Every time I scroll through my social media I’m met with the same proclamation - that brands should bring back the ‘transparent’ gaming tech of the late 90s. Usually, these statements are followed up by wishing the best Nintendo Switch accessories looked like the N64 ‘Funtastic Series’ that introduced a line of brightly colored transparent plastic variations to the iconic 90s console or Apple’s iconic Bondi Blue iMac G3 from 1998.
The vivid futuristic-looking designs are still fresh in my mind as a 90s kid. But while Nintendo isn’t dropping transparent plastic variants of the current Nintendo Switch, that doesn’t mean the designs of the late 90s and early 00s haven’t already made a comeback. The biggest names in tech may have shifted to more sleek aesthetics for their hardware, but third-party brands have brought transparency back tenfold. Anyone who still yearns for the 90s might not be looking hard enough.
