Remember Geocities? For many, that was there first introduction to the internet but it’s been gone for a long time now. If you’re feeling nostalgic, The Geocities Gallery is compiling all those dead sites and making them functional again.
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Cassette tapes are not exactly in use for the vast majority of people anymore but they sure are nostalgic. I mean, we still make MIX TAPES despite them . . . no longer being on tape. In any case, the iconic medium is in trouble due to a world wide shortage of gamma ferric oxide needed to make them.
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The Matrix just turned 20 so it seems only fitting that the phone from the movie makes a come back. The Nokia 8110 is the coolest classic phone you’ve seen and now it comes in vibrant yellow. But for that really cool savior of the real world feel, you’ll want the black.
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Did you have an Etch-A-Sketch as a child? Fun little art toy, iconic device really. Chances are you probably never got really good at, the only people who did are masters with it but for the rest of us, it was lines with various curves. Now you can relive that experience with the Web-A-Skeb, the digital copy of the classic toy.
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Gaming is a lot of fun. And also very expensive. The great thing about games though is that fun games don’t become less fun with time but they do get a whole lot cheaper. Case in point, the Retro FC Handheld Game Console, the Gameboy-esque device that holds all your favorite classics.
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Back in the 80s, people spent hundreds of dollars on computer and game systems all so we could play that 8-bit goodness in the comfort of our own homes. Today you can get that same look and feel for 10 Euros with the BASIC Engine, the DIY game system.
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In love with the 90s? Why not take your watch back in time with the Baby-G, Casio’s classic very 90s watch. They’ve brought it back in two popular colors, so that you can relive your glory days of Napster, butterfly clips, and waiting full minutes to look at web pages.
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If you listen to music now, chances are you do so through some sort of streaming service which makes sense. We can personalize and pick who we want to listen to easily. Our options were may more limited back in the early days of the internet. If you were a pirating teen in the 90s, then you listened to your tunes on Winamp. Now you can again with the browser version.
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Moleskine notebooks are known for their quality and trustworthy products. Notebooks are generally pretty low tech but the company has made some strides in combining the digital and physical worlds. This isn’t about that though, this is about their geek cred. Moleskine has rolled out a line of books featuring classic Super Mario covers and I need them all.
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If you’re a 90s kid then you probably remember playing Oregon Tail in school. Likely that’s your first solid memory of using a computer. It’s certainly earned a place in pop culture history and if you want to replay the game, good news you don’t have to remember how DOS worked. Just get the Oregon Trail Handheld Game.
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Sure you can load any game you want on your smartphone but what if you need to be more discreet about your video game time? What if you need something smaller? So small that you can shove it in your pocket and no one would be the wiser. Then you need the PocketSprite, the system so small it fits on your keychain.
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Do you remember what the world looked like in 1999? Do you remember Amazon back when it only sold books and movies? Check out this old clip from 60 Minutes about the iconic sales company from the end of the 90s.
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Smart homes aren’t a recent innovation. We’ve actually been fiddling with the concept since the 70s when the first home computers started to hit the market in a big way. Sure, games were awesome and all but people wanted something that could REALLY be useful. This video from Lazy Game Reviews takes a look at smart homes of the past.
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The SNES Classic Mini is pure nostalgia and we love it! Although it sounds weird: connecting an old school entertainment system via HDMI to a projector, it’s still a lot of fun!
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Back in the 90s, the world was a different place. We thought virtual pets were going to be future. Why? I don’t know, it was a weird time. One of the most famous virtual pets was the Tamagotchi. If you never got over the loss of yours, good news, they’re coming back.
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