How to be a 90's Gamer

From the legendary Nintendo 64 to LAN parties and duo-tangs full of cheat codes the 90s had it all. Travel back in time to this glorious decade and learn what it took to be a gamer in the 90s. Merch: www.ifht.tv/store
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STARRING (in order of appearance)
Matt Dennison (@mattdennisontv)
Jason Lucas (@itsjasonlucas)
Kaz Yamamura (@kazyamamura)
Michael Russell (mikearussell)
Cindy Pervan (@cindypervan)
Dale Taylor
David Wiggins (@davidjwiggins)
Sam Yee (samantha.etcetera)
Beau Daniels
Ethan Semark-Schmoll
Lauren Semark-Schmoll
SPECIAL THANKS
Chris Clark, the Taylor family, the Semark-Schmoll family, James Healey, and the 90s for being the best decade ever.
WRITTEN, PRODUCED, DIRECTED & EDITED BY IFHT
Matt Dennison (@mattdennisontv)
Jason Lucas (@itsjasonlucas)
David Wiggins (@davidjwiggins)
Michael Russell (@mikearussell)
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Matt Dennison
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[@emorydaniel9084]

I’m becoming more convinced this was just an elaborate advertisement for socker boppers

[@gusboi4654]

@Age Restrictions same

[@tommyzheng9940]

I called them as sock’em’boppers

[@emorydaniel9084]

tommy Zheng I think they were known as sock em boppers as well at some point

[@aeiou3796]

"You can't even play sonic!" "Sonic sucks!" "WHAT?!" *SOCKER BOPPERS!*

[@shortguy07]

The King Shark I think that kid predicted sonic’s downfall

[@CoolmineGaming]

100th like

[@xXdawgXx]

YOU CAN SOCK ALL DAY!

[@joeyzilla6912]

Like 200 here 😁

[@whentheskell2461]

Sock em boppers*

[@TyrannoKoenigsegg]

I grew up as a 2000's kid with mostly 90's kid stuff

[@lunarqueenlunala8892]

Hashtag me in 2010s/2020

[@raidenstark315]

Me too I grew up watching tons of 90's cartoons reruns and with a ps1 and nintendo 64

[@theskyrax670]

I grew up in the 2010s with a mix of stuff from the 90s-2010s.

[@sonicthehedgeboi1489]

Same

[@MysticDivinerLJ]

SAME ‘99 Baby Here! 💓

[@thealtrik3051]

literally anyone: Well, the 90s sucke.. you: *SOCKER BOPPERS*

[@watsonjesse93]

Literally anyone: calls police lol

[@amarimitch1569]

I’ve never been to that era but we could literally go back into that age by wearing 90’s clothes and Impersonally love how they do all this stuff back then.

[@Trogdor42]

I like the 90s stuff

[@youngyen2089]

im a mallenail and im satisfied on the 90's games than the modern games.

[@bananagun1807]

90s is so great

[@norm_badwolf_9119]

Haha I remember having one “good” controller 😂

[@ivanfarkas7016]

When my cousin got bored with playing alone on a PS2 back in the day I almost always got the bad controller but I could beat him in some games

[@arsenesandmeier4467]

Me too (only one Wii weel)

[@banab6829]

For me I hade the official controller and my friends would have the crap 3rd party one 😂 (GameCube)

[@molgorp7199]

Lol, I still only have one good controller for my n64

[@thomasrolick5081]

Me Too

[@justingrant4860]

"Overcome water level anxiety" 😂😂 for real though .....that was stressful

[@BlueAcidball]

Justin Grant I still can’t get past that part in Sonic (no I wasn’t born in the 90s)

[@NickOchoa]

i HAD TO RELIEVE THE NIGHTMARE IN SONIC MANIA BUT IT WASNT BAD

[@callahan0425]

I am convinced my anxiety came from those games. I remember being so stressed back then.

[@psilopsybin]

Mom: He's about to say his first words! Dad: Get the camera! 90's kid: S... S..... 5:35

[@joverse5615]

I don’t get it

[@psilopsybin]

@@joverse5615 It's senseless humor.

[@qaismian9139]

Suck all day

[@mr.frenzy6385]

I get it

[@extremedarttv8880]

😂😂

[@chicoB001]

I'm a 90's kid I can testify all this is true:) Who cares about wifi and online gaming when you can be with your best buds duking it out together. Good job Guys!!

