Proof '90s kids playing video games are cooler than kids today

@plante @polygon This is me + family in Egypt in 1995, playing on a Polystation because dad "got us a Playstation". pic.twitter.com/ayxvTfJVMq

— Rami Ismail (@tha_rami) July 25, 2014

@plante @Polygon this is me at the 1990 Nintendo World Championship in Detroit. pic.twitter.com/GHF3xi6mbu

— Jon Lenaway (@lenawayj) July 25, 2014

@plante @Polygon this is my brother @clenaway with THE Mario at the same event. pic.twitter.com/pvXCIpcHmn

— Jon Lenaway (@lenawayj) July 25, 2014

@plante Apparently throwing the peace sign was a thing in the 90's. I've blocked out that memory, I guess. pic.twitter.com/IZVYsWOZS6

— Josh Holloway (@holloway) July 25, 2014

@plante @Polygon my late mom, propping me up to help me reach the controls circa the arcade days: pic.twitter.com/jWZwfxFVxD

— Aldrin Cornejo (@Acornayho) July 25, 2014

@plante the beginning. I think I had already memorized the Commodore 64 boot commands when this was taken. pic.twitter.com/XpbXACEwHb

— PizzaDestroyer (@AvantBlah) July 25, 2014

@plante @Polygon Me playing SimCity on a $3000 laptop in 1993, those things were expensive back then! pic.twitter.com/nUWDmC9YXc

— Yngvil Osdal Runde (@YngvilOR) July 25, 2014

@plante Playing TMNT while wearing a TMNT shirt. Cowabunga! pic.twitter.com/pSwhs6kL7d

— David Tremblay (@silentbum) July 25, 2014

@plante Football games were in my blood... pic.twitter.com/fHSisiEQ9N

— ian cummings (@iantcummings) July 25, 2014

@plante eat your heart out, N64 Kid. pic.twitter.com/jMhNQuBs1j

— Chase Koeneke (@chase_koeneke) July 25, 2014

@plante @Polygon Not sure if this counts but here's a dorky walkthrough I made when I was 10 for LoZ: Majora's Mask pic.twitter.com/r6QSLkSOcn

— Gabby D (@gabdar) July 25, 2014

@plante @Polygon Rocking the Commodore 64 with my twin. pic.twitter.com/ay8XI7uxrH

— Kelly Knox (@kelly_knox) July 25, 2014

@plante @polygon Found it. Me and my sister playing Math Rabbit. Mom made us pose. pic.twitter.com/dDKNYmXD2l

— Danny Silvers (@shadesofsilver) July 25, 2014

@plante @Polygon God damn I was cool. pic.twitter.com/hh2dpCRydh

— Dylan Solberg (@dylbob) July 25, 2014

Just found this awesome picture of me as a dorky little kid at a Pokemon card tournament. pic.twitter.com/OoQnteA5qy

— Britton Peele (@BrittonPeele) September 10, 2013

@plante @Polygon Then playing Nintendo games, now making them! :) pic.twitter.com/eX7hZ6GVDb

— Eric Kozlowsky (@vonkoz) July 25, 2014

@plante @Polygon Here I amnplaying with my Atari 2600, circa 1983/84, I was seven or eight years old. pic.twitter.com/M2V61k7QjE

— José M. Saucedo (@Azevrec) July 25, 2014

@plante @polygon I was in the zone! pic.twitter.com/UinBrVizKr

— Radio PlayStation (@itsRadioPS) July 25, 2014

@plante @Polygon toe jam & earl pic.twitter.com/4hLpQEcScS

— pedrograca (@pedrograca) July 25, 2014

@plante @Polygon Very old and very young pic.twitter.com/Jj5gtNTvHZ

— Redaktion AreaGames (@AreaGames) July 25, 2014

Against my better judgment, let's make this one public. SMB2 never had a chance. pic.twitter.com/4K6wbLb55y

— Jared Newman (@OneJaredNewman) July 25, 2014

@plante Big Brother Gaming™ at its finest. pic.twitter.com/V3BpfTlzmC

— Anthony Mazel (@Tonezorz) July 25, 2014

Cool clothes, bro. pic.twitter.com/hkjceMaJQV

— Patrick Klepek (@patrickklepek) July 25, 2014

@plante @Polygon The fact that my parents also blind-bought me Xenogears was a stroke of luck - pic.twitter.com/F7zqfA4wx4

— Jason Rice (@JasonRRice) July 25, 2014

@plante 1999 - 2 years old here. That's a Terminator 2 console from what information I could find on the internet. pic.twitter.com/ZdboRlvnWj

— Boyan Kolev (@Hitman_Dead_Man) July 25, 2014

@plante In 1983, there was one "Video Games Champion". THIS GUY. pic.twitter.com/SUB5AJsEqP

