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When the Atari 7800+ was announced, we also got word that a handful of masterful titles – formerly independent homebrew games by developer Bob DeCrescenzo – were being adopted by the mothership as official Atari games, including a sequel to Crystal Castles, Bentley Bear’s Crystal Quest. Jon sits down with BobD to discuss his history […]

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, […]

The original release of Galaga did have one famous/infamous bugs in it whereby you could stop the enemies from shooting at you for the entire game if you just knew the right steps. Could that bug possibly have been ported over to these new My Arcade units? Let’s find out! FEATURES Officially licensed title. High […]

The GXG crew is amped to learn of a classic arcade mecca just a short drive south in Daytona Beach, Florida. Naturally, this triggered another GXG Road Trip, where Mo & Jon head down to the Daytona Arcade Museum and see what this facility is all about. Daytona Arcade Museum » www.daytonaarcademuseum.com Subscribe » GenXGrownUp.com/yt […]

Buck Rogers In The 25th Century is one of the classic science fiction TV shows from Generation X. It starred Gil Gerard as Buck Rogers, Erin Gray as Wilma Deering, Pamela Hensley as Princess Ardala, and everyone’s favorite robot – Twiki! Running for two seasons, the show has captured a cult following that’s still going […]

THE400 Mini from  @THEC64  &  @PLAION_Official  comes withe 25 pre-installed games, PLUS MORE HIDDEN GAMES! Thanks to  @johnhancockretro  for the heads-up!  Atari brings the computer age home. Again! Welcome back to the Atari 8-bit world of computing! The powerful Atari 400 set a new standard of capability with its release in 1979, and along with […]