[@trentchester9738]

How have I never heard of this channel before, mountain biking and 90s videos?? Count me in.

[@guardian6975]

No one : People from the 90s: SOCKER BOPPERS

[@MeneerMattie]

YA KNOW WHATS BULLSHIT?! this guy.

[@Rain-bp4di]

Sock’em*

[@TealKuruma]

SOCKEM BOPPERS BETTER THEN A PILLOW FIGHT!

[@AdrianDX]

Oh my god I totally forgot about trying to use the modem at night... I'd pack that thing so deep into pillows it was ridiculous.

[@lukeshearer9426]

You missed playing game boy at night with a flash light to the screen

[@manictiger]

We had all those kits, but in the end, the stupid cheap purple spiral light was actually the best. Go figure. probably a hundred dollars worth of lights and the 5 dollar one works the best. I also had a game gear. Money not well spent by my dad.

[@garge7676]

I didn't have the accessory, so I held a small flashlight for camping in my mouth while hidden under my bedsheets to play Tetris..

[@Skystrike70]

Backlight was one of the greatest inventions. Made it so the return ride on a car trip wasn't so terrible

[@Curtis.Carpenter]

I had one of those cheap worm lights that youd get from zellers or blockbuster

[@nathantoews152]

@@garge7676 was literally going to say the same thing. I grew up with a flashlight in my mouth too!!!

[@sparklydiamondz5464]

You’re like Smosh, but underrated.

[@marcjustinpascasio9955]

Smosh became shit a long time ago, 2013-2014 was their last good years (or could be 2012-2013 can't really remember) this channel is already similar to smosh terms of the content they release, they're really entertaining to watch

[@jaedinwatson7498]

Dont even start the argument i know can happen

[@HowMemebtw]

Canadian version

[@canalbrecha8729]

How2Meme101 btw yeah

[@skypirate1973]

More like warp zone

[@kaltse7620]

2030: how to be a 2010's gamer

[@Antoine_Frs]

Minecraft.

[@leticasound]

Pes fifa

[@josephssecondchannel8651]

GTA 5 maybe

[@docsynth4387]

I am one. Lol.

[@morganstranz1476]

Starts off video "ah the good o'l days"

[@rrlstudios7512]

3:23 Has someone noticed that “Friday Nights are for Partying” is in perfect sync with the song?

[@roastedalmond111]

2:35 "Pubescant Space Kung Fu Lizards" My favorite character was Bonnatello.

[@mordechai_engels]

My favorite was leonard the kickboxing salamander

[@409nh8]

HOUSE🏠SOLo

[@dafnefeelslikeh3210]

@@mordechai_engels same

[@thebossbeastchannel9607]

That’s funny

[@rubbybandz]

How tf did he age 70 years in 10 years 😂😂😂

[@Saroku1000]

20*

[@feorh1919]

Cocaine

[@amouse9739]

magic

[@3nkidu465]

Ketamnine

[@pavementpounder7502]

Comedic license lol

[@MrWhite-bk8uy]

You missed when you trip over the wired controller

[@Arklay_98]

And yank the console off the table lol

[@rooksfoot1184]

pet learns to sit on cable to gain attention

[@THE_flushingtoilet]

Stefan Miodragovic controllers can still be some what wired if you own a ps4

[@ImpulseAudioSpeakers]

Or when the wires would end up completely wound up with each other from trading first and second player.

[@Zi9makin9]

DAMN THIS IS SOOO GOOOD!! I just BARELY got to experience the 90s gaming.... I remember playing PS1 at my neighbours house and I was hooked as if it was a drug. Some of my friends had the game qube and nintendo 64 aswell. Radical times mah dude.

[@fortie6902]

Cube*

[@cjuice9039]

Gamecube came out in 2001

[@hans433]

Non of my friends at school had n64 they all have ps1 including me.i wish i had n64 back then

[@alyxwold4974]

Zi9makin6 it GameCube And that was made in 2001 not the 90s

[@sw33tyt69]

I still have the gamecube

[@EM-sz4hk]

The scars left from Mario Party will be stories for the ages 😂😭

[@petersherwood202]

I laughed so hard at the socker boppers

[@nuclear_reactor5x5]

Fuck you

[@tpomr1837]

Reduced Cellz shut it FORTNITE boi

[@MrDino-hp7fy]

You missed leaning your body to turn better while playing racing games

[@linkmaxwell]

That's something that hasn't changed at all - just watch people playing Mario Kart 8.

