remember when every thing was "da BOMB!"
When they made the new lunchables so that you could make pizza AND tacos.
You remember boom boxes vs. cd players.
Writing M.A.S.H. notes.
Making those little paper fortune things, and then predicting your life with them.
Everyone would use "Push" notes to see who they would marry XD
You knew all the characters names and their life stories on "Saved By The Bell".
You played and/or collected "Pogs"
You had at least one Tamagotchi, GigaPet, or Nano and brought it everywhere.
. . Furbies..need i say more?
You haven't always had a computer, and it was cool to have the internet.
And Windows 95 was the best.
You watched the original cartoons of Rugrats, Power Rangers, and Ninja Turtles.
You had a favorite "New Kid on the Block" or "Back Street Boy", and you knew all of their names.
You remember Bewitched, Jump 5, S-Club 7, and that whole period with the boy bands and pop divas.
You remember exactly where you were and what you were doing the first time you saw a Britney Spears or N'SYNC video.
Michael Jordan was a king.
All your school supplies were "Lisa Frank" brand.
You remember when the new Beanie Babies and Talking Elmo were always sold out.
You collected those Beanie Babies.
Growing Pains.
Carebears and The Gummy Bear show.
Gak was the coolest stuff invented.
Lambchop's song never ended.
The old dollar bills.
Silver dollars, which were cool to have.
You remember a time before the WB.
You collected all the Troll dolls.. how did their hair stay up like that?
You owned a portable tape player.
If you even know what an original walkman is.
You remember wanting to sit on the orange Nickelodeon couch.
You've gotten creeped out by "Are You Afraid of the Dark?"
You know the Macarena by heart.
"Talk to the hand" . . enough said
You always said, "Then why don't you marry it!"
You went to McDonald's to play in the playplace.
You remember playing on merry go rounds at the playground.
Before the MySpace frenzy . .
Before the Internet & text messaging . .
Before Sidekicks & iPods . .
Before MIKE JONES . .
Before PlayStation2 or X-BOX . .
Before all those new crappy shows on nick . .
Back when you put off the 5 hours of homework you had every night.
When light up sneakers were cool.
When you rented VHS tapes, not DVDs.
When gas was $0.95 a gallon & Caller ID was a new thing.
When we recorded stuff on VCRs.
When we called the radio station to request songs to hear off of our walkmans.
When the Chicago Bulls were the best team ever.
Way back.
When it was all about N64.
WHEN YOU TRADED POKEMON CARDS FOR A LIVING!!
Before we realized all this would eventually disappear.
Who would have thought you'd miss the 90's so much!!
~~~
I LOVED POKEMON CARDS. and the N64. And remember renting VHS tapes. Alot.
Your views?
Title: Re:The 90's; gotta love it!
Post by: Baka Nezumi on January 31, 2007, 03:44:42 PM
 ;D I'm a 90's child!
I remeber a lot of things on that list
Title: Re:The 90's; gotta love it!
Post by: DarkZelda on January 31, 2007, 03:48:19 PM
Ha I remember alot to.

I miss Warheads. :-X Crazy good.
Title: Re:The 90's; gotta love it!
Post by: darkphantomime on January 31, 2007, 04:59:54 PM
I probably remember every other one on that list. So that makes about half. I even had a lunch box with mario and lluigi playing Zelda on it. But that was a looooooooong time ago, probably back in kindergarten.

Though, the pop bands are something I do NOT want to remember. *shudders*

Oh wait, I DON'T remember! w00tw00t!
Title: Re:The 90's; gotta love it!
Post by: DarkZelda on January 31, 2007, 05:02:33 PM
I remember always wanting to sit on that Nickalodeon couch and watch Rugrats (the originals). TV Shows on Nick now are not as good as back then.
Title: Re:The 90's; gotta love it!
Post by: DW on January 31, 2007, 05:03:59 PM
yes, definitely. I usually watch Boomerang. everything on that list applies to me too...I am such a 90's kid...
Title: Re:The 90's; gotta love it!
Post by: bgrugby on January 31, 2007, 05:23:58 PM
Pfft you crazy 90's kids, we 80's kids were the best we had Alf...you hear me ALF!!!

EDIT: Some things wrong in that e-mail. The first Batman was in the 80s and Saved By the Bell is really a 80's show that lasted into the 90s  ;D
Title: Re:The 90's; gotta love it!
Post by: DW on January 31, 2007, 05:25:03 PM
OOH! Alf is awesome...no fair... :'(I wanna little long-nosed mutant...
Title: Re:The 90's; gotta love it!
Post by: chibbiamerican on January 31, 2007, 06:08:13 PM
fresh prince was in the eighty's wasn't it?
Title: Re:The 90's; gotta love it!
Post by: Commodore Axilon on January 31, 2007, 06:14:37 PM
You know what they should make:

That 90's Show

I would totally not watch that.
Title: Re:The 90's; gotta love it!
Post by: chibbiamerican on January 31, 2007, 06:17:29 PM
Quote from: Commodore Axilon on January 31, 2007, 06:14:37 PM
You know what they should make:

That 90's Show

I would totally not watch that.

they did

the only part that was funny was when jay and silent bob did they "guys wed go gay for" segment
Title: Re:The 90's; gotta love it!
Post by: Commodore Axilon on January 31, 2007, 06:23:26 PM
That 90's Show, not I Love the 90's.
Title: Re:The 90's; gotta love it!
Post by: Zelda Veteran on January 31, 2007, 07:36:06 PM
omg! The third one from the bottom especially! I remember when pokemon Cards first came out. My very first card was given to me by my best friend, and it was a Pollywhirl. ;D I remember everyone battling in the spider dome. We would battle (for prize cards) and we would all go to the bathroom during class just to trade cards! Ahhh, those were the days! I remember a LOT of that stuff! Rugrats, Hide and Seek, Frutopia, Surge, and Tang, Goosebumps, and a whole bunch of that crap! I had a nice childhood. Growing up with pokemon was the BEST!
