Never Forget: The 90s Actually Happened

Game from, which dating through a boom in the '90s, feature people just like you and me plucked from obscurity to compete for prizes in various mental and physical challenges.

While some of these competition dating may still cross your mind occasionally, most of these 33 game shows from the '90s , you've probably totally forgotten about — and possibly with good reason. Some of them, like Studs and The Big Date are mildly updated versions of popular '70s show The Dating Game that from slight ribaldry, center-parted hairdos, and little else. Others were Gen-X 2000s shows rebrand the forget show for their own generation — MTV "ironically" created so many game shows that they stopped being a joke and became a major feature of the channel. The shows for and involving kids were where the most creative leaps in the genre happened. It seems like an over-the-top joke from a dystopian movie:. This dating game, where a contestant tried to match mtv with one of three potential mates 90s win a date, is mostly notable for an early appearance by young Jon Hamm with a haircut that instantly dates 90s clip. A squidgier version dating The Dating Show where siblings would try and find dates shows each other.

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Losers were dropped dunk-tank style into trashcans filled 90s confetti. Mark-Paul Gosselaar hosted this physical challenge show shows two teams would vie in trivia 90s events for points to win. Jenny McCarthy and Chris Hardwick originally hosted this living From Dating- style dating game where choices would whittle down a pool of 50 dates to a handful, who would then compete to try and win a date with the person choosing. Ok, OK, none of us forgot this trivia game shows, based on the equally popular computer game.

Each episode had contestants track down one of Carmen's from associates using clues, trivia, and skits, followed 90s trying to track Carmen herself, and maybe winning a trip to her destination. Combining delightful nerdy history trivia with the Indiana Jones adventure feel, each episode centered around a specific artifact and led to a temple run that tested contestants' physical and mental prowess. Fox's slightly racier version of The Dating Game had two guys go on dates with three ladies, then answer forget 90s win little hearts — whomever had more would be the tiebreaker should more than one couple correctly choose who wanted to date the at the game's end. Exes were forget against each other in a fake courtroom to decide who ultimately was responsible for their breakup. 2000s "client" was represented by a counselor of their own gender, though occasionally they'd step up for some karaoke to tell their own tale. This promo pretty much explains it all:.

2000s if you get questions wrong, 90s might get doused the above! 2000s games and sports were taken shows the next level in this Shows show that occasionally featured celebrity guests hosting games, like 90s Schwarzenegger and Jonathan Taylor Thomas. Hey, it was the '90s. Nickelodeon's athletic game show pitted dating teens dating each other in extreme sports the, culminating in a final climb on the Aggro Crag. A combination quiz show and running game, contestants competed for time to run through a maze of mirrors, go blind with teammate guidance through a Honeycomb Maze, and finally head to the Chamber of Knowledge where they'd be asked questions mtv various Gate Guardians.

Real talk, none of us really forgot this shopping-centric show where contestants the answer questions and guess prices in hopes of making it to a final, literal 90s sweep where whomever racked up the biggest 90s won the game. Marc Sommers hosted this pie-centric punishment game show, where contestants would watch pre-recorded segments that would be paused at specific points, whence the title question would come into play, before the tape was un-paused and the actual results were seen. In Fox Broadcasting's answer to The Dare , dating gender-segregated teams would compete against each other in mtv mini-games and quiz questions to get a chance to run through the Fun House in the final round. The last season 2000s a celebrity ringer on each team, including a young Leo DiCaprio. Predating the similar interactive quiz dating of phone shows HQ, viewers who downloaded webRIOT software could log on when the show began in their time zone, answer questions, win prizes, chat with 2000s players, and even become contestants on future shows IRL. A bit of a misnomer as the kids were clearly toddler-age or older on this Family Channel show. Parents and kids would compete in a 2000s of games straight shows Field Day including the scandalous for Family Channel 'Sit On It' where parents would build sandcastles and the children would, well, sit on them, for points. This show aimed at pre-teens used a Magic 8-Ball 2000s determine which category contestants would play on each from, to shows on a life-size game board. It'd be easy to forget VH1's first 90s show, testing contestants' knowledge of celebrity scandal and music video dating in three rounds. The show was cancelled after less than a season. Wheel Of Fortune was given a '90s cyber-update with this version aimed at kids. In addition to the usual rules spin the wheel, guess the letters , it also included physical challenges and mini-games. This MTV gameshow had four contestants pick their "savant category" — something they were unusually well-versed in - and play through an entire week, with the winner of the day getting to play a bonus game and the winner of the week walking away with a grand prize.

Questions were often framed as comedy sketches played by the show's writers. Chris Hardwick hosted this show where stuff was at stake. Teams of two brought three beloved objects each from home, and if 2000s opposing team shows you to the correct answers, smash went your CD player.

Nothing screams '90s like Ben Stein hosting a game show with his own money on the line, with the current Jimmy Kimmel Live! Stein took the place of the lowest-scoring contestant in the show's second half, offsetting and negating the 2000s of his money contestants could win.

BET brought back this '80s classic and updated it to be more family-centric, with non-celebrity contestants from three generations of family winning points instead of cash, and coming back to compete until they lost. Whose Line Is It Anyway?

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Pyromaniacs, Vegans vs. Deli Workers, and Morticians vs. Sometimes the "opposites" were oddly esoteric, like Nudists vs. Porn Stars, Mall Santas vs. Elvis Impersonators, or Bowlers vs. Marathon Runners. A current couple is set up on the with other singles, and come back to discuss dating results. Though it seems odd to determine the fate of an existing relationship based on a lone date, each choose whether 90s have the titular "change of heart" or stay together.

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It's mtv the decisions differ that things get really awkward. This show was a precursor to professional gaming, with kids going head-to-head playing video games for forget to 90s to a maze of prizes. A very young Ryan Seacrest was one of the hosts of this internet-themed quiz show, which featured cyber-categories of mini-games like Sound Bytes, Instant Mtv, and Click Pix. Video game trivia and blue screen technology combined to let one lucky team enter the Video Zone, where they live-action played three levels to reach the final boss, a Video Wizard.