[@goldsidion3086]

Ahh the good old days of the 90’s When I wasn’t born

[@theaveragejoe6320]

Yh same here but I do have a ps1

[@syedqasim81]

Same

[@theaveragejoe6320]

RAP64 same

[@deeznut6148]

Yea i really want to buy n64 but not a use one because it maybe cursed or haunted

[@deeznut6148]

So you never heared of creepypasta , creepypasta today are not scary anymore but back in my day those story scare me and still haunt me to this day like that sonic exe creepypasta that why im always say yea can i test this thing first before buying use game or game console

[@domg6041]

The sockerboppers bits were the best. Especially the kid at the end, wasn't expecting that bit

[@raven6872]

next they need to do how to been a modern gamer.

[@terilynroberts]

Outdoors with Dan How to be Outdoors with Dan Step 1: Use Streotypes

[@SugarFreeTargets]

Step 1: buy unfinished games Step 2: waste $300 on microtransactions/DLC and find excuses for those purchases. Step 3: Join the console war in the youtube comments Step 4: Remember PC Master Race will always win

[@cvmii]

SugarFreeTargets Buy overpriced ingame items such as skins, cosmetics *cough* $300 skirt in pubg *cough* which has no effect on the gameplay.

[@muhammadsyafiq1004]

Stream everything

[@KarmaSangheili]

AAAAARRRRR. GGGGEEEEEE. BBBBBEEEEEEE.

[@cosmincolceru3973]

Make "How to be a photographer"

[@Chris2chris]

already made it

[@JWVisuals]

Cosmin Colceru already done

[@cosmincolceru3973]

I found only how to be a filmmaker, i don't find photographer

[@abdullahmufti839]

0:27 1990:super scope 2020:no scope

[@Mickelraven]

5:33 NO! You're living in a dark age where games are released unfinished and filled with microtransactions and lootboxes!

[@daniellongsworth4484]

Ain't that the truth.

[@Mickelraven]

@@daniellongsworth4484 I was born in 2001 (way after the 90's obviously), and i still play Mario Party 1 on my dad's N64, fucking up my palm :D Mario Party is still fun, along with its two sequels on the N64

[@bruhman6g923]

@@Mickelraven you said way as in waaaaaaaaay bruh like only 2 years after the 90s ended

[@curtandrewsjr.8163]

Wait wasn't DOOM incomplete and you had to buy the other 2 chapters separately?

[@amyhoard1222]

The 90's were the golden age of gaming, we now live in the dark ages 😭

[@bkxc]

Hahah "Rescued by the Alarm"! Good stuff guys

[@nathanragle7466]

Jjj

[@cadenbikes]

This is from 3 years ago but Hi I love your vids and happy 5 years on youtube

[@billybunsen]

Hahah the reset button and cartridge trick always works Who else has a Nintendo 64 ;)

[@agonleed3841]

SPLUFFOOLS my son thouroghly enjoys my old 64, super nintendo, regular nintendo, sega, and ps1 and 2. My atari finally broke a couple years back.

[@Geisteskr4nk]

NES, SNES, Gameboy, Playstation 1, multiple hand consoles (back from the late 80s), Amiga 500 (tuned with 1 mb), C 64, 386' PC, ... jeeez, those were the times :D

[@muhammadrahmanadinoto2532]

Jack Gibson-Burrell i own a sega saturn.

[@plgve4351]

Jack Gibson-Burrell I do!

[@ozzyrobbie6875]

I'm getting one in 3 days

[@SteveH91]

You missed: "Avoid screaming when your parents give you a Polystation."

[@cauedossantossilva9389]

BR?

[@Biggest-dissapointment]

5:14 when i take 5 vitamin gummies instead of 2

[@Nicholas_Terry]

Wow... this brings back the memories... the 90s were truly the pinnacle of gaming...

[@kerryan1914]

Still waiting for how to be a snowboarder

[@bobbiusshadow6985]

and BMXer, stakeboarder, skydiver, basejumper.............and more

[@roostville3909]

Man, IFHT never fails to deliver! Love your work guys!