Title: Re:The 90's; gotta love it!
Post by: Vaati on January 31, 2007, 07:44:40 PM
I'm a 90s kid. Even though I was 6 when the 90s ended, I still remember all that stuff.
Title: Re:The 90's; gotta love it!
Post by: Zelda Veteran on January 31, 2007, 07:52:02 PM
I was born in 1991, so i was alive through it :) I remember me and my cousin would always argue over who was better The BackStreet Boys, or Nsync. Turns out they both suck. :P
Title: Re:The 90's; gotta love it!
Post by: bgrugby on January 31, 2007, 08:28:47 PM
QUIT MAKING ME FEEL SO OLD  >:( huff huff. Hehe the 90's were quite fun though, but nothing like the 80s.
Title: Re:The 90's; gotta love it!
Post by: Dehumanizer on January 31, 2007, 09:16:32 PM
90's suck end of story
Title: Re:The 90's; gotta love it!
Post by: bgrugby on January 31, 2007, 09:32:06 PM
Quote from: dark spirt of the silented on January 31, 2007, 09:16:32 PM
90's suck end of story

Excellent, a well thought out, informed observation...next anyone?
Title: Re:The 90's; gotta love it!
Post by: Hi no Seijin on January 31, 2007, 09:32:42 PM
I don't remember much of the 90's.  I actually don't remember much of 2000 either.  Or 2001.  Or 2002.  All the way up to 2007.  I'm already forgetting 2008.
Title: Re:The 90's; gotta love it!
Post by: DW on January 31, 2007, 09:51:08 PM
Quote from: chibbiamerican on January 31, 2007, 06:08:13 PM
fresh prince was in the eighty's wasn't it?

no it went from 90-96. I remember watching the reruns of it as a kid...I still watch them, that was the best show ever...
Title: Re:The 90's; gotta love it!
Post by: Gamefreak on February 01, 2007, 03:45:45 AM
I'm in the middle of showing what I do and don't remember on the list.  It'll be up after school.
Title: Re:The 90's; gotta love it!
Post by: Vaati on February 01, 2007, 10:50:35 AM
I was born in 1993, but I remember my dad would play 90s music in his car, like Live...etc.
Title: Re:The 90's; gotta love it!
Post by: Gamefreak on February 01, 2007, 12:15:44 PM
You're a 90's kid if:
You can finish this [ice ice _]
You remember watching Doug, Ren & Stimpy, Pinky and the Brain, and Two Stupid Dogs. Check
AAH Real Monsters! Check
You've ever ended a sentence with the word "PSYCHE!" Check
You just cant resist finishing this . ."Iiiiiiin west philidelphia born and raised . . "
You remember when Tupac and Selena died.
You remember when it was actually worth getting up early
on a Saturday to watch cartoons. Double Check
You got super excited when it was Oregon Trail and Reader Rabbit day in computer class at school. Check
You remember reading "Goosebumps" Check
You took plastic cartoon lunch boxes to school. Check, it was Lion King
You still get the urge to say "NOT" after (almost) every sentence . . not Check
when everyhting was settled by rock paper scissors..or even better..bubble gum bubble gum in a dish... Check
when cops and robbers was a daily activity. Check
when we played Hide and go seek until our legs grew numb.Check
when we used to obey our parents Check
You used to listen to the radio all day long just to record your FAVORITE song of ALL time. Check
"Where in the World is Carmen San Diego?" was both a game and a TV game show.Check
Captain Planet. He's a Hero.Didn't like him, but check
You knew that Kimberly, the pink ranger, and Tommy, the green ranger, were meant to be together.
You remember when Super Nintendos and Sega became popular. Check, had both
You always wanted to send in a tape to America's Funniest Home Videos . . .but never taped anything funny. Check
You remember watching Home Alone 1, 2 , and 3 . . and tried to pull the pranks on "intruders"Check
You remember watching The Magic School Bus, Wishbone, and Reading Rainbow on PBS.Check
You remember when Yomega Yo-Yos were cool.
You remember those Where's Waldo books. Check
You remember when Mortal Kombat Was "Da Bomb!"Check
You remember eating Warheads.Check
You remember watching the 1st Batman, Aladdin, Ninja Turtles, and 3 Ninjas movies.Check
You remember Ring Pops.Check
You remember drinking Fruitopia, Surge, and Tang!Check
If you remember when every thing was "da BOMB!"Check
When they made the new lunchables so that you could make pizza AND tacos. I still get lunchables
You remember boom boxes vs. cd players.Check
Writing M.A.S.H. notes.
Making those little paper fortune things, and then predicting your life with them.Check
Everyone would use "Push" notes to see who they would marry XDCheck
You knew all the characters names and their life stories on "Saved By The Bell".
You played and/or collected "Pogs"Check
You had at least one Tamagotchi, GigaPet, or Nano and brought it everywhere.Check
. . Furbies..need i say more?Check
You haven't always had a computer, and it was cool to have the internet.Check
And Windows 95 was the best.Check
You watched the original cartoons of Rugrats, Power Rangers, and Ninja Turtles.Check
You had a favorite "New Kid on the Block" or "Back Street Boy", and you knew all of their names.Sad to say butCheck
You remember Bewitched, Jump 5, S-Club 7, and that whole period with the boy bands and pop divas.
You remember exactly where you were and what you were doing the first time you saw a Britney Spears or N'SYNC video.
Michael Jordan was a king.Check
All your school supplies were "Lisa Frank" brand.
