Tamagotchi

mikemac

Not sure if this is retro, it's over 10 years old anyway

These were hugely popular, swept the nation. My brothers and sisters all had one.

You could get a dog and were supposed to care for it.
Only my brother ignored it and it starved to death after 3 days

Schools banned them as they set off alerts randomly.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tamagotchi

Did you have a Tamagotchi?

dan1895

Pokemon's grandfather in essence. Had one but don't remeber having it for too long. Was it possibly a craze that only lasted a couple of months?

xzanti

Circa 1997 I'd say.. the same time the laser pen came on the market.. I remember that as I had conflict with myself over which one to buy in Tommy's with my pocket money

turnsoutIwas

Farmville reminds me of these. I never saw the point in them though (or farmville).

Queen-Mise

i nearly got fired from an office job years ago, spent more time looking after it than working. It came everywhere pub, shopping etc. I loved it at the time. Wouldnt have patience now for it.

Posy

I had one in secondary school in the mid nineties.. I thought it was brilliant! But I got pretty sick of it after a month or so!

oneweb

Had one for a while. Just like the peel-the-stickers-off-the-rubix-cube kid, I'd reset it every now and then. Gave it to someone and don't think I ever saw it again!

squeakyduck

I remember I was about 10 when I wanted/got one so it was about 1997 as another poster said.

They were £10 at the time, and that was expensive, I remember my aunt buying me one and told me to keep it a secret from my mum because she didn't want me having one! I loved mine but like the rest of ye I got bored of it after a while.

My niece got one a few years back for Christmas, I have to admit... I did play with it a bit!

Thomas_S_Hunterson

I got one as an Xmas present in the 90s and kept it alive for about 2 weeks before I dropped the bloody thing in a cup of tea. I was devastated.