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LGR - Tamagotchi CD-ROM from 1997
🕑 Added 2025-02-21 21:07:55 +0000 UTCWhile I can't say I played with Tamagotchis or any of the other electronic keychain pets back in the day, I've come to appreciate virtual pets in the years since. And I very clearly remember the hype and how ubiquitous Tamagotchi toys were for a time. So when I came across this PC CD-ROM version, my curiosity got the better of me! And it sent me down a whole rabbit hole of these things.
And well, that context and history is about half of this video. The other half is just like "ehh, the CD-ROM is fine I guess!" 🤷♂️
Still though, I had a lotta fun immersing myself in Tamas and putting this video together and I think it shows. I am now off to the store to see what Bandai's 2025 models are like, because to my surprise they seem to be darn near identical to the old Tamas from the 90s.
I hope you enjoy this LGR retrospective, and thank you for your ongoing support! Now it's onto a few projects that all kinda dropped into my lap simultaneously these past couple weeks. So I don't know which will come first, but whichever it is, there are some rather different video topics in the pipeline on tech both new and old.
Comments
Dustin Brothers
I got into the Digimon. My bro and I battled our pocket monsters, which was fun.
Tyler Compton
I was a Tamagachi kid for a bit in 5th grade! I remember realizing I forgot to turn it off before leaving for school, so I raced home as soon as school got out to save my poor pet!! He was covered with poop but otherwise okay.
Brandie Drown
😲😍
Giselle Torres
OMG so glad you covered Tamas! I have a Tamagotchi Connection V5 (the Familitchi where you take care of THREE tamas at once, focusing on families) that I uh, found on the bathroom floor in 6th grade lol. It wasn't until last year that I switched up the battery and played it for the first time, and I love it! My favorite tamas are Mimitchi (the bunny), Ichigotchi (the strawberry), and Chahametchi (Mametchi's pink lil sister). There are so many characters and recent Tamagotchis like the Tamagotchi Pix and Tamagotchi Uni with full-color screen and worn like a watch (that was the supposed intent for the OG Tamagotchis but somehow they abandoned the watch idea in the 90s). I feel like Kuchipatchi fits you perfectly!