You remember when the new Beanie Babies and Talking Elmo were always sold out.Check
You collected those Beanie Babies.Check
Growing Pains.
Carebears and The Gummy Bear show.
Gak was the coolest stuff invented.
Lambchop's song never ended.Check, still hasn't
The old dollar bills.Check
Silver dollars, which were cool to have.Check
You remember a time before the WB.Check
You collected all the Troll dolls.. how did their hair stay up like that?Check
You owned a portable tape player.
If you even know what an original walkman is.Check
You remember wanting to sit on the orange Nickelodeon couch.Check
You've gotten creeped out by "Are You Afraid of the Dark?"Check
You know the Macarena by heart.
"Talk to the hand" . . enough saidCheck
You always said, "Then why don't you marry it!"Check
You went to McDonald's to play in the playplace.Check
You remember playing on merry go rounds at the playground.Check
Before the MySpace frenzy . .Check, and I can't wait for it to end.
Before the Internet & text messaging . .Check
Before Sidekicks & iPods . .Check
Before MIKE JONES . .Check
Before PlayStation2 or X-BOX . .Check
Before all those new crappy shows on nick . .Check
Back when you put off the 5 hours of homework you had every night.Check, still do
When light up sneakers were cool.Check
When you rented VHS tapes, not DVDs.Check
When gas was $0.95 a gallon & Caller ID was a new thing.Check
When we recorded stuff on VCRs.Check
When we called the radio station to request songs to hear off of our walkmans.Check
When the Chicago Bulls were the best team ever.Check
Way back.
When it was all about N64.Check
WHEN YOU TRADED POKEMON CARDS FOR A LIVING!!Check
Before we realized all this would eventually disappear.Check
Who would have thought you'd miss the 90's so much!!
Title: Re:The 90's; gotta love it!
Post by: DarkZelda on February 01, 2007, 04:16:45 PM
Quote from: Zelda Veteran on January 31, 2007, 07:36:06 PM
omg! The third one from the bottom especially! I remember when pokemon Cards first came out. My very first card was given to me by my best friend, and it was a Pollywhirl. ;D I remember everyone battling in the spider dome. We would battle (for prize cards) and we would all go to the bathroom during class just to trade cards! Ahhh, those were the days! I remember a LOT of that stuff! Rugrats, Hide and Seek, Frutopia, Surge, and Tang, Goosebumps, and a whole bunch of that crap! I had a nice childhood. Growing up with pokemon was the BEST!

Dude, I remember when cards were band at schools in ym county. But my first card was an Articuno suprisingly. I won it at somthing. But yea the first card I traded for was a Ferow. Still have it. And battling was the best. When I was in third grade, I went to a small private school, so the entire third grade was in one class; there was about 18 of us total. During our break and lunch, the girls (minus me) were playing checkers and board games. The guys and I would battle Poke'mon cards.  Amazing times. ;D
Title: Re:The 90's; gotta love it!
Post by: MasterKeyX on February 01, 2007, 05:47:27 PM
That list matched me alot....i was born in 92. Yep, I'm a 90s kid.

Perhaps my favorite thing on the list was the Goosebumps books. I used to love reading those...I read like every one in  the series! :)

Oh, and Pokemon cards....those were the days, my friends.
Title: Re:The 90's; gotta love it!
Post by: Gamefreak on February 02, 2007, 04:00:11 AM
I still do most of those things.
Title: Re:The 90's; gotta love it!
Post by: DarkZelda on February 02, 2007, 06:36:21 AM
Ha i remember in 2nd grade having a Pikachu plastic lunchbox.  :P
Title: Re:The 90's; gotta love it!
Post by: saria.. on February 02, 2007, 01:56:41 PM
OMg I love the 90's.

Back when cartoon weren'tgarbage....

I LOVE POKEMON. ESPECIALLY PIKACHU.
he's so adorable. Hes the most adorable thing i ever saw , other than yoshi from "the mario games" (yoshi deserves to be nintendo's mascot not  mario)

Not many people know this but  there was once a racist pokemon named jynx....

I  Still have a trading card of  her before her skin color was changed....

Quote90's suck end of story

The 90's don't suck. 2001+ suck

In short : 90's > 2000's Anyday
Title: Re:The 90's; gotta love it!
Post by: Commodore Axilon on February 02, 2007, 02:01:51 PM
*sighs*

Jynx was not racist.

ZOMG did u also no ther was a swasteka on 1 2!!!11!!1one!1!
Title: Re:The 90's; gotta love it!
Post by: DarkZelda on February 02, 2007, 02:05:53 PM
I TOTALLY WISH I STILL HAD MY TOMAGATCHIS!

I LOVED THEM. I had like 10. My favorite was the Little Mermaid one.
I also had one of those Pikachu things, they were yellowish-goldish and could clip on your belt. I forgot there name....
Title: Re:The 90's; gotta love it!
Post by: Gamefreak on February 02, 2007, 02:12:41 PM
I watched the episode that gave kids seizures in Japan.
Title: Re:The 90's; gotta love it!
Post by: Commodore Axilon on February 02, 2007, 02:14:03 PM
did you get seizures
Title: Re:The 90's; gotta love it!
Post by: DarkZelda on February 02, 2007, 02:34:39 PM
haha Didn't they fix the problem that gave the kids seizures before it went to america?
Title: Re:The 90's; gotta love it!
Post by: MasterKeyX on February 02, 2007, 08:58:56 PM
I think they did, or the U.S wouldnt have allowed it to air here.

By the way, I must add: THE 90s DID NOT SUCK! BEST 10 YEARS EVER, MY FRIEND!!! ;D
Title: Re:The 90's; gotta love it!
