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 Saturday at 11:13 AM by Aldo7

[AndreaMT]

When I was little, I loved playing with Bratz dolls the most with my sister. We would come up with a story and names for the dolls, and we would play for hours. Once we started, we wouldn’t want to stop. I know it’s not a specific game, but it stayed in my memory as one of my most beautiful childhood memories.

[FilipTa]

4 hours ago, AndreaMT said:

When I was little, I loved playing with Bratz dolls the most with my sister. We would come up with a story and names for the dolls, and we would play for hours. Once we started, we wouldn’t want to stop. I know it’s not a specific game, but it stayed in my memory as one of my most beautiful childhood memories.

  Hahahaha, did you suit Kevin up too?

 

[NebojsaBu]

When i was young we were taught how to hunt, build a shelter, survive in the wilderness. There was no time for playing around because danger was lurking around each corner. We were taught how to make a bows and spears. Ridding horses was also one of the requirements for staying in the tribe. 😁😂

[Misswednesday]

In our village, we have a game called 'benteng-bentengan.'

The rules are similar to the Osmosis game from the King of Clubs arc in the Alice in Borderland series, though there are a few basic differences. like no point  battle . However, we still wear clothes when we play 🤣

The excitement of this game comes from the adrenaline rush of constantly running.

[Jackhackmax]

Dave is one my old game I play on 💾💙

[FilipTa]

1 hour ago, NebojsaBu said:

When i was young we were taught how to hunt, build a shelter, survive in the wilderness. There was no time for playing around because danger was lurking around each corner. We were taught how to make a bows and spears. Ridding horses was also one of the requirements for staying in the tribe. 😁😂

I can see why the girls call you "The Hunter" today. lol

Anyway,
do you remember making something we used to call "Jenkizulu"? I have no idea what it was actually called back then, but you would take some mud, make a ball about the size of a pingpong ball, and put it on a flexible stick. Then you'd squeeze it, swing the stick, and the mud would fly off like a projectile. lol