[@LiLgPnoy15]

Oh my gosh, blowing into the game cartridge was something we did constantly!

[@rpepsi0735]

2:40 they where just in a fight for n64 and genesis but they are geting a game for ps1 lol

[@carl3236]

Do "things that e-bikers say" pleeaaseeee.

[@chrismcintyre_]

Or Walmart bikers

[@carl3236]

Chris M or 29ers

[@edwardpaul807]

Carl Küßwetter or cross country nerds

[@drfiver2]

Help me understand this one

[@zarkfuckerberg4545]

Carl Küßwetter or any type of biker says.

[@royaleliteguardian]

Thats why i ripped out the modem speaker so u cant hear that wonderful dial up noise that sounds like your drowning a bag of cats.

[@alnimri]

How in the world does this video not in the most trending video, it's official one of my favorites.

[@zonaedits5613]

“The unsuccessful power glove” Fax

[@mattfollette7205]

Starcraft reference was greatly appreciated. And 100% turned off the screen one night and left the game running. got up at some dumb hour and played two games vs. AI. I'm glad I'm not the only one.

[@tylerrandolph6193]

SOCKEM BOPPERS!!!! SOCKEM BOPPERS!!!! haha totally forgot about those! (85' model here)

[@Getscaredgirl]

"his names John A Mcdonald" Me:OHHHHHHHHH SNAP!

[@damiendoesthings]

5:33 i couldn't stop laughing 😂😂😂😂🤣🤣🤣

[@XGaming1]

5:34 that actually made me laugh at how weird and random it was

[@alexvanos6917]

5:05 no wonder so many broken n64 controllers exist

[@peterpeter5214]

Kaz was cryogenically frozen ? Is that why he is so cool Pls. kill me

[@Turbomeow]

Zerg is OP.

[@s2korpionic]

Seriously, fuck swarm hosts.

[@matthewray870]

Protoss is king

[@sumhappenedtocudi9023]

Protoss is the GOAT

[@lefti8370]

The "get outta here mom!" sounds exactly like Anthony Padilla.

[@noblelies]

Almost got it right. Only missing how we would get on our rollerblades and skateboards on the weekends and LEAVE HOME for hours on end to go the VIDEO ARCADE, spend some tokens, win some tickets and MEET FRIENDS who would often being throwing a POOL PARTY or a WATER GUN FIGHT. Afterwards, during the evenings we'd take some private lessons in MARTIAL ARTS and eat actual real COTTON CANDY, and not just grapes that are flavored like it. Your typical 90's kid was hardcore. Had OJ and a Pop Tart for breakfast, left home after doing homework and didn't come home until after 7PM.

[@munichmapper3245]

2:59 LMFAO with Pubescent Space Kung Fu Lizards

[@flaviotadolini6254]

What is the name of the song at 1:09?

[@thumbs4fingers]

Making the controller in my hands "jump" and move up and down, side to side whenever I made Mario jump or move for the first couple of hours of gameplay

[@mattvan2015]

This is my favourite one to date

[@mikemclean1511]

Accurate. Right down to the sockem boppers ads lol.

[@axalate4572]

1:02 brings back so many memories

[@awsomejeffy9412]

5:20 be like NHL 20/legacy fights

[@EnchantedSmellyWolf]

Oh my God that expression at 1:22 🤣

[@chl_ca]

0:09 i like how they're Canadian and say "whoa, Sega Genesis?" even though it's the Japanese version, the "Mega Drive"

[@OGYouTubeEnjoyer]

Easiest way to be a 90's gamer is get your best bro, some blankets and pillows on the living room floor, a flat of Crush variety pop, Old Dutch chips, a Sega Genesis, and Dune.

