Retro fridays and virtual pets

Im sure that lots of you remember the virtual pet fad from the 90's. I used to have 2 giga pets(salem and a dog I got from a box of cheerios) and about 4 generic pets and a mortal kombat giga fighter. I never did own a tamagotchi although I did want one. The box made it look ten times cooler then what it was. I remember it was $9.99 at kb toys and giga pets were $5.99 so you can see why I never owned one. Just looking at a tamagotchi box takes me back to 1996 and kb toys. I miss that store