Post by: collaboration on February 03, 2007, 12:19:55 AM
I miss The Adventures of Pete & Pete. And Rocko's Modern Life, which I caught glimpse of on TV not too long ago! Oh oh, and those awesome series of Batman cartoons, before Batman cartoon series started to suck.

I identify with all of those "You Know You're An 80s Kid When" lists, too, even though I was born in '87. Either my elephant-memory or my older sister is to blame for that.

...Did anybody have high-tops? Or those pump-up shoes, with the little button to press? Hee.
Title: Re:The 90's; gotta love it!
Post by: JDog on February 03, 2007, 10:08:02 AM
Ah the 90's. good times there!  ;D
Title: Re:The 90's; gotta love it!
Post by: DW on February 03, 2007, 10:11:39 AM
there was an episode of pokemon that gave kids seizures?
Title: Re:The 90's; gotta love it!
Post by: phantompig on February 03, 2007, 01:42:10 PM
heh,heh...i have the Pokemon episodes from japan that 'supposedly gave seizures'...

straight from some friends from japan...(they didn't give me anything but an odd smile)
Title: Re:The 90's; gotta love it!
Post by: DarkZelda on February 03, 2007, 03:31:05 PM
Yea it was i think one of the first few episodes of Pokemon.

And I have high-tops now, but I remember always wanting those Sketcher shoes with the 4 wheels. Thought those were the greatest.
Title: Re:The 90's; gotta love it!
Post by: Zelda Veteran on February 03, 2007, 03:42:57 PM
OMG! I just watched the pokemon episode on youtube! It's a goodthing I wasnt overconfident and watched it, because my head started to hurt really bad, i started sweating, and I fell on the floor. I was afraid to look again, so i had to wait until it was over to click the red X. I waited 5 friggin minutes in fear that i would turn the corner and hurt again.
Title: Re:The 90's; gotta love it!
Post by: DW on February 03, 2007, 03:44:43 PM
what's so bad about the episode? How did it give them seizures?
Title: Re:The 90's; gotta love it!
Post by: Zelda Veteran on February 03, 2007, 03:52:26 PM
I dont even know what it was about, I only watched for like a 4 seconds. Guys, im really serious, dont force yourself to watch it if you decide to look it up. Ugghh my head still hurts :-* :-*
Title: Re:The 90's; gotta love it!
Post by: darkphantomime on February 03, 2007, 05:55:02 PM
That episode was never released in america. It's under the ban list, yes, there are episodes of pokemon that are 'banned'. It's called "electric soldier Porygon". I watched it too, and I felt a bit dizzy, but nothing too bad. I've watched several videos with those intense flashing lights, though it generates only a mild effect with  me. By the looks of it, did you really fall ZV? Fell, because you lost control?  It looks like he has partial epilepsy, I recommend that he see a neurologist and get a few tests (EEG) to see if he actually has a seizure disorder.
Title: Re:The 90's; gotta love it!
Post by: MasterKeyX on February 03, 2007, 06:18:58 PM
Was Ninja Turtles on the list? That was the best show ever! The figures were really fun to play with, an I used to play with them all the time. Too bad the Ninja Turtles is retarded now like everything else.

Anyone else here ever like the Ninja Turtles? They were pretty 90s.  ;D
Title: Re:The 90's; gotta love it!
Post by: darkphantomime on February 03, 2007, 06:22:35 PM
They were actually more of an '80's Icon. But I remember all the movies, they were quite fun to watch... I remember watching the cartoon when I was quite little... heheh... my favorite was michelangelo.

They say you can only remember the 90's as a whole, if you were born in the mid to late 80's. I was born in '88...
Title: Re:The 90's; gotta love it!
Post by: MagmarFire on February 03, 2007, 06:32:26 PM
Quote from: Shikamaru Nara on February 03, 2007, 03:44:43 PM
what's so bad about the episode? How did it give them seizures?

From what I read, specific light/color patterns in the episode input messages in the brain that cause those seizures.

Anyway, the 90s were such good years for me. Oh, I miss them... :'(

I even remember my first Pokemon card: (Hint: Look at my username). If only I had a time machine...or somehow could mess with the space-time continuum so I could go back to the 90s...
Title: Re:The 90's; gotta love it!
Post by: DarkZelda on February 04, 2007, 07:01:16 AM
This one os for the chicks; Do you remember American Girl Dolls? Those really nice dolls that had a whole story behind them in history? Like I had Molly, and she apparently lived in the 1940's during WW2. They were pretty sweet back in the 90's, and are still going today.

And MagmarFire was right about the light-pattern thing. I read it in a past newspaper article from google. ;D
Title: Re:The 90's; gotta love it!
Post by: MasterKeyX on February 04, 2007, 07:24:30 AM
Quote from: MagmarFire on February 03, 2007, 06:32:26 PM
I even remember my first Pokemon card: (Hint: Look at my username). If only I had a time machine...or somehow could mess with the space-time continuum so I could go back to the 90s...

Pokemon card....oh the days i used to spend with my friends with those card...with Pokemon! Pokemon was a smash, and me and my buds used to love it so much....expecially the cards and the red and blue versions. ;D
Title: Re:The 90's; gotta love it!
Post by: collaboration on February 04, 2007, 07:44:59 AM
Ha! I remember the American Girls. I never had any of the dolls, but I had a bunch of the books. I had um...the little colonial girl, the Swedish girl in the 1800's, the black girl who escaped slavery, a couple of the Victorian girl, a few of the Mexican girl a little later but I was too old, erm...I can't really remember, actually. But I loved the historical fiction stuff.
Title: Re:The 90's; gotta love it!
