ghostbusters.exe

Time capsule of the day

1984

Ghostbusters, Transformers, and a computer that said hello.

📦 Build your 1984 capsule

Fun FactNo. 01

The Macintosh

Apple introduced it January 24, 1984, two days after its famous Super Bowl ad.

📷 Apple Inc. · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

MovieNo. 02

Ghostbusters

Proton packs, Slimer, and "Who you gonna call?"

📷 Poster via TMDB

TV ShowNo. 03

Punky Brewster

Premiered September 1984. Punky, her dog Brandon, and mismatched sneakers.

📷 Poster via TMDB

GameNo. 04

Tetris

Created in Moscow in 1984 by Alexey Pajitnov. Falling blocks, forever.

📷 Cover via IGDB

SnackNo. 05

Nerds

Tiny, tangy, crunchy candy in a box with two flavors.

📷 Evan-Amos · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

FoodNo. 06

BOOK IT!

Pizza Hut's reading program began in the mid-'80s. Read books, earn a Personal Pan Pizza.

📷 Steam Pipe Trunk Distribution Venue · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons

ToyNo. 07

Transformers

Robots that turned into trucks and jets. More than meets the eye.

JokeNo. 08

Why didn't the ghost go to the school dance?

📷 relux. · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons

how_i_grew_up.exe

Make it yours

Tell us how you grew up and every year gets extra picks from your scene, a music chart for you, and memories from people who grew up like you.

How did you grow up? Pick any that fit.

Where? Pick one.

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top_of_1984.exe

Top of 1984

The most watched movies that year

Titles and posters from TMDB.

What everyone was into in 1984

💡 The Macintosh · 🎬 Ghostbusters · 📺 Punky Brewster · 🎮 Tetris · 🍬 Nerds · 🍕 BOOK IT! · 🧸 Transformers

🎵 Biggest songs of 1984

Play the top 100 →

When Doves Cry · Prince
What's Love Got to Do with It · Tina Turner
Say, Say, Say · Paul McCartney and Michael Jackson
Footloose · Kenny Loggins
Against All Odds (Take a Look at Me Now) · Phil Collins
Jump · Van Halen
Hello · Lionel Richie
Owner of a Lonely Heart · Yes
Ghostbusters · Ray Parker Jr.
Karma Chameleon · Culture Club

Top movies of 1984

The Terminator
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
Ghostbusters
Gremlins
Once Upon a Time in America
A Nightmare on Elm Street
Amadeus
The Karate Kid
Beverly Hills Cop
The NeverEnding Story
Warriors of the Wind
Dune
Police Academy
Paris, Texas
Footloose
Sixteen Candles
Romancing the Stone
Conan the Destroyer
Nineteen Eighty-Four
This Is Spinal Tap

Top TV shows of 1984

Miami Vice
The Cosby Show
Airwolf
Murder, She Wrote
The Transformers
Who's the Boss?
'Allo 'Allo!
Sherlock Holmes
V
Highway to Heaven
Jeopardy!
V: The Final Battle
Thomas & Friends
Fanny and Alexander
Night Court
Muppet Babies
Fist of the North Star
Blue Thunder
The New Scooby-Doo Mysteries
Hunter