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Atari is celebrating its 50th anniversary, and with it, the spark that launched the modern video game industry. It has been five decades since a small team in Silicon Valley first combined their creativity, curiosity and passion into making video games and hardware. The result of their efforts was Atari, one of the most recognizable […]

The Rubik’s Cube is an iconic toy and symbol of GenX, so it was inevitable that when I spotted this Bluetooth speaker made in the form of a Rubik’s 3×3 puzzle cube, I was gonna be a buyer. Time to take it for a test drive! #rubiks #bluetooth #genxgrownup BUY YOURS amzn.to/3pHXrFE (affiliate) PATREONpatreon.com/genxgrownup MERCH […]

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. […]

Stuck in quarantine? We’ve got a GenX solution for you! Ace of Aces is a two-player combat picture book game designed by Alfred Leonardi and first published in 1980 by Nova Game Designs. It was one of Mo’s favorites and the fun endures even 40 years later. So dust off your copy (or head to […]

Pac-Man is universal. No matter your age or interests, you know who Pac-Man is just like you know Mario or Mickey Mouse. So it makes sense that we continue to see re-release after re-release of this legendary Namco classic. In just one week, we’ll be headed to Vegas for CES 2025 where we’ll spend a […]

Midway arcade games were some of the greatest, and this recent line of collectible Midway arcade cabinet keychains is perfect for the GenX nostalgic sucker in Jon. Unbox along with him and see which machines are represented in the line! #genxgrownup #midway #arcade Subscribe » GenXGrownUp.com/yt Patreon » patreon.com/genxgrownup Merchandise » GenXGrownUp.com/merch Podcast » GenXGrownUp.com/pod […]