Post by: DarkZelda on February 04, 2007, 07:57:24 AM
Quote from: MasterKey on February 04, 2007, 07:24:30 AM
Pokemon card....oh the days i used to spend with my friends with those card...with Pokemon! Pokemon was a smash, and me and my buds used to love it so much....expecially the cards and the red and blue versions. ;D

I hate the fact they brought the new pokemon from Ruby/Saphire in. Nothing beats the originals. My neighbors and I would change cards around and battle for HOURS.

Quote from: collaboration on February 04, 2007, 07:44:59 AM
Ha! I remember the American Girls. I never had any of the dolls, but I had a bunch of the books. I had um...the little colonial girl, the Swedish girl in the 1800's, the black girl who escaped slavery, a couple of the Victorian girl, a few of the Mexican girl a little later but I was too old, erm...I can't really remember, actually. But I loved the historical fiction stuff.

The colonial girl was Felicity
Sweedish was Kirsten
The Escaped slavery girl was Addy
The Victorian was Samantha
and the Mexican girl was Josephine (spelling?)
others includes the Native American one (can't remember name), Kit (the great depression), and Molly the one i had from WW2.
Title: Re:The 90's; gotta love it!
Post by: Commodore Axilon on February 04, 2007, 08:13:53 AM
Quote from: DarkZelda on February 04, 2007, 07:57:24 AM
Quote from: MasterKey on February 04, 2007, 07:24:30 AM
Pokemon card....oh the days i used to spend with my friends with those card...with Pokemon! Pokemon was a smash, and me and my buds used to love it so much....expecially the cards and the red and blue versions. ;D

I hate the fact they brought the new pokemon from Ruby/Saphire in. Nothing beats the originals. My neighbors and I would change cards around and battle for HOURS.

So do you think Gold/Silver were originals too, or what?
Title: Re:The 90's; gotta love it!
Post by: MagmarFire on February 04, 2007, 09:45:22 AM
Quote from: MasterKey on February 04, 2007, 07:24:30 AM
Pokemon card....oh the days i used to spend with my friends with those card...with Pokemon! Pokemon was a smash, and me and my buds used to love it so much....expecially the cards and the red and blue versions. ;D

I still have all the cards that I have! I never really plan on giving them away! I have about two bags filled to the brim with them! :D

I'm too lazy to describe the bags' sizes, though. :P
Title: Re:The 90's; gotta love it!
Post by: MasterKeyX on February 04, 2007, 10:02:12 AM
Just so you all know, i really don't consider the gold ans silver originals. Half of them were spin-offs from the original 150.

The original 150, like Charmander, Pikachu, and Bulbasuar, were the best. They always wil be. :)
Title: Re:The 90's; gotta love it!
Post by: DarkZelda on February 05, 2007, 02:20:47 PM
Quote from: Commodore Axilon on February 04, 2007, 08:13:53 AM
Quote from: DarkZelda on February 04, 2007, 07:57:24 AM
Quote from: MasterKey on February 04, 2007, 07:24:30 AM
Pokemon card....oh the days i used to spend with my friends with those card...with Pokemon! Pokemon was a smash, and me and my buds used to love it so much....expecially the cards and the red and blue versions. ;D

I hate the fact they brought the new pokemon from Ruby/Saphire in. Nothing beats the originals. My neighbors and I would change cards around and battle for HOURS.

So do you think Gold/Silver were originals too, or what?

No; i know they arn't. I was a little upset about them too, but that was about the time I pulled away. I like the gold/silver pokemon. the ruby/saphire pokemon all together looked like desperation; look at their looks and names.

and i realize that the gold/silver pkmn were mostly spin-offs. but some were not. ;D
Title: Re:The 90's; gotta love it!
Post by: Commodore Axilon on February 05, 2007, 02:23:28 PM
Am I the only person who liked Ruby/Sapphire? :(

I know this is getting off-topic, but what exactly constitutes a spin-off in your mind?
Title: Re:The 90's; gotta love it!
Post by: johnny139 on February 05, 2007, 02:24:46 PM
Quote from: Commodore Axilon on February 05, 2007, 02:23:28 PM
Am I the only person who liked Ruby/Sapphire? :(

R/S rocked. Everything needs to grow, and though some of the Pokemon were stupid a lot of them were good ideas. I mean, Rayquaza rocks.
Title: Re:The 90's; gotta love it!
Post by: Commodore Axilon on February 05, 2007, 02:30:04 PM
It's not like Red/Blue didn't have its share of stupid pokémon either. I mean, Snorlax? WTF was that?

And Rayquaza is the shiznit. :)
Title: Re:The 90's; gotta love it!
Post by: MasterKeyX on February 05, 2007, 02:33:25 PM
Nah, you gusy dont know the classics then! Snorlax was the bomb, hew was involved in the story and that AWESOME show. You gotta love the first guys. ;D
Title: Re:The 90's; gotta love it!
Post by: DarkZelda on February 05, 2007, 02:36:50 PM
I'm not saying i hate Ruby/Saphire; the story line was great, and SOME of the pokemon were OK; like the torchic trio was cool. But the ones like Luvdisc? Zigazagzon? kind-of pathetic if you ask me.
Title: Re:The 90's; gotta love it!
Post by: johnny139 on February 05, 2007, 02:39:57 PM
Quote from: DarkZelda on February 05, 2007, 02:36:50 PM
I'm not saying i hate Ruby/Saphire; the story line was great, and SOME of the pokemon were OK; like the torchic trio was cool. But the ones like Luvdisc? Zigazagzon? kind-of pathetic if you ask me.

And I'm not saying there weren't pathetic ones. But hey, every generation has it's low points. Ever hear of Sentret? I'd rather a Racoon (which are fairly common pests, like rats) than a... squirrel, right? I'm not even sure...
Title: Re:The 90's; gotta love it!