— Trevor Whatman (@Whamtan) July 25, 2014

@plante Rented TMNT from Blockbuster, ran out of bathtub to play it. Kind of suited for work. pic.twitter.com/S0ZdQz3um3

— James G (@JimmyJames_85) July 25, 2014

@plante my father, my sister and me playing some pac-man clone running on an IBM clone. pic.twitter.com/BoeLNbg1h1

— Andreas Grenasberg (@grenasberg) July 25, 2014

@plante @polygon getting a Sega Genesis, Christmas '92. Best Christmas ever! pic.twitter.com/AZSfs7Bva4

— James Daugherty (@JimmyD86) July 25, 2014

This @plante story on Polygon is making me dig up old photos. So many memories. pic.twitter.com/p1Siq1jMTj

— Mohammed Taher (@robokick) July 25, 2014

@plante My brother owning Tekken pic.twitter.com/mdJZyKpoHr

— radicoon (@radicoon) July 25, 2014

@plante My sister interrupted some serious Atari 2600 play in the early 80’s. http://t.co/b8lOuRZymf

— Epic Whimsy (@Magicmarker78) July 25, 2014

.@plante Puerto Rico, 1994. Beaches? Restaurants? Virtua Fighter? Virtua Fighter. pic.twitter.com/GvHA3GC391

— Kris Naudus (@lampbane) July 25, 2014

@plante @Polygon 1997 - IIRC StarFox 64 pic.twitter.com/NvlaG3jmAQ

— Jonathan (@harropj) July 25, 2014

@plante Saw a article on @Polygon ! This was 1988 I was 8 months old! I was born into gaming #Pioneer #Nintendo pic.twitter.com/OndAPt5P5u

— Aquatiq (@Aquatiq2688) July 25, 2014

@plante I was always making shit out of paper as a kid. pic.twitter.com/g5rEggYGC9

— Michael Burns (@nvsblgamer) July 25, 2014

@plante Did I ever tell you about the time I got the high score in Gun.Smoke? pic.twitter.com/0E7An94q3a

— Robert Goode (@Shipwreck) July 25, 2014

@plante Also trying to find the picture of me hugging my new N64 on Christmas… http://t.co/7wtLzENUBS

— Kristen Mukai (@k_mukai) July 25, 2014

.@plante @Polygon Me and my Dad playing Daytona USA back in 1998. pic.twitter.com/T2MLhX2z94

— ShoryuQuinn (@FawkesVII) July 25, 2014

@plante What about us 80s kids? Anyone gone so far back the photos are in b&w? Aged ~3 in 1981. Ski Run on a ZX81. pic.twitter.com/7jDMZ95bu8

— Lee Cash (@LeeCash) July 25, 2014

@plante @Polygon Here you are! Got a GameBoy that year too! Wish I could find these PJ's in my size now though... pic.twitter.com/XOokD62iRn

— Mike Kreckel (@MikeKreckel) July 25, 2014

@plante @polygon Cadilllacs and Dinosaurs, 1995 pic.twitter.com/3xD252kmgm

— Felipe Nanni (@FNanni) July 25, 2014

@plante This might of been from the late 80’s but I hope it still qualifies :D pic.twitter.com/k95rgroGyv

— Kert Gartner (@kertgartner) July 25, 2014

@plante @polygon I'm late, but found one. pic.twitter.com/6jcv1Kv09h

— Phil Tibitoski (@PTibz) July 25, 2014

@plante @Polygon Where it all began: pic.twitter.com/gPYsjhAIo3

— Daryl Baxter (@darylbaxter) July 25, 2014

@plante ~1985 in Dallas. I always wanted to do what my brothers were doing. Play games! Parents let me fake play pic.twitter.com/iKOAlEVzrx

— Teresa Tyndorf (@Tantalyzer) July 25, 2014

@plante @Polygon SNES http://t.co/k31Qu9xJav

— junior (@ohkeshivar) July 25, 2014

@Polytron @plante Getting down on some Super Mario Bros.. #nopantsclub pic.twitter.com/Jy4TZVuLVf

— Sean McMurray (@sharddrive) July 25, 2014

.@plante Regional Nintendo competition. I'm in the middle. Aced Ninja Gaiden, Guerilla took me out of the running. pic.twitter.com/EvooW7tWj1

— Rich Wilson (@meathelix) July 25, 2014

@plante My NES. "How you doin' sweet thang?" pic.twitter.com/iZtuSGlSK2

— Alex Calbreath (@IckyMurmur) July 25, 2014

@plante @Polygon This is me playing (or at least thinking that i'm playing) Super Mario w/ my dad at a Phantom System pic.twitter.com/daq3gFufVJ

— Gustavo Miranda (@_walrus) July 25, 2014

@plante Me playing Jumping Flash in my room with my brother (not shown for some reason.) pic.twitter.com/3Hu69IYB1A

