Krulsprietje@lemm.ee to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 1 year agoWhat’s one word to prove you lived trough the 90’s?message-squaremessage-square444fedilinkarrow-up1238arrow-down113
arrow-up1225arrow-down1message-squareWhat’s one word to prove you lived trough the 90’s?Krulsprietje@lemm.ee to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 1 year agomessage-square444fedilink
minus-square🇰 🌀 🇱 🇦 🇳 🇦 🇰 ℹ️@yiffit.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-21 year agoIt was first used in '86 with Gradius, but wasn’t popularized until the 90’s. Most notably with Contra on the NES, which released only a year after Gradius.
minus-squaresamus12345@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·edit-21 year agoIt was well-known to me in the 80s, at least. The fact that both those games are NES games makes it firmly 80s, in my mind.
minus-square🇰 🌀 🇱 🇦 🇳 🇦 🇰 ℹ️@yiffit.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-21 year agoAlso, to be fair here, even if you recognize stuff from the 80’s, and you’re still around now, then you definitely lived through the 90’s. lol
It was first used in '86 with Gradius, but wasn’t popularized until the 90’s. Most notably with Contra on the NES, which released only a year after Gradius.
It was well-known to me in the 80s, at least. The fact that both those games are NES games makes it firmly 80s, in my mind.
Also, to be fair here, even if you recognize stuff from the 80’s, and you’re still around now, then you definitely lived through the 90’s. lol