Old Tech
This device played music on shiny discs before streaming existed.
What is a CD player?
Before YouTube, people watched their favorite shows on this network with Saturday morning cartoons.
What is cable TV?
This classic Nintendo console introduced Mario and Duck Hunt in the 1980s.
What is the NES?
Kids collected and traded these colorful rubber wrist accessories
What are Silly Bandz?
I have buttons, a long antenna, and a green screen. You can play Snake on me.
What is a Nokia phone?
Before smartphones, people used these flip-open devices to call and text.
What is a flip phone?
Before texting, people passed these folded papers to communicate in class.
What are notes?
Before the PS5, this was Sony’s first-ever PlayStation console.
What is the PlayStation 1?
This portable digital music player was the go-to before Spotify.
What is an iPod?
I look like a cassette tape but hold a whole movie instead of just songs.
What is a VHS tape?
This thick, boxy video format was used before DVDs.
What is a VHS tape?
This giant collection of books was used before Google for research.
What is an encyclopedia?
This handheld console let kids play Pokémon and Tetris on a small screen.
What is a Game Boy?
Before TikTok, kids used this app to make short videos with songs and effects.
What is Vine?
I plug into a TV and let you play old-school video games with cartridges.
What is a Super Nintendo?
This device stored computer files and had to be inserted into a drive, but only held 1.44 MB.
What is a floppy disk?
People used this service to rent physical movies before Netflix.
What is Blockbuster?
This blue, fast-running video game character was Sega’s mascot.
Who is Sonic the Hedgehog?
These virtual pets needed constant care or they would "die."
What is a Tamagotchi?
I store music on a small, flat, and round surface. I’m not a CD, but I was big in the '80s.
What is a cassette tape?
Before digital cameras, people used these instant photo cameras that printed pictures on the spot.
What is a Polaroid camera?
Instead of Google Maps, people used this paper-based navigation tool.
What is a road map?
This early 2000s console was the first to have built-in online multiplayer for games like Halo.
What is the Xbox?
This early 2000s hairstyle featured spiky gelled tips, popular among boys.
What is frosted tips?
I’m a rectangular plastic piece that holds game data and had to be blown into when I didn’t work.
What is a game cartridge?