— Thomas Severs (@Thomas_Severs) July 25, 2014

@plante @Polygon my 13th bday party. Gathered around the SEGA. Who needs a 60" screen? pic.twitter.com/nYOrsIRsTP

— David Potsiadlo (@davidpots) July 25, 2014

@plante @Polygon 1993, we'd just moved into our new house. Priorities = Aladdin on Genesis. pic.twitter.com/TFNUFh7I1z

— David Potsiadlo (@davidpots) July 25, 2014

@plante @Polygon 8 year old me. I think I was eating Mcdonalds with one hand, and playing Lego Racers with the other. pic.twitter.com/CjC55jDfmu

— Frank Mar (@DeScruff) July 25, 2014

Me and my buddy @brentfranson playing one of my early games, "Guts 3" back in the 90's @Polygon @plante #gamedev pic.twitter.com/E2IflIptIj

— Mechanical Butterfly (@MBSGames) July 25, 2014

@plante Here's another one with my brothers at the arcade: pic.twitter.com/RdoLgws1WA

— Mohammed Taher (@robokick) July 25, 2014

@plante @Polygon ermahgerd gameboy pic.twitter.com/GBGnmRJhPr

— Michael Ruud (@auteurtheory) July 25, 2014

@plante this is the best I have on hand right now! Gonna do some digging though. pic.twitter.com/LySHkKSlIN

— Ben White (@Anzekay) July 25, 2014

@plante If you'd like to use that piece of 1996 Sega fandom glory, here's a more sharable version. pic.twitter.com/MbKOwgPk87

— Luis Elias Badillo (@Agent_Eli) July 26, 2014

That time in the 90s when I was in Hanson and could afford all the baggy clothes and N64 games I wanted. :/ @plante pic.twitter.com/9coiaHTNrU

— Matt Allan (@Hooray_For_Matt) July 26, 2014

@plante @polygon I'm very late but I found one pic.twitter.com/swPYzoZyDp

— DΛVID (@meodai) July 26, 2014

@plante @Polygon Notice my broken thumb, video games can be dangerous after all. pic.twitter.com/C5po3fwGBb

— Víctor (@chiconuclear) July 26, 2014

@plante @Polygon Late to the fray but I'm on the far right, Linden left, little bro and friend wrestling. pic.twitter.com/RYemWk29Ue

— StolenName (@StolenName) July 26, 2014

@plante Christmas 1998. Had a US N64 in the UK. Getting a US copy was amazing. Note the ‘stash. pic.twitter.com/67rNeG9J6J

— Jonathan (@harropj) July 26, 2014

@plante @Polygon me trying to figure out how to operate my brand new Oric Atmos. That Slalom game was the bomb. pic.twitter.com/hO7Z6fmnuh

— Valtteri Hyttinen (@VHyttinen) July 26, 2014

@plante @polygon Back in my day Pac-Man was in my blood. At least in cake form. (I’m the blonde kid) pic.twitter.com/1BvM69B8WA

— Jim Barraud (@jbarraud) July 25, 2014

80s gaming! Me (left) losing a C=64 game circa 1987 @plante @Polygon @Pete_Brown pic.twitter.com/8F9zjcAsL5

— Gavin Gear (@GavinGear) July 25, 2014

@plante @polygon My cousins and I, with me repping Donkey Kong Country and a sweet track suit. pic.twitter.com/rYptWQNztU

— Eric P. (@emanatee) July 25, 2014

@plante Aww man, only just saw your 90s photos thing, well woulda fired you this of me https://t.co/LrCEVtlgjh

— Mike Rose (@RaveofRavendale) July 25, 2014

@plante ohhh, I didn’t see the post on this. Is it too late to submit this pic.twitter.com/ODzKLaGKBP

— Coury Carlson (@couryc) July 26, 2014

@plante @Polygon found this pic of me playing my Gameboy I think around '92 much hasn't changed except its a 3DS now pic.twitter.com/BMlUbuWzgj

— Matt Ng (@yingfo18) July 27, 2014

@plante @Polygon must have been some time in the 80. My gift Donkey Kong jr pic.twitter.com/p9YDFF96NH

— FERN (@cmykvsrgb) July 27, 2014

@plante Lucas age four playing SMB :) pic.twitter.com/X4Ofyw43i8

— Nicole Tompkins-H (@Souriant_Nymh) July 25, 2014

@plante My sons @ 2013 FanCon cosplaying Minecraft & playing vintage console games. (Failed posting this in comments) pic.twitter.com/2Wi8mX6sss

— John Thomas-Mason (@Capn_US) July 26, 2014

@plante kitten getting super emotional about the plot of ME3 pic.twitter.com/Lsa2tYqO9r

— Chao Li (@cli6cli6) July 25, 2014