Gadgets, toys, telly, grub and chart hits from 1980 to 2009. Each shows for 15 seconds. Slide to the year it launched in Ireland or the UK.
Pick your categories
Round 1/100 pts
Tech
Time left
15
Item
1995Drag or tap to guess
1980199020002009
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TOP 20 · ALL TIME200
TODAY'S BEST210
COUNTRIES300
Ranked by average best score per player.
CATEGORIES400
Average miss in years across every guess. Lower is easier.
HARDEST ITEMS410
PLAYER PROFILE600
AWARDS610
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HOW TO PLAY500
1. An item appears
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Ten items a round, picked at random. Each one is on screen for 15 seconds.
Slide to the year it launched in Ireland or the UK, then lock it in. Let the clock run out and whatever you've chosen locks in for you. Leave the slider untouched and it counts as no guess.
Your guess
Points
Bang on
1000
1 year out
720
2 years out
518
5 years out
194
10 years out
37
Speed bonus, within 2 years
up to 200
Maximum 12,000 a round. Keys: arrows nudge the year, Enter locks in.
ABOUT150
A guess-the-year game for anyone who remembers waiting for page 101 to come round.
All item artwork is original. Product names are used to identify the items only, with no affiliation to or endorsement by their owners. Launch years are Ireland and UK dates.
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WEATHER111
DublinRain11°
CorkRain, heavy at times12°
GalwaySideways rain10°
BelfastDrizzle, persistent9°
LondonA rumour of sun14°
Outlook: rain, then a soft day, then rain.
Bring a coat. You won't, but bring one.
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NORMAL SERVICE WILL BE RESUMED SHORTLY123
Test transmission. Please do not adjust your set.
MILLENNIUM BUG WARNING199
31/12/1999 23:59:55
Counting down. Unplug the toaster. Fill the bath.
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CLASSIFIEDS777
FOR SALE Betamax collection, 140 tapes, never rewound. Box 101.
BRICKO MOBILE Be seen with a phone the size of a house brick. Battery lasts most of a lunch.
TAPEMASTER 3000 Double cassette deck. Tape the charts off the radio, talk over the DJ for free.
WANTED One pencil, for rewinding cassettes. Will pay in Panini stickers.
DIAL-UP DREAMS Surf the information superhighway at 56k. Please hang up the house phone first.
LOST Tamagotchi, answers to nothing. Last seen in a school drawer. Presumed deceased.
FROSTY TIPS Hair gel that sets like concrete. As worn by every boy band, ever.
SUBTITLES880
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