1 (4)Rating 99

SA11-2

Card collecting - Whether Poke'mon, yu-gi-oh or sporting cards, I would say most of us have all experienced this one way or another, including the highs and lows of the trading card game. Poke'mon cards got so big and overpowering that my primary school had them banned.

2 (5)Rating 91

NY9-4

Virtual pets - For me the biggest one was Digimon. They were so epic, not only do go you get to raise this little monster, you also got to battle other ones. This is another one that took over the playground which lead to another banning. I even know of some people that taught their parents how to feed them during the day because we werent allowed them at school. This is were I was taught about life and death. Tamgotchi might have been bigger for others, although i never got into them.

LAL9-4

Nintendo 64 Sessions: Hours were spent mastering Super Mario 64, GoldenEye 007, Zelda, Pokemon stadium and one of the all timers in Super Smash Bros. I remember so clearly how good we thought the graphics were on GoldenEye. Do your self a favour and google it. Shows us how far we have come.

4 (16)Rating 83

Mem10-2

Blockbuster or video store visits. Was always epic when you made the trip down tot he local video store to rent whatever was the new release or just to get some classics. I vividly remember we always seemed to end up renting the WWE royal rumble, where Stone Cold and Vince McMahon end up fighting each other in the hospital. I am sure my parents were always thrilled when we ended up with that one again.

5 (7)Rating 77

Ind9-3

Street games - I would imagine this has always occurred, but a fond memory is rounding up the other local kids in the street and playing whatever sport or game, being kick to kick, cricket, 40/40/hide and seek or whatever weird game we came up with.

6 (2)Rating 77

Mil9-3

Water fights - Classic summer game during the 40 degree days/100+ Fahrenheit. you would spend what seemed like hours filling up the water balloons and super soakers only to get through all your stock in minutes. I believe we made a slingshot/catapult type thing to launch to water balloons during one of the battles. Always seemed to end in tears though when someone would cop a balloon to the face.

7 (15)Rating 76

Atl9-5

Gameboy - Anything video game related rocked. One of the best Christmas presents I ever got was my black and white Gameboy pocket with Pokemon red. I wouldn't want to know the amount of hours that went into that.

8 (9)Rating 73

Was8-4

Illegally downloading music - The one I used was limewire. You would sift through all the garbage and viruses to download your favourite songs and make a 12 song mixtape on CD.

9 (12)Rating 72

Bos9-2

Where's Wally - Classic children's book, although there are very little words. Was always a good time when you had to do reading in school, and you would race there to snag the Where's Wally book so you could just look at that instead of actually reading something.

10 (13)Rating 69

Cha8-4

Disposal Cameras - Nothing screams amateur photography like a disposal camera. I remember taking some to school camps and safe to say the quality of the photos was sub-par.

11 (1)Rating 69

Hou9-4

Fort Building - I dont have any kids, but i hope this tradition is still alive. But was always fun to move the furniture around and get out the spare bed sheets to create a makeshift fort or castle.

12 (10)Rating 65

Utah8-5

Beanie Babies - This wasn't one that i ever got in to, but i know many others did. Just another thing for kids to collect and parents to waste, i mean spend their money on.

13 (17)Rating 59

LAC7-6

Walkman - CD's changed the music game, Then Walkmans changed it even further, being able to listen to your favourite tunes any times or any place. You better make sure that the walkman is held steady or your CD will be skipping all over the place.

14 (24)Rating 59

Orl8-6

GI Joes - The classic boys action figure. This is the evolution of the classic army man, which still had its place in the toy box, but GI Joes were next level, getting interchangeable weapons and accessories. Action Men followed on from this, which were bigger and I guess more realistic. Where Action Men just in Australia?

15 (8)Rating 55

Por7-5

Beyblades - One of the more aggressive types of toys or collectables, as you would rip your spinning battle disk into the other persons, hoping they would collide and cause chaos. fun though

16 (22)Rating 48

Det6-6

Tazo's - For me these were more about collecting rather than the actual game, where if my memory is correct you have the 'slammer' being a solid plastic disk and you needed to 'slam; it into the other Tazo's trying to flip ones around...

17 (20)Rating 47

Chi6-6

Marbles - These obviously go back further than the 90's, but that speaks to the timelessness of Marbles. There was the game of trying to knock others out using the big tom bowler, but I preferred making marble tracks in the dirt and having races.

18 (6)Rating 45

GS6-7

90's cartoons. There are some epic ones that still hold up to this day. The top for me would be Pokemon and Dragon Ball z. But there is a long list of others.

19 (11)Rating 43

Sac6-7

Cheese TV. For the Australians only but this was the pinnacle of morning TV. From Memory it went Pokemon at 7.30am into Dragon Ball Z at 8. I remember i would choose to walk to school instead of getting a lift, so i could watch Dragon Ball.

20 (19)Rating 42

OKC5-7

TV Sitcoms - The one that comes to mind initially is Full House. I remember it would be on as soon as my brothers and all got home from primary school. Others are, home improvement, fresh prince of bel air, Buffy, Sabrina the teenage which, and for the Aussies, Home and Away, neighbours, Blue Heelers and Around the twis.

Bkn6-8

90's bands - Whether you were more into your and was listening to Backstreet Boys, Nsync or Spice Girls. Or maybe you were into your bands more, liking Nirvana, Red Hot Chilli Peppers or The Offspring, there was always plenty to listen to.

22 (25)Rating 34

Pho5-8

90's Movies - Lots of classic movies, Jumanji, Home Alone, The Sandlot, 10 Things I hate about you, Hook, Parent Trap, Babe, Toy Story, Forest Gump, Mrs Doubtfire, The Iron Giant just to name a few.

23 (18)Rating 32

Mia5-7

Tips in your hair - The classic look of blonde tips through your hair. I am not ashamed to admit that I have definitely had this. I am sure at the time i thought i looked pretty cool.

24 (27)Rating 28

Dal4-9

Furby's - They came and went fairly quickly, but definitely made some noise when they were here. A sort of interactive toy that made noises or spoke to you. I never had one but perhaps someone here has.

25 (14)Rating 26

Cle4-9

Tech Decks - They were always fun to have in your pencil case to much around with in class. Coincided with the rise of Tony Hawks Pro Skater which was an epic video game.

26 (23)Rating 18

Phi4-9

Polly Pocket or Mighty Max - Does anyone remember these? They were a little handheld worlds or princess castles. They didnt really do anything but were kinda cool.

27 (28)Rating -1

Min2-11

Roller blading - One of the sketchier outdoor activities, or at least when you were first learning as you would end up on your ass, scraping your knees, elbows or smashing your wrists on the concrete trying to stop your fall. That is of course if you didn't have the full protection kit (knee pads, wrist guards etc.)

28 (26)Rating -5

Den2-12

Fashion trends - Slap bracelets, Wallet chains, choker chains and some suspect clothing choices, a lot of which may have come back into fashion.

NO0-14

The Macarena - Not sure if it is the original song/dance that everyone on the planet knew, but it was definitely one of the biggest. No idea what the lyrics are even though i can sing and dance along.

Tor0-12

Homemade cassette mixtapes - I guess it was fun at the time, but also kind of annoying, having to record songs off the radio and then pause the cassette when the song stopped. I caught the tail end of cassettes as mentioned above they were proceeded by the classic walkman.