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With Atari, trackballs, and 5200 all in the news, what better time to open up & test an almost-new, complete-in-box Atari 5200 Pro-Line Trak-Ball controller from 1983! And that’s exactly what Jon did last week, but discovered that 40-year-old controller had a trackball which had yellowed dramatically over time. With the advice of GenXGrownUp viewers, […]

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After the premiere of our Atari Gamestation Pro review, join us for some live GSP gameplay! #atari #myarcade #genxgrownup BUY YOURSAtari Gamestation Pro » www.myarcadegaming.com/products/atari-gamestation-pro Atari 50 Micro Player Pro » amz.run/73R2 (affiliate)Atari 50 Nano Player Pro » amz.run/73ku (affiliate)Atari 50 Pocket Player Pro » amz.run/73Tk (affiliate) SF2 Micro Player Pro » amz.run/73R1 (affiliate)SF2 Nano […]

When Rubik’s Cubes hit the world in 1980, other companies were quick to jump on the bandwagon and start producing clones. The Wonderful Puzzler from Taiwan is the first and best-known imitation Rubik’s cube ever produced. It began manufacture the same year Rubik’s hit the market, and while they are unwieldy, unfriendly puzzle cubes, the […]

Is The Atari VCS worth it? That’s the question everyone is asking right now. Gaming news sites everywhere have been spitting out articles left and right. We’re no different here at GenXGrownUp, as Jon was one of the first Indiegogo supporters when the Atari VCS was first announced. For a long time we teased him […]

NOTE: The author of Adventure, Warren Robinett, was present in the chat for this live stream! It’s 1980 and you’re sitting cross-legged in front of the wood-grain console TV trying to find a single pixel dot your buddy in elementary school swore was hidden in the dungeon. Rumor is, it unlocks a secret room with […]