Nickelodeon Buried the 90s in a Time Capsule

[White-Death]

The 90's sucked ass in pretty much every way a decade could suck. A decade without an identity, and without anything outstanding to identify it.

The god damn Soviet Union collapsed, and not because they were invaded by someone else.

In 1989.

You're so desperate for any form of identity, you're willing to co-opt an event that happened in a different decade. Next the 90's will try to claim 9/11.

The union started to collaspe in 1989. It officially ended in the 90s. The Cold war officially ended in 1991. 1989 was the year the Berlin wall fell.

Yes, and technically World War II didn't end until 1990. But the moment the wall fell, the Cold War was over and done with, and the Soviets knew they were defeated. Basically, the 80's got the joyous celebration of the fall of the USSR, and the 90's got the slow, drawn out tedium of it. Have fun with that.

''Joyeus'' celebration of the fall of the Soviet Union? Please.So joyeus is losing your job, losing your house(in some cases) just barely scraping by on life,and having no money?

The USSR didn't need to fall, it needed a slow and steady change of government, keeping the same government controlled economy which, although not very money effective, was very stable.
For a lot of people living in the east of europe including my family, the 90s sucked absoloute balls, unless you love living like a medieval hermit or something.

 

[Grant Stackhouse]

I was born in '85, so I was at prime Nick-age by 1992. I remember watching this time capsule get buried.

I'm not going to re-list everything that I loved about the nineties. The rest of you have named most of the things that I liked already. I will express my disagreement, however, with those who think that items and events from the end of the eighties shouldn't be included in a nineties time capsule. Remember that many of these items were chosen by kids - not by historians. If a kid in 1992 grew up with a gameboy in his knapsack (and many of us did), then to that kid, the gameboy was a critical part of the nineties experience.

Hell, if vintage laserdisc collecting suddenly became a widespread hobby and obsession for the rest of the 2012-2020 decade, I would expect them to be mentioned fondly 30 years later in some retrospective show or forum about our decade, even though they were tech from the '70's that pretty much went extinct by the year 2000.

 

[CrazyGirl17]

I have mixed feelings about the 90's. I mean, it had some great cartoons... and some sucky comic books. Granted, I didn't actually get into them until the late 90's/early 2000's, but looking back, I'm amazed at how prolific they were.

I feel old now...

 

[90sgamer]

My username has never been more relevant. I am going to cry...

 

[GonzoGamer]

Was a copy of the drumming instruction book Time Capsule placed in there too? I'd hate to think the future kids will believe that Hammer Don't Hurt'em is the peak of our music understanding.

 

[William Dickbringer]

I absolutely cringe when people say the 90s sucked. If people really believe that, I think they missed out.

I remember, as far as gaming goes, the 90s gave us (just a brief list):

Final Fantasy 2 (Final Fantasy 4, Japanese)
Final Fantasy 3 (Final Fantasy 6, Japanese)
Final Fantasy 7
Chrono Trigger
Killer Instinct
Secret of Mana
Secret of Evermore
Wild ARMs
Super Mario World
Super Mario Kart
Grandia
Legend of Mana (only if you count its Japan release date of July 15, 1999. It didn't make it to the US until June 7, 2000.)
Final Fantasy Tactics
Breath of Fire 1, 2 and 3

As far as shows went, all I'm going to mention is a few intros.

Spoiler: Enjoy the memories

Captcha: Find Your Happy. See? Even Captcha knows!

what about the N64 and PS1? can't ignore those now
O.T. wow some of those stuff I remember but other stuff not so much then again I grew up more in the 2000's so can't really say I remember the 90's completely just some stuff

 

[Realitycrash]

I gotta ask then. What was the point of this article?

That we all have some nostalgic value, and this nostalgia was about the 90's.

 

[TheLastSamurai14]

This makes me wonder...

Who's gonna be the first poor sap who opens the box of Twinkies and tries one?

 

[Orange Lazarus]

I just think the point of a time capsule is to bury it and forget about it until the date it's supposed to be unearthed. The stuff they pull out of it will have a bit more wow factor then. I'm pretty sure for most people on the site, the 90's are still pretty fresh in our minds, and none of this stuff is inducing real nostalgia. I still own the systems and some of the games you guys are talking about, the now president of Russia used to be in the KGB, and I think we all can't wait to forget about MC Hammer.

 

[newwiseman]

First I have to say that the movie Hackers is the greatest computer based comedy I've ever seen, so thank you for using that picture.

Second, Stop making me feel old, I'm only 26; I get that enough from the 600 middle school students I see everyday for 9 months of the year.

 

[CrazyCapnMorgan]

I absolutely cringe when people say the 90s sucked. If people really believe that, I think they missed out.

