To think revisiting things from your childhood is fraught with potential childhood-ruining disappointment

[CarlottaBeans]

I used to play a computer game as a kid called Dizzy Goes to Treasure Island. I have fond memories of it.

I played it as an adult and it was clunky, total crap. Part of my childhood died.

On that basis I’m never revisiting Findus Crispy Pancakes.

We had Buccaneer - I loved collecting the jewels. But it always descended into a fight with my two brothers who cheated shamelessly.

I used to love the Borrowers as a child. Read it with my son recently and it was 'meh' at best. Thankfully, the Narnia series and The Hobbit have stood the test of time.

Viennetta. Total let down.

I have to disagree there - I thought it stood the test of time. However, I do like cheap, fake chocolate.

DH plays that about once every 10 years!

Oh my goodness, I didn't know this game in particular but absolutely loved "adventure games" of that kind... that picture literally just gave me that fluttery anticipation feeling in my stomach 10-year old me used to get at the thought of a long afternoon exploring, trying out commands and sketching maps!

I loved bubble bobble as a kid! I guess technology has moved on so much the computer games are all so much better that it puts the ones from the 90s/00s to shame. I used to love micro chips and they’ve held up ok but changed the name of them. And sun lollies! They are tricky to get hold of now but I loved them so much.

i am enjoying revisiting Toy Story with my own children though, they’ve aged well! I loved bullseye as a kid and I never got one, so I saw a bullseye plush recently and bought him home!

I'm afraid I've had that feeling of disappointment even when rereading old children's books with DC - even (maybe shocking to some?) the classics like Roald Dahl, AA Milne and the Mr Men. They often have the feel of being made up as they go along, like bedtime stories, especially in comparison to the best among more modern books.

PP is correct that the more literary ones e.g. Narnia still hold up, though.

Scampi and Lemon NikNaks were my ultimate favourite crisp in the late 80s early 90s. I’d love to try them again but can never find them anywhere.

Maybe for the best, I’d hate to spoil that every Friday night for years memory.

You can play monkey island online. I have done in recent years.

PS - "You fight like a dairy farmer" 😂

I’ll have to give those a go!

Nice n Spicy NikNaks are definitely not what they used to be, they must have got rid of the E numbers or something.

Classy child that I was, I used to love Bernard Matthew’s Mini Kievs, a round ball filled with lovely sauce. I’m sure if I went back to them they’d be disappointing.

On the plus side, I do have a ‘I beat the Sword Master of Melee Island and all I got was this lousy T-shirt’ T-shirt that I wear for the gym - sounds like more people would recognise it than I thought!

I was obsessed with the board game Guess Who. Played it as an adult. Absolute dog shit.

Wotsits Crunchy Sweet n Spicy are a bloody good dupe of Nik Naks.

I also loved Bubble Bobble! And there was a game for an Amiga computer called The New Zealand Story; I spent hours playing that when I was 11/12. I don’t want to search for either as I just want to remember both as they were at that point in time.

I had a Tomy Lights Alive back in the 80s, and thought it was beautiful, especially when the light rotated. I’m quite sure it was nowhere near as amazing as seven or eight year-old me thought, and I wouldn’t want to ever touch another Lights Alive, as in my memory it is simply a thing of beauty.

The flip side of this.... I watched Five at the O2 last November and had the time of my life. I was right back to my preteens

Agree !
do not revisit any childhood tv 📺