New: 90s KID: Be Kind, Rewind (3:29). A rented-VHS trip through Friday nights at the video store, four-player N64, dial-up, Windows 95 and 98, the Weather Channel at 3:47 AM, my family’s car lot on Highway 50, and the year nothing broke. The pixel art, music, and sound effects were all made for this. Press play, then read the posts below. Want to send it to someone? Here is the post for sharing.
90s Kid - Adjusting the Tracking
Two buttons negotiated peace between the VCR heads and a movie recorded by somebody else’s machine.
90s Kid - The Sega Channel
Games came through the cable line, lived in an adapter, and vanished when the power did.
90s Kid - The Game Genie
A cartridge sat on another cartridge and rewrote reality one suspicious code at a time.
90s Kid - The Rumble Pak
The controller grew a battery-powered backpack so the game could physically disagree with you.
90s Kid - The Link Cable
Two handhelds, one cable, and the first local network anyone trusted with a pocket monster.
90s Kid - The Shareware Nag Screen
The game was free, except for the guilt letter that appeared every time it started.
90s Kid - The CD Burner Coaster
One buffer underrun turned a precious blank disc into a shiny drink accessory.
90s Kid - Calibrating the Joystick
Before flying the mission, you had to prove the joystick understood where the middle was.
90s Kid - Cleaning the Mouse Ball
The mouse stopped moving because it had quietly collected the entire desk inside itself.
90s Kid - The IRQ Conflict
The sound card and modem wanted the same number, so neither would speak to the family.