Post by: Commodore Axilon on February 05, 2007, 02:42:22 PM
I can name a whole bunch of pokémon I thought were stupid. And yes, some of them are from Red and Blue. It's all down to opinion I guess.
Title: Re:The 90's; gotta love it!
Post by: DarkZelda on February 05, 2007, 04:11:51 PM
Your right on that one. Just an opinion thing. But I do have to say, nothing beats the classic Pok'emon. It just seems to me that by ruby/saphire time, the pokemon and the names started getting desprate; but Rayquaza is teh bomb. Hopefully Diamond/Pearl will be better.
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Post by: Commodore Axilon on February 05, 2007, 04:19:23 PM
Have a look for yourself. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Fourth-generation_Pok%C3%A9mon)
Title: Re:The 90's; gotta love it!
Post by: DW on February 05, 2007, 04:43:22 PM
Dude, I can't pronunce half of those..Cherrim?Cherinbo? What, we have cherry-based pokemon now?
Title: Re:The 90's; gotta love it!
Post by: Commodore Axilon on February 05, 2007, 04:46:01 PM
Note that most of them still have their Japanese names.
Title: Re:The 90's; gotta love it!
Post by: DW on February 05, 2007, 04:49:43 PM
great, so in american it will be like Pitman and stuff I bet.
Title: Re:The 90's; gotta love it!
Post by: collaboration on February 06, 2007, 02:08:54 PM
Oh man, Pokemon. When I was in the sixth grade I knew them all like the back of my hand, and then the new ones came out and I gave up.
They sure are cute, though. But does anybody in the land o' Pokemon actually go...Pokemon hunting? Like, to eat them? >:3
Title: Re:The 90's; gotta love it!
Post by: Commodore Axilon on February 06, 2007, 02:12:13 PM
Wasn't there a Tauros ranch in the anime? And I'm sure I saw a Magikarp on a plate somewhere too.
Title: Re:The 90's; gotta love it!
Post by: MasterKeyX on February 06, 2007, 02:30:47 PM
Magikarp was a weakiling, remember ? But when he transformed into to Gyrados, he was one of the most powerful pokemon around! ;D

And, those fourth generation pokemon look ridiculous. Pokemon is just pathetic now.
Title: Re:The 90's; gotta love it!
Post by: Gamefreak on February 06, 2007, 04:04:30 PM
Yes, they've lost their creative touch.
Title: Re:The 90's; gotta love it!
Post by: Commodore Axilon on February 06, 2007, 04:06:42 PM
How creative were the original pokémon? Most of them were just lifted from animals or fantastical creatures.
Title: Re:The 90's; gotta love it!
Post by: darkphantomime on February 06, 2007, 04:21:07 PM
Blah, at least they weren't so bloody ugly as they are now. Probably the only pokemon that were functional in the third generation were Medichan and that psychic/steel combo that I can't remember the name of. Those were also my two faves of that generation. Sadly, not so much for the rest of the crap out there...

As for G/S/C, they extended a fair bit what originally came for RBY. The game was FUN, and had quite a bit of variety in terms of tactics of pokemon battles, what with held items and the increase of the number of moves. Espeon and Umbreon were REALLY original in their own time, as was HOUNDOOM! I really liked houndoom...

Now someone here, make a list of your opinion of the crappiest pokemon of all the generations, hmm?
Title: Re:The 90's; gotta love it!
Post by: Commodore Axilon on February 06, 2007, 04:39:34 PM
Crappiest as in the least useful, or as in the stupidest?
Title: Re:The 90's; gotta love it!
Post by: darkphantomime on February 06, 2007, 04:44:01 PM
Ugliest/stupidest/least useful.
Title: Re:The 90's; gotta love it!
Post by: Gamefreak on February 06, 2007, 06:06:30 PM
I can't think of ugliest, but I can think of my favorites from each generation.

Red/Blue/Yellow:

Charizard
Scyther
Electabuzz
Magmar

Gold/Silver/Crystal

Umbreon
Espeon
Skarmory
Tyranitar

Ruby/Saphire/Emerald

Metagross
Aggron
Flygon
Title: Re:The 90's; gotta love it!
Post by: johnny139 on February 06, 2007, 06:08:56 PM
I have only one favorite: The one, the only, Squirtle. He's the man!

My Squirtle could pwn everything in its way back in the day. I wouldn't evolve that little guy. I actually needed to have a friend trade me over a Wartortle so I could will be Pokedex.

Power to the Squirtle man. Power to the Squirtle.
Title: Re:The 90's; gotta love it!
Post by: Baka Nezumi on February 06, 2007, 06:17:10 PM
Quote from: Vaati on January 31, 2007, 07:44:40 PM
I'm a 90s kid. Even though I was 6 when the 90s ended, I still remember all that stuff.
yeah, me too.
I guess I'm not exactly a complete 90's child then.
Title: Re:The 90's; gotta love it!
Post by: MasterKeyX on February 07, 2007, 12:27:09 PM
My favortie pokemon of all time was squirtle. I have to say I completely agree with johnny19 about squirtle. Man, my Blastoise could destory everything in its way!

But perhaps another one of my favs was Mew. He was so cute!! And he was extremely powerful.
Title: Re:The 90's; gotta love it!
Post by: darkphantomime on February 07, 2007, 02:35:22 PM
Let's exclude legendaries from the discussion, eh? semi  legendaries like Snorlax and Metagross, however can be discussed.

Hmm... CHARIZARD

OOH, VILEPLUME, one of my all time favorites, and my favorite grass type of all time.
Title: Re:The 90's; gotta love it!
Post by: Commodore Axilon on February 07, 2007, 02:45:09 PM
Edit: Jesus, I must be illiterate or something.

