What Year Were You Twelve? Retro Games by Year
Pick the year you were twelve (or any year from 1989 to 2010) and we'll show you the consoles and games that defined it. It's the fastest way to find the system you grew up with, the game you begged for that Christmas, or a gift for someone who still talks about it.
Every year below opens a hand-picked set of games and consoles from that year. For the full picture, browse our games by release year pages or the complete console game lists.
Popular years
Player 1, select your year
What year were you twelve?
Pick a year and we'll pull up the consoles and games from it. Cleaned, tested and ready for round two.
The Game Boy arrives and Tetris goes everywhere.
Sonic speeds onto the Genesis and the SNES hits stores.
Mortal Kombat, Star Fox and the 16-bit console war at full tilt.
The Nintendo 64 lands and four controller ports change sleepovers forever.
Hyrule in 3D and a Game Boy that finally came in color.
The PlayStation 2 arrives, and it plays DVDs too.
The year of the Xbox and Master Chief. LAN parties begin.
Rollerblades, spray paint and the best soundtrack on Xbox.
Halo 2, San Andreas and a whole kingdom in Albion.
One last Hoenn adventure on the Game Boy Advance.
Wii bowling at grandma's house and Call of Duty 4 online.
Red Dead Redemption and Mass Effect 2 keep everyone up late.
