Your playground cred was ruined if you didn't know how to walk the dog. Let's not forget light up trainers and school shoes either: if you had a pair of those, boy, you had SWAG.
14. Goosebumps
R.L. Stine - a literary legend. The ultimate gateway "horror" book for any 90s kid: Goosebumps were the most unbelievably far-fetched stories ever. They weren't in the least bit scary, but with titles like "Piano Lessons Can Be Murder," "Shop Till You Drop...Dead!" and "How I Got My Shrunken Head," they were super hilarious.
13. VHS
Be kind, rewind. Ah, the video cassette - an ancient fossil all 90s kids will have to explain to their own children one day. Yeah, the rewinding was a pain in the butt, but at least if you fell asleep you weren't abruptly awakened with loud, repetitive DVD menus. Oh, and if you happened to take a break to watch the rest later - it remembers exactly where you left off. Wonderful.
12. Smash Hits
No pop mag can ever compare to Smash Hits. As well as being a huge influencer in the music industry; it was essentially the paper version of Buzzfeed - with features on favourite pizza toppings, relationship quizzes and 5ive playing Twister. The covers back then were fun-filled cheese: from The Spice Girls ker-powwing through a pink wall to Steps partying with Britney Spears. Let's not forget the 10 free posters EVERY ISSUE, and the awesome song word book. No looking lyrics up on Google in the 90s, and boy was it beautiful.
