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Join GenXGrownUp for Perks! » bit.ly/395HEr9 GenXGrownUp reviews The Ultimate Mix Tape, a music quiz book with all the answers! It is an awesome book that challenges your knowledge of ’70s and ’80s music. If you love the music of that time then you will want to check out this book! #genxgrownup #musicquizwithanswers #70smusicquizwithanswers #80smusicquizwithanswers […]

My Arcade has put out plenty of Pac-Man releases, but two of the most notable are 2018’s Pocket Player and 2020’s 40th Anniversary Micro Player. Despite the very different review score awarded by GenXGrownUp, many commenters felt that the version of Pac-Man in these two releases was actually the same. But is it? In this […]

After years of nothing new, My Arcade arcade cabinet toys are back on store shelves. In this review, we take a look at the next in the line of the new offerings, the All-Star Arena Micro Player. This is a familiar form with some familiar titles, plus 300 more “games” to try. We’ve seen this […]

We got one! The My Arcade Contra is a premium mini arcade cabinet from My Arcade which is giving stiff competition to the super impulse tiny arcade units. Yes, it’s more than double the price, but as we saw with the My Arcade Space Invaders unit, it could be money well spent. So here’s Jon […]

When we were growing up in the 80s we all said the same thing, “Man, I wish I could have my very own arcade game!” Well, it only took us 30 years. Check out Jon’s obsession with mini arcade cabinets as he takes a look at Mini-Burgertime, Mini-Dig-Dug, and Mini-Galaga in his review of the […]

We love the My Arcade Micro Player machines here at GenXGrownUp and Elevator Action is one of our favorite arcade machines from the golden era. We’ve shown you the My Arcade Micro Player Galaga machine and we’ve even shown you a My Arcade Micro Player hack. Now it’s time to dig in on Elevator Action. […]