▸ the soundtrack of
Class of 1988
Middle School
1981–1983Awkward dances and your first favorite band.
High School
1984–1988The lunch table, the hallway crush, the parking lot.
First Car
1986–1988Windows down, volume up, finally free.
College Years
1988–1992Dorm rooms, road trips, and figuring it out.
Early Adulthood
1993–1997First apartment, first heartbreak, first paycheck.
30-year reunion
2018
Generation
Gen X
You'd be about
56
🔙 The world when you walked the stage
The world around the music — what was on screen, and what was on the shelf.
🎬 Set the scene
A bike-riding summer evening, 1988: Voltron on the TV, a Care Bear out on the floor, and a Push Pop within reach.
📼 Saturday cartoons
- He-Man and the Masters of the Universe👕 tee →
- ThunderCats👕 tee →
- G.I. Joe👕 tee →
- The Smurfs👕 tee →
- Garfield and Friends
- The Real Ghostbusters👕 tee →
- DuckTales👕 tee →
- Inspector Gadget
- Voltron👕 tee →
- Muppet Babies
📰 Headlines
- George H.W. Bush elected
- Pan Am 103 / Lockerbie
- Yellowstone fires
- USSR begins Afghanistan withdrawal
- Surgeon General: nicotine addictive
💡 Tech & Firsts
- First major internet worm (Morris)
- Sega Genesis launches (Japan)
- CD outsells vinyl (US)
- Doppler radar rollout
- Prodigy online service
🏆 Sports
- Dodgers win the World Series; Gibson HR
- Lakers repeat as NBA champs
- Redskins win Super Bowl XXII
- Oilers win the Stanley Cup
- Seoul Olympics; Ben Johnson DQ'd
🤪 Crazes & fads
- Game Boy hype builds
- Nintendo peak
- Mall arcades
- Hacky Sack
- Roger Rabbit mania
👖 Clothes
- Acid-wash everything
- Stirrup pants
- Neon & jams shorts
- Slap bracelets
- Jean jackets
💵 What it cost
- Gas: 95¢/gal
- Stamp: 25¢
- Movie ticket: ~$4.11
- New car avg: ~$13,400
- Median home: ~$89,300
🧸 Toy chest
🍬 On the shelf
How well do you remember Class of 1988?
7 quick questions — the songs, the artists, the year. No cheating. 😏
💬 Memories from the Class of 1988
“getting rickrolled”
— Anonymouson this song →“Oh the good ole days before all the controversy. At least Michael is making a comeback!”
— Anonymouson this song →
📸 Your Class of 1988 card
A neon card of your class's year — post it to your reunion group or tag your class.
👥 Find your class
The people who came up on the same songs are hanging out right now.
🎓 Class of 1988 gear
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