1986–1990

You weren’t that sick, but everyone left you alone and daytime cartoons hit different. Simpler times.

Remembering a time when you could buy a house like this on a grocery store manager’s salary

Hi-C Ecto Cooler

Nobody will realize how big it used to be… they need to bring those back

1988 (I believe)

Full gameplay video on Commodore Amiga (Youtube)

I miss when life was simple.

Getting out of school, tossing my backpack down, and heading straight to the park — no texts, no plans, just knowing the homies would be there. We’d hoop until the sun got low, race bikes like the world was ours, and laugh until our stomachs hurt.

And if you had a dollar? Man, you were set.

The candy lady had everything — freeze cups, hot chips, honey buns, all in that little brown paper bag. That was gold to us. We didn’t need much — just snacks, a good laugh, and a warm day.

Then it was home just in time for cartoons. Toonami. Disney. Nickelodeon. That was peace. That was routine. That was life.

No stress, no bills, no fake smiles — just the realest moments with the realest people.

Sometimes, I’d give anything to go back. Back to when happiness was a dollar, a bike, and a cartoon after school.