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Atari® — one of the world’s most iconic consumer brands and interactive entertainment producers — announced today it has purchased the Intellivision brand and certain games from Intellivision Entertainment LLC. Atari will seek to expand digital and physical distribution of legacy Intellivision games, potentially create new games, and explore brand and licensing opportunities as part […]

In the early '80s a company called Suncom manufactured this unassuming little 9-pin joystick for the Atari 2600. It doesn't look like much, but with its solid steel shaft, ball-top, and low profile, the Slik Stik is one of the most accurate and durable third-party controllers available for the 2600 (and compatibles). Jon found this one at the Southern Fried Gaming Expo 2025 and picked it up on pedigree alone. Let's clean it up and give it a test to see why so many players swear by this little controller. #atari #retrogaming #joystick #genxgrownup - LINKS (relevant links mentioned in video) - SHOP http://genxgrownup.com/amazon http://GenXGrownUp.com/merch - PODCAST http://GenXGrownUp.com/pod - SUPPORT US https://patreon.com/genxgrownup - WEB & SOCIAL http://GenXGrownUp.com/discord https://twitch.tv/genxgrownup http://fb.me/GenXGrownUp https://bsky.app/profile/genxgrownup.com https://www.tiktok.com/@genxgrownup https://www.instagram.com/genxgrownup/ http://GenXGrownUp.com - CHAPTERS 00:00 SFGE Flea 01:29 Starting Place 02:47 Dismantling 04:14 Cleaning 05:09 Assembly 05:46 Cleaning II 07:40 Clean & Ready 08:28 Play Test 10:14 Summary

NEON THE NINJA is a punk rock platformer where you hide in plain sight and bring swords to the gun fight. Slay each boss and take their power if you don’t smash your controller first! Are You Ninja Enough? Indie games are all the rage right now and especially retro games. GenXGrownUp is a proud […]

On this week’s episode, before we go see Ant-Man And The Wasp, we dive in and review Ant-Man Vol. 1: Second-Chance Man from Marvel. Scott Lang has never exactly been the world’s best super hero. Heck, most people don’t even think he’s been the best Ant-Man! And the last guy invented Ultron and joined the […]

Adventure 2600 Reboot is a graphical and sound update to the Atari 2600 game Adventure. Play is controlled by the keyboard. Play is much like the original in that you must find keys to the castles, retrieve the gold chalice and take it to the gold castle. Quest 1 has one maze and the two […]

This month, GXG’s Comic Sans hit the road and takes in the Tallahassee Comic Con. George and his co-host/son Michael check out the comics, art, artists, cosplayers and more at this two-day event in Florida’s capital city (December 2-3, 2017). Here at GenxGrownUp we’re big fans of nerd/geek/pop culture and comic books are a wonderful […]