Pay no attention to the man behind the curtain. ::)

Anyway, Scyther was always one of my favorites. He just looked so cool, like this weird mantis-velociraptor hybrid.

Scizor was cool too. Just not as cool.
Title: Re:The 90's; gotta love it!
Post by: MasterKeyX on February 07, 2007, 04:13:28 PM
I also liked Electabuzz, he had madd electric power, like 10x more than Pikachu.
Title: Re:The 90's; gotta love it!
Post by: Baka Nezumi on February 07, 2007, 04:49:05 PM
I was particularly fond of Riku (sp?), you know,Pikachu's evolve form?
Title: Re:The 90's; gotta love it!
Post by: johnny139 on February 07, 2007, 05:02:59 PM
Quote from: Baka Nezumi on February 07, 2007, 04:49:05 PM
I was particularly fond of Riku (sp?), you know,Pikachu's evolve form?

Raichu.
Title: Re:The 90's; gotta love it!
Post by: Baka Nezumi on February 07, 2007, 05:13:53 PM
Thankies! I remember the good pokemon episodes then they started sucking  ;).......
Title: Re:The 90's; gotta love it!
Post by: bgrugby on February 07, 2007, 10:33:39 PM
There was such thing as a good Pokeman episode? Hehe I never got the whole Pokeman craze but then again I guess that is my age, we were all into G.I. Joe and Transformers as kids and TMNT were just starting out...they were cool, as was all of the 80s, alot more then the pathetic 90s.
Title: Re:The 90's; gotta love it!
Post by: MasterKeyX on February 08, 2007, 08:03:47 AM
You did NOT just call the 90s pathetic. The 90s were the bomb, dude the 80s were totally lame cmpared to the 90s.
Title: Re:The 90's; gotta love it!
Post by: bgrugby on February 08, 2007, 08:19:08 AM
Quote from: MasterKey on February 08, 2007, 08:03:47 AM
You did NOT just call the 90s pathetic. The 90s were the bomb, dude the 80s were totally lame cmpared to the 90s.

Hey, unless you have lived through and remember both then you cannot make that comparison.
Title: Re:The 90's; gotta love it!
Post by: johnny139 on February 08, 2007, 12:22:04 PM
The 80s were better.

Except for the crappy Anti-Drug videos. Those weren't better.
Title: Re:The 90's; gotta love it!
Post by: Commodore Axilon on February 08, 2007, 12:24:00 PM
And the clothes. *shudders*
Title: Re:The 90's; gotta love it!
Post by: DW on February 08, 2007, 03:30:35 PM
ah yes, anti-drug ads...there was a spoof made of it, anti-lightsaber ad. It was funny Star Wars spoof...
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Post by: Gamefreak on February 08, 2007, 03:51:03 PM
Yes, but the 80's got the original Star Wars and the Indiana Jones movies.
Title: Re:The 90's; gotta love it!
Post by: johnny139 on February 08, 2007, 03:52:14 PM
Quote from: Gamefreak on February 08, 2007, 03:51:03 PM
Yes, but the 80's got the original Star Wars and the Indiana Jones movies.

Indiana Jones = God. This is the only forum that I don't have Indie as my avatar.
Title: Re:The 90's; gotta love it!
Post by: MasterKeyX on February 08, 2007, 04:02:17 PM
Indianin Jones did rock, this is true. I really like them all. ;)
Title: Re:The 90's; gotta love it!
Post by: johnny139 on February 08, 2007, 04:11:49 PM
A new one is coming out in 2008, I believe. I can't wait!
Title: Re:The 90's; gotta love it!
Post by: DW on February 08, 2007, 04:15:51 PM
wow really? It's been a while.
Title: Re:The 90's; gotta love it!
Post by: MasterKeyX on February 08, 2007, 04:21:24 PM
Yeah how old is Indie now?
Title: Re:The 90's; gotta love it!
Post by: Gamefreak on February 08, 2007, 04:45:34 PM
Assuming Harrison Ford is still playing?  Probably around 50 or 60.  Although, isn't Indiana immortal since he drank from the Holy Grail?
Title: Re:The 90's; gotta love it!
Post by: johnny139 on February 08, 2007, 04:46:59 PM
Quote from: Gamefreak on February 08, 2007, 04:45:34 PM
Assuming Harrison Ford is still playing?  Probably around 50 or 60.  Although, isn't Indiana immortal since he drank from the Holy Grail?

Yep, Harry's back.

And no, Indiana ages. Actually, in the Young Indiana Jones chronicles it shows him in the future, when he's like, 80.
Title: Re:The 90's; gotta love it!
Post by: bgrugby on February 08, 2007, 04:59:48 PM
Quote from: Gamefreak on February 08, 2007, 04:45:34 PM
Assuming Harrison Ford is still playing?  Probably around 50 or 60.  Although, isn't Indiana immortal since he drank from the Holy Grail?

No one of the stipulations to having immortality, you had to stay in the cave with the grail and not cross the seal, which Indy did and caused the cave to crumble and lose the Holy Grail.

Oh and the 80s only got 2 out of the 3 original Star Wars, the first came out in 1977.
Title: Re:The 90's; gotta love it!
Post by: collaboration on February 08, 2007, 05:25:31 PM
Transformers! Hahaha, god I loved that show. I wish I could make The Noise.

Ooo, I hadn't heard about that new Indiana Jones movie! Thanks for mentioning that.
Title: Re:The 90's; gotta love it!
Post by: Gamefreak on February 08, 2007, 06:08:30 PM
I guess I was a little vague on the Star Wars part.  But I know when they came out.
Title: Re:The 90's; gotta love it!
