I think people misunderstand the phrase "you had to be there"
People on Facebook say it about everything they're nostalgic for. Longingly, lovingly
But I'm pretty sure "you had to be there" was originally an insult to a piece of art.
You're supposed to say that when it doesn't actually hold up if watched/played in the modern day
All right, content warning, this next section is where I have to actually say my real life opinions in order to improve my point
You didn't "have to be there" to enjoy Naruto part 1. I watched it for the first time when I was 20 in like 2017, and It's one of the best anime of its kind imo.
DBZ on the other hand seems like it's only really enjoyable if you started the series when you're 12 or under, when you have lower standards for what you expect from storytelling
You didn't "have to be there" to enjoy Star Fox 64 or Mario kart 64. I didn't play them until late high School and early adulthood, and imo they are still great games overall.
Halo 1 on the other hand seems extremely poorly designed. Me and my partner spent nearly an hour running around in circles in one section, because all of the corridors are exactly the same and the game lacks any conveyance as to where you're supposed to go next, (and he had actually played the game before, but he still didn't know where to go)
The people on Facebook will post collections of GameCube games or compilations of cartoon Network shows and unintentionally imply that this stuff sucks if you're not a nostalgia blind weirdo. NO, ACTUALLY SOME OF THE STUFF IS STILL VERY GOOD, STOP TRYING TO CONVINCE YOUNGER GENERATIONS THAT IT'S TERRIBLE
This is a very strange phenomenon, cuz it seems like for most of History people tried to force their kids to watch stuff that they grew up liking, now suddenly we are like "no, this was never good to begin with, but if you have the epic privilege of having been born at an exact point in time you will have access to wonder and whimsy beyond your wildest imagination. Too bad you were coincidentally born in a different decade, you pathetic creature, you were born with the fundamental deficiency of being able to understand Star Fox 64 😎" WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT