Quiz: Can You Guess The Prices From This 1996 Best Buy Flyer?

    Test your mid-90s electronic price knowledge. Thank God it isn't 1996 anymore.

    Come on down!

    1. How much did this Apple computer, with a 1.6 gigabyte hard drive, cost?

      Correct! 
      Wrong! 

      A Macbook Air laptop, with 128 gigabytes of memory, costs $1,099.99 today.

    1. How much was the printer that went along with it?

      Correct! 
      Wrong! 

      Printers typically cost about $79.99 today.

    1. How much was this 35" TV?

      Correct! 
      Wrong! 

      I found a 35" Magnavox on Craigslist for $25.

    1. How much was this pager?

      Correct! 
      Wrong! 

      Do they even make pagers anymore?

    1. How much was this portable CD player?

      With skip protection!

      Correct! 
      Wrong! 

      CD players go for about $20 nowadays.

    1. How much were these camcorders?

      Correct! 
      Wrong! 

      $599.99 and $799.99!

      You can find one of these camcorders for about $100 on Craigslist.

    1. How much was Braveheart on VHS?

      Correct! 
      Wrong! 

      The other tape was worth the extra $5.

    1. How much was a Sega Genesis?

      Correct! 
      Wrong! 

      You can find these for about $35 on ebay.

    1. How much was this Minolta film camera?

      With zoom!

      Correct! 
      Wrong! 

      You could probably find this at a Salvation Army for $10 or less.

    1. How much were VCRs?

      Correct! 
      Wrong! 

      You'll find one of these at the top of someone's driveway... for free.

    1. How much were these laptops?

      Correct! 
      Wrong! 

      Good luck even finding something like this that actually works.

    1. How much was this AM/FM cassette player?

      Correct! 
      Wrong! 

      Hey, the AM/FM walkman was only 15.

    How'd ya do?