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[–] Psythik@lemmy.world 44 points 1 week ago (6 children)

Millennial, here (1988) and this is just my early-to-mid teen years, which I consider part of my childhood.

Showed the meme to my GF who born in 1995 and she couldn't even relate to half of this starter pack. Her era was Wii and DS, not GBA and PS2. Her first phone was an iPhone.

[–] Lennny@lemmy.world 26 points 1 week ago (1 children)

This looks like born in 95 with an older brother starter pack...

[–] Psythik@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

True, haha. I'm the oldest and my youngest sibling was also born in 1995. She had all the things that 90s kids had, thanks to hand-me-downs. Cassette Walkmans, N64, Windows 95, flip phones with black and white screens + no camera, etc.

[–] PugJesus@lemmy.world 13 points 1 week ago (2 children)

She got started late smh we were all playing GBA on the bus back in the day.

[–] Anivia@feddit.org 2 points 6 days ago

Meanwhile I'm from 97 and started with a Gameboy color and Pokémon Red (although admittedly that was around the time Pokémon Ruby for the GBA got released, I just played on hand me downs from a cousin)

[–] Psythik@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

That's a fair assessment. She is the youngest and her asshole siblings would never let her use their game consoles. She didn't get her own until age 10.

But to be even more fair, I didn't get my first console (N64) until I was 9. Some kids were lucky enough to have parents willing to buy them expensive electronics at a younger age. Neither of us were that lucky/spoiled. But my neighbor who was one year younger than me had a SNES and a PC. I didn't get my own PC until 2004. Until then everyone except my dad had to share the living room computer, and it had the shittiest GPU in the world—GeForce4 MX 4000—which was basically a scam card. But it was good enough to run Driver and Spider-Man (the one based on the first Tobey film), so it was good enough for me. Half-Life 2 was out of the question, though.

[–] goatbeard@lemm.ee 10 points 1 week ago

I am about your GF's age and agree with the other commenters --the meme is spot on. I was just having an Emerald nostalgia trip before I saw this meme. I played Emerald on a DS lite; the generations weren't that far apart. PS2 was my first console.

[–] GoosLife@lemmy.world 7 points 1 week ago

I was born in 96. My first console generation was PSX and GBC, followed by GBA and PS2. I think your gf just wasn't in to gaming when she was little.

[–] Harvey656@lemmy.world 5 points 1 week ago

Weird, I'm only two years older than here and this image fits me perfectly. I had every version of gameboy, a GameCube, n64, I played the SHIT out of oblivion, and my back hurts.

[–] SaharaMaleikuhm@feddit.org 1 points 1 week ago

94 I started with my cousin's old SNES and a GBC. Good times. The Donkey Kong Country Trilogy still has some of thr best soundtracks ever.