[@frankiehourani5293]

Who watched this like 200 times

[@fguy8846]

Kokonut Man43 me

[@agamaz5650]

same

[@Redley1]

Moi

[@thrillgaming2939]

Me

[@mjdawg]

My brother francis

[@CluelessKit]

the fact that you included starcraft is iconic

[@Welspoke]

5:35 Caught me totally off guard! I almost fell off the toilet I laughed so hard! I loved those gloves btw! 80's kid who loved the 90's sends a high 5 gentlemen. Btw I can whoop any 'o' y'all in a pencil fight!!!! LOL 🤪🤭😂🤣

[@BrandyJay-lg4tq]

5:28 EWWWW! Sounds like the 90s suck grandpa sounds lame with out wifi sounds like your living in a dark -gETS PUNched with the sock em boxxers

[@BrandyJay-lg4tq]

@@supermegabenji1026 holy christ i did not realize that for 2 years

[@FloofPuppy]

Wow, the Socker Boppers brought back a ton of memories x3 those ads sometimes play in my head on rare occasions. X3

[@fxlcovlxdimir]

This was flexing in the 90s

[@scalip6599]

Do you guys remember that time, when games didnt have micro transactions? :D

[@TheNewDragon91]

Gold years

[@vani0productions839]

The girl from the game renting place looks good

[@ramdor4]

Quite good

[@alexpitman1818]

Water level anxiety is real

[@litten4112]

Alex Pitman i think they are easy

[@sumhappenedtocudi9023]

Alex Pitman Sonic 1 & 2 frustrating as hell. Also, the Water Temple was all but too real

[@chillking2936]

That kid at the end needed more than a socker bopper

[@mintybudgie]

everyone: cars sucked in the 90s me: JDM cars

[@justinnewton7366]

Yes exactly this is how it was... I like the dial up on the computer... that's exactly right on point

[@maxschwartz9578]

I got a nice laugh for the “socker bopers” bit

[@nexxusarena937]

IFHT Films is basically "The Canadian Smosh".

[@siepd]

It’s like my 90th time watching just to hear *socker poppers*

[@lupinearsenalALT]

wish I could like this video twice 😢

[@cizrek]

Bro Sockem Boppers + a Trampoline was the shit back in the day.

[@Kristiansolis15]

When you’re a 90s gamer, every day is New Years Eve

[@bradley2042]

3:47 cap closed 3:55 oh god my mountain dew

[@IrieVibeSender]

man that dial up loudness waking them up haha followed up by the end! great video.

[@-hopelessness]

Please do "How to be a programmer"

[@1h38]

昏 waste 10k hours on one games

[@moviedudeinc]

I love this! Pretty accurate too. I am curious as to see what a How To Be A 80s Gamer episode would look like.

[@ryanfoley8035]

Sockum bumpers know little bit safer than a broken bottle fight

[@raphib5701]

Great video

[@bluetarantulaproductions6179]

Laughed my ass off when the spoiled kid got punched in the face with a Sock'em Bopper by his grandpa, lol

[@twfreeride8932]

2:31 House Solo in the background 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@igorobrzut6243]

How to be an E-Biker

[@minty5795]

Nintendo always were better

[@nokitwo6353]

No ,sega better

[@Thishasnthappenedyet]

I love the work they put in for the parody posters in the background

[@knecht6974]

I was born in the early early 2000 and I had pretty much the same expiriences. Of course he had wifi and nintendo DS, but I still only had a 1995 windows PC and the only game it could handle was age of empires 1. Was pretty good times.

[@dhmt592]

Likeee

[@arnoldsbikewarehouse2591]

Who's her before 5k views

[@montynelson5033]

1:41 IS THAT KEVIN AMARILLO

[@vilmarojas693]

being a 90s gamer is different in third world countries, we play in a small store with an arcade type of game, where you drop 1peso coin, and play in like 3minutes, then drop again when times up, and other nieghbors wait while watching you play.

[@Googaliemoogalie]

I traded a Gatorade and Tamagachi for Mortal Kombat 3

[@doublebloggers6661]

Most of the accessories shown here where failed accessories, like they didn’t work as they should have or simply did more than asked, the only exception was the gameboy printer and game boy case

[@guccimalcs]

Bruh when he punched that kid in the face I died

[@ziadb4033]

Family computer's shooting gun 😂😂 Duck hunt and , wild gunman 😂😂😂 All respect from Saudi Arabia 🇸🇦

[@sp3edstr]

Gameboy link cable, you mentioned the carrying case, but Gameboy had its own following for sure!

[@Googaliemoogalie]

the small details in this video are amazing the notebook with the weird S, Space jam poster, the old $10 bill...

[@Googaliemoogalie]

@referral madness I saw a video that tried to trace the origins of that S. Everyone around the world drew it in school. Even in the 1950s, nobody knows why