You weren't a child of the 90s if you didn't own one of these. Appealing to boys and girls in a like manner, the release of the Tamagotchi created a surge in popularity for digital toys during the mid 90s.
Fashioned in the shape of an egg, users start off with a blob having hatched after activation. Once the owner has decided a name for the newborn, they are then given an ongoing task of having to nurture the Tamagotchi. This includes providing it with sustenance, playing games, ensuring its well being, cleaning its doo doo, punishment for wrong doings, praise for right doings and making sure the Tamagotchi maintains a healthy weight. Neglect or failure to meet the basic necessities resulted in sure death and had the child running to his mother crying like a baby.
So all in all a great little gadget, which annoyed many a teacher. I myself actually won a Tamagotchi through a promotion where founders of a golden egg in muesli bar packets were able to claim a free Tamagotchi. Now let's see those little truckers!
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Not sure if I had one of these, but I definitely had a digimon in primary school.
ReplyDeleteI remember those pieces of garbage! Never had one, fortunately. Awesome idea for a blog btw; following and looking forward to more posts! :)
ReplyDeleteI had these and also annoyed many teachers, most of them confiscated mine )':
ReplyDeleteSiiigh... I miss my awesome dinosaur...
I never had one live past a week or so, I was a bad parent.
ReplyDeleteI remember my tamagotchi being confiscated by my teacher. Ah, wonderful memories.
ReplyDeleteLoL my son had one of these and I had grounded him for something and ended up having to take care of it for him for a week. Following
ReplyDeleteOh, How I miss the 90's!
ReplyDeletemajor nostalgia there, i used to have 1 of these and would carry it around to school as noone would take care of it for me.
ReplyDeleteI remember being jealous of the kids who had these.
ReplyDeleteThese things were virtual time bombs for little girls. Eventually the thing dies and the girl breaks down and sobs for a day. Hits reset and did it all again.
ReplyDeleteI remember my brother and sister being obsessed with these.
ReplyDeletei have never had one :D
ReplyDeleteI got detention on more than one occasion for these.
ReplyDeleteOhhh, I still have mine. These things always died on me though, so I gave up on them. I have the Pikachu one though, that was cool caus it never died.
ReplyDeleteI used to love those damn things
ReplyDeletehaha! i remember having one or two of these while being a kid, oh damn i miss those days :( tnx for reminding me of this :)
ReplyDeletei raised money for months to get one of these
ReplyDeletecrazy nostalgica
:D nostalgia. thanks :) i miss those days too :/ they were so much simpler.
ReplyDeleteand I come to the last thing in the archive that I remember. I didn't do much with it, though; I don't think I ever had one. I just knew people who did
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