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Atari’s Mr. Run and Jump: Let’s Try a FULL Run-Through of the Game!

Mr. Run and Jump is the first new cartridge released BY ATARI for the Atari 2600 in decades! It’s a very rudimentary looking game but with relatable physics and a fun high score mechanic that counts in reverse as you play. We’re going to try to complete a full run-through of Mr. Run and Jump […]

Jon

January 3, 2024

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Atari 2600’s Haunted House: The GRANDDADDY of SURVIVAL HORROR!

Haunted House is a 1982 adventure video game programmed by James Andreasen for the Atari Video Computer System (later renamed Atari 2600) and published by Atari. The player controls an avatar shaped like a pair of eyes who explores a mansion seeking out parts of an urn to return to the entrance. The game world […]

Jon

October 11, 2024

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Atari 2600 Bowling: Simple or Not, FUN is Just FUN!

Bowling is a sports video game published in 1979 by Atari, Inc. for the Atari Video Computer System (Atari VCS). MORE gameplay vids just like this AVAILABLE NOW: www.youtube.com/watch?v=CAnjgB9-N7s&list=PL13zHeyDr6xswcm1YMnJivU0jefJIOLcb&index=2&t=4s&ab_channel=GenXGrownUp It was programmed by Larry Kaplan who left Atari to co-found Activision the same year. The game is an interpretation of the sport bowling, playable by […]

Jon

December 6, 2024

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The ATARI Joystick Ball-Top I’ve Been SEARCHING FOR! (and then some)

If you watch regularly, then you’ll remember my buddy, Paul, who does 3D industrial design and runs an Etsy store full of cool enhancements for our gaming gadgets. A few months ago we were talking and I asked if he could recreate a simple Atari joystick ball that I used to have. Over the next […]

Jon

January 15, 2025

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Zungle Bluetooth Glasses Review

My crowdfunded bluetooth Zungle headphone sunglasses arrived in the post today, and it’s like science fiction magic. So I wanted to share it with my fellow GenX’ers! Get your own Zungles » www.zungleinc.com Subscribe » GenXGrownUp.com/yt Podcast » GenXGrownUp.com/pod Facebook » fb.me/GenXGrownUp Website » GenXGrownUp.com Theme: “Grown Up” by Beefy » beefyness.com

Jon

May 31, 2017

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Dunkirk (2017) Review

Dunkirk – Rated PG-13 – Reviewed July 28, 2017 – IMDb I think I held my breath for most of this movie. Dunkirk is based on a real historical event when 400,000 British troops were trapped on a beach with German soldiers on one side and the English Channel on the other. There are bombers and […]

July 29, 2017

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