Do You Remember These Totally Rad 90s Gadgets?

It has been announced Nokia will relaunch its 3310 model, arguably the most loved and resilient phone ever. Released in the 1990s, the legacy of many of its technological contemporaries remain popular today – while others have been entirely disregarded. Here are some of that decade’s best, and best forgotten, innovations. What’s your favorite?

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1

The TalkBoy

Popularized by the movie Home Alone 2, this glorified cassette player and recorder was on every child's Xmas list in 1992.

2

Siemens S10 Phone

Billed as the world's first phone with a color screen, the Siemens S10 displayed text in red, green, blue and white. Quite revolutionary for 1997.

3

Floppy Disks

Floppy disk innovation into hyperdrive in the 1990s, with different colors available for the first time, and storage capabilities leaping from one megabyte to 20. They were superseded in the early 00s by USBs, and few have ever looked back.

4

DVD Player

DVDs hit the market in 1995, quickly eclipsing VHS tapes due to their higher picture and sound quality. While streaming is increasingly hurting sales, they remain the dominant home media medium in 2017.

5

Tamagotchi

Tamagotchis were released by Bandai in 1997, and fast became one of the biggest toy fads in history. While children are rarely if ever seen playing with them these days, huge online fan communities still exist.

6

Stereo CD System

A stereo was a fundamental cornerstone of every adult's living room and every teenager's bedroom in the 90s - perfect for soundtracking your dinner party, or annoying your parents and/or neighbors.

7

Sega Dreamcast

Released with much fanfare in 1998, the Dreamcast was the world's first sixth generation games console. However, the device was soon eclipsed by the Playstation 2, and parent company Sega discontinued the device - and left the console market - in 2001.

8

Optical Mouse

Optical mouses were an immeasurable improvement on computer mouses of old, which used wheels, balls, and rollers for navigation. Now, all external computer mouses glide freely on lazers.

9

SNES

Released in 1991, the Super Nintendo Entertainment System revolutionized console gaming forevermore, launching several of today's best-loved games franchises - including Donkey Kong, Mario Kart and Street Fighter.

10

Sony Walkman

Walkmans exploded in popularity in the 90s, fuelled by drastically falling prices. They would rule the portable music roost until MP3 players ended their reign for good in the first years of the next decade.

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