Post by: DarkZelda on February 09, 2007, 07:54:28 PM
Quote from: JQ Pickwick on February 06, 2007, 04:21:07 PM
Blah, at least they weren't so bloody ugly as they are now. Probably the only pokemon that were functional in the third generation were Medichan and that psychic/steel combo that I can't remember the name of. Those were also my two faves of that generation. Sadly, not so much for the rest of the crap out there...

As for G/S/C, they extended a fair bit what originally came for RBY. The game was FUN, and had quite a bit of variety in terms of tactics of pokemon battles, what with held items and the increase of the number of moves. Espeon and Umbreon were REALLY original in their own time, as was HOUNDOOM! I really liked houndoom...

Now someone here, make a list of your opinion of the crappiest pokemon of all the generations, hmm?
Crappiest:
R/B/Y
~Bellsprout (and evolvtions)

G/S/C
~The mantaray one
~Corsilla
~kingdra

R/E/S
~most. not listing.

as for thje tarous ranch in the anime, there was.
Title: Re:The 90's; gotta love it!
Post by: darkphantomime on February 10, 2007, 06:54:29 AM
Except we americans never got to see the Safari zone episode, because it was banned for questionable content. Turns out the warden was rather... 'trigger-happy'... And everyone knows 4kid's policy on crazy people with guns... morons catering to soccer moms...

But at least Shaman King was SOMEWHAT good. Though it seems that some thought it was crap. Not this one though, heheh.
Title: Re:The 90's; gotta love it!
Post by: MasterKeyX on February 10, 2007, 08:41:43 AM
Did anyone ever play Pokemon Stadium for the N64? I played it yesterday, that game is madddd fun!
Title: Re:The 90's; gotta love it!
Post by: DarkZelda on February 15, 2007, 07:17:25 PM
I never had Pokemon Stadium. I did have Pokemon Snap though, and it was pretty sweet.
Title: Re:The 90's; gotta love it!
Post by: Gamefreak on February 16, 2007, 03:43:29 AM
4Kids are anime killers.
Title: Re:The 90's; gotta love it!
Post by: DW on February 16, 2007, 04:11:19 PM
I had both Pokemon Stadiums, they were really fun. That wouldn't be bad for the virtual console...

They canceled the Safari episode? I saw it quite a few times when I was a kid.
Title: Re:The 90's; gotta love it!
Post by: darkphantomime on February 16, 2007, 04:16:43 PM
Did you also happen to see a guy point a gun at Ash? If you didn't, then the episode your thinking of (where ash catches a bunch of Tauros), is not the episode that you actually saw.
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Post by: DW on February 16, 2007, 04:18:34 PM
yes I did.
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Post by: darkphantomime on February 16, 2007, 04:27:44 PM
For the life of me, I cannot fathom how that is possible. 4kids was supposed to BAN that episode because of the trigger-happy safari zone warden.

Same reason why One Piece is so heavily editted.
Title: Re:The 90's; gotta love it!
Post by: DW on February 16, 2007, 04:32:30 PM
I think maybe I saw it somewhere else...d
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Post by: Commodore Axilon on February 16, 2007, 04:38:00 PM
I remember in a later episode they actually showed all the Tauros Ash caught, at Oak's place. Some continuity editor they had, eh?
Title: Re:The 90's; gotta love it!
Post by: darkphantomime on February 16, 2007, 05:42:48 PM
You should know by now: COntinuity in cartoons is nothing more than a myth. Same thing goes for a number of video game series, and sometimes, even Star Trek. Ash is still ten years old, even though all those adventures must have taken SEVERAL years...  blah.
Title: Re:The 90's; gotta love it!
Post by: Gamefreak on February 16, 2007, 06:11:56 PM
Well, as far as that goes, then yes there's no continuity.  But certain events in the story have continuity.  Since we never saw Ash catch his Tauros (All of them), their appearance in the anime is odd.
Title: Re:The 90's; gotta love it!
Post by: DW on February 16, 2007, 07:01:53 PM
I can't believe he's only ten. I mean, to leave home and wander across the earth fighting pokemon at age ten?
Title: Re:The 90's; gotta love it!
Post by: Baka Nezumi on February 16, 2007, 07:31:13 PM
Quote from: Shikamaru Nara on February 16, 2007, 07:01:53 PM
I can't believe he's only ten. I mean, to leave home and wander across the earth fighting pokemon at age ten?
Ha! More like the fact that his mom's O.K. with that.
Title: Re:The 90's; gotta love it!
Post by: DW on February 16, 2007, 07:49:38 PM
she wasn't as far as I could tell, she was constantly nagging him
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Post by: Baka Nezumi on February 16, 2007, 07:50:40 PM
Oh. I was young O.K.!!!!!! I can be wrong sometimes too.
Title: Re:The 90's; gotta love it!
Post by: MasterKeyX on February 17, 2007, 03:29:30 PM
I also remember the 90s being the time when the great game, AlttP was released, only 5 days after my birthday. :)
Title: Re:The 90's; gotta love it!
Post by: darkphantomime on February 17, 2007, 04:04:09 PM
Don't you mean like the day you were BORN?
Title: Re:The 90's; gotta love it!
Post by: MasterKeyX on February 17, 2007, 04:15:10 PM
NO, i was born on April 8th. AlttP came out on April 13th.
Title: Re:The 90's; gotta love it!
Post by: DW on February 17, 2007, 04:16:21 PM
I think he was referring to the difference in your age, saying the game is just as old as you pretty much.
Title: Re:The 90's; gotta love it!
Post by: darkphantomime on February 17, 2007, 04:20:31 PM
Lttp was released on a monday so that would mean... YOU WERE BORN ON A .... wednesday.
Title: Re:The 90's; gotta love it!
Post by: MasterKeyX on February 17, 2007, 04:21:12 PM
I was...? Cool, I was born on a wednesday! ;)