I remember, as far as gaming goes, the 90s gave us (just a brief list):

Final Fantasy 2 (Final Fantasy 4, Japanese)
Final Fantasy 3 (Final Fantasy 6, Japanese)
Final Fantasy 7
Chrono Trigger
Killer Instinct
Secret of Mana
Secret of Evermore
Wild ARMs
Super Mario World
Super Mario Kart
Grandia
Legend of Mana (only if you count its Japan release date of July 15, 1999. It didn't make it to the US until June 7, 2000.)
Final Fantasy Tactics
Breath of Fire 1, 2 and 3

As far as shows went, all I'm going to mention is a few intros.

Spoiler: Enjoy the memories

Captcha: Find Your Happy. See? Even Captcha knows!

what about the N64 and PS1? can't ignore those now

Grandia, Final Fantasy Tactics, Legend of Mana and Breath of Fire 3 were originally made for the PS1. I didn't include N64 games because I did not own that particular console.

However, if you wish, you can add The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time, Goldeneye 007 and Super Mario 64 to the above list.

 

[newwiseman]

I absolutely cringe when people say the 90s sucked. If people really believe that, I think they missed out.

I remember, as far as gaming goes, the 90s gave us (just a brief list):

Final Fantasy 2 (Final Fantasy 4, Japanese)
Final Fantasy 3 (Final Fantasy 6, Japanese)
Final Fantasy 7
Chrono Trigger
Killer Instinct
Secret of Mana
Secret of Evermore
Wild ARMs
Super Mario World
Super Mario Kart
Grandia
Legend of Mana (only if you count its Japan release date of July 15, 1999. It didn't make it to the US until June 7, 2000.)
Final Fantasy Tactics
Breath of Fire 1, 2 and 3

As far as shows went, all I'm going to mention is a few intros.

Spoiler: Enjoy the memories

Captcha: Find Your Happy. See? Even Captcha knows!

what about the N64 and PS1? can't ignore those now

Grandia, Final Fantasy Tactics, Legend of Mana and Breath of Fire 3 were originally made for the PS1. I didn't include N64 games because I did not own that particular console.

However, if you wish, you can add The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time, Goldeneye 007 and Super Mario 64 to the above list.

How dare you all leave out MegaMan. MegaMan 3 was 1990 and I still play that game

Captcha* laser beams
Epic captcha.

 

[iniudan]

The original Gameboy doesn't need a time capsule to survive, that thing can still work after a nuclear explosion.

 

[CrazyCapnMorgan]

I absolutely cringe when people say the 90s sucked. If people really believe that, I think they missed out.

I remember, as far as gaming goes, the 90s gave us (just a brief list):

Final Fantasy 2 (Final Fantasy 4, Japanese)
Final Fantasy 3 (Final Fantasy 6, Japanese)
Final Fantasy 7
Chrono Trigger
Killer Instinct
Secret of Mana
Secret of Evermore
Wild ARMs
Super Mario World
Super Mario Kart
Grandia
Legend of Mana (only if you count its Japan release date of July 15, 1999. It didn't make it to the US until June 7, 2000.)
Final Fantasy Tactics
Breath of Fire 1, 2 and 3

As far as shows went, all I'm going to mention is a few intros.

Spoiler: Enjoy the memories

Captcha: Find Your Happy. See? Even Captcha knows!

what about the N64 and PS1? can't ignore those now

Grandia, Final Fantasy Tactics, Legend of Mana and Breath of Fire 3 were originally made for the PS1. I didn't include N64 games because I did not own that particular console.

However, if you wish, you can add The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time, Goldeneye 007 and Super Mario 64 to the above list.

How dare you all leave out MegaMan. MegaMan 3 was 1990 and I still play that game

Captcha* laser beams
Epic captcha.

Fine. Also add Megaman Legends to the list! (I'd add the Anniversary Collection if I could but that was released in 2004)

 

[smudgey]

The 90's were awesome. Great music, great movies, great games, the only time we heard of terrorists was in Arnold Schwarzenegger movies, the economy was great and there was a crapload less reality tv. Good times!

 

[mattaui]

I certainly remember the 90s very fondly for all sorts of reasons. The idea that it didn't have an identity is pretty strange to me (since every decade does, arbitrary as a ten year chunk of time might be), and I think it had as much or more to offer than other decades did.

I'm sure one individual's experience during a decade can definitely color it, but even still you can take a step back and point out the highs and the lows. I do remember, at the time, how fashionable it was to remark on what a boring decade it was, but I hear very few people say such things now.

 

[Moonlight Butterfly]

Pfft 80's >90's

We had Thundercats and Ghostbusters for a start.

(Stop making me feel old Escapist :<)

Yeah, the 90s seem so far gone now. And to think, I'll be 52 when they dig that thing up =/

I'll be 59, I win. ;D

I'll be 60