Childhood Games of the Early 2000s

[FilipTa]

Before smartphones, social media, and online gaming became a part of everyday life, we spent hours playing outside with friends.
This topic takes a look back at the games that defined childhood for many kids growing up in the early 2000s.

I will talk about the games we played in the Balkans.

• 1. Zmurke (hide & seek) . Everybody knows that one. 
• 2. Skolice (Hopscotch)

• 3. Lastis (Chinese jump rope) , girls played this mostly. 

 

• 4. Ledena baba. Those caught "freeze" until someone unfreezes them.
• 5. Između dve vatre (dodgeball). Personally, my favorite. 

• 6. Tennis without a net, played on the street. We drew the court with chalk.
• 7. Yu-Gi-Oh cards.
  
• 8. Gunfight / war 
• 9. Imagination fights. We were warriors, Ninja Turtles, and superheroes.
• 10. Water gun fights. Those were awesome. We all had good water guns.
• 11. Tapkanje. You slapped the cards with your hand, and whichever ones flipped over became yours. It was kind of like gambling, lol.

I would like to add that I got a PlayStation One Slim in 2002. It was my first console and introduced me to digital gaming. After that, I got a Game Boy.

Feel free to share yours!

[sarkasto94]

pokemon and yugioh cards for sure.. tabletop games felt kinda boring. then my dad got a NES for us lol 

[Mit3910]

   Hide and Seek.
 Freeze Tag.
   Red Light, Green Light.
 Duck, Duck, Goose.
    Capture the Flag.
 Four Square. Bay blade
 

[Aldo7]

Well, I wasn't there then but the most enjoyed game during my childhood was sports like cric., Soccer etc. or Fire ball. It was kinda developed game among our peers. We use to make a soft ball of any material and make it heavy rounding like with celo tape and make it heavy enough to hurt a bit  and many of the children in our neighborhood get involved and hit each other with it as fast as they can and catch a moment to snatch the fired ball on someone immediately. Yeah it's similar to your one of favorites dodgeball

Edited 6 hours ago by Aldo7