Remember Tamagotchi? Well, they've been gaining traction among collectors, and your old digital pet may be worth more on eBay ...

Before fads such as the fidget spinner and Furby, when the world was just getting acquainted with the Backstreet Boys and clamoring to watch “Titanic” in movie theaters, there was the Tamagotchi. The ...

In retrospect, it should have come as no surprise that the palm-sized, incessantly bleeping children’s toy stole my heart. I’ve built my life around a love for animals and the inexplicable need to ...

Mandatory Credit: Photo by Jamie Wiseman/Daily Mail/REX/Shutterstock (3436119a) Tamagotchi An Electronic Toy Pet Which Needs Feeding And Playing 1997. Tamagotchi An Electronic Toy Pet Which Needs ...

The Tamagotchi was conceived as an object explicitly aimed at a preadolescent female audience. This choice was not marginal: ...

The tamagotchi, a virtual pet that first became popular in the late 1990s, is getting re-released with a full-color screen. The original version became known for its all-consuming time demands and ...

Elyse Betters Picaro is the former Editor-in-Chief of Pocket-lint and the former Operations Manager for Valnet's Consumer Tech brands, including Pocket-lint, Android Police, and XDA. She is based in ...

It's been 20 years since the iconic virtual pet Tamagotchi hit US shores, becoming a must-have item for kids and teenagers and proving enough of a distraction that it was banned from many classrooms.

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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. “If you’re a serious fan of the Tamagotchi brand, then Tamagotchi Plaza does a good enough job of bringing the eclectic cast of ...

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