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Einstein Thrift Shop Toy Find! – 1979 Simon Clone from Castle Toys

Einstein is a 1979 handheld electronic game in the style of Simon or Maniac. A progressively longer series of lights and sounds are presented and the player must match the sequence of be eliminated. Jon found this one at a thrift shop for just $4 and it was labeled, “untested.” Sounds suspicious to me – […]

Jon

June 11, 2022

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The First & Best-Known Rubik’s Cube Knock-Off: Wonderful Puzzler – Jon’s Cool Junk

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 […]

Jon

November 17, 2022

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Review of the Atari 50th Anniversary Flashback Gold from AtGames

Welcome to our review of the Atari 50th Anniversary Flashback Gold Plug-and-Play manufactured by @AtGamesGaming ! This amazing console celebrates 50 years of Atari gaming history by featuring 130 classic Atari 2600 games built into the system. The console comes with two wired controllers that are designed to look like the original Atari joysticks, as well […]

Jon

March 1, 2023

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Home Computer Collectible Cards – GXG Plug-N-Play

Once I knew these cards existed, I knew my life wouldn’t be complete until I had a deck. Here’s a quick shuffle through these Home Computer Collectible Cards from the Cambridge, England Centre for Computing History. Centre for Computing History » www.computinghistory.org.uk/ Subscribe » GenXGrownUp.com/yt Facebook » fb.me/GenXGrownUp Twitter » GenXGrownUp.com/twitter Website » GenXGrownUp.com Podcast […]

Jon

October 1, 2017

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Atari 2600 Exclusive Target Loot Box Review | GenX Atari Sucker!

During GenX there was an Atari sucker born every minute, and Jon was one of ’em. When this exclusive Atari 2500 loot box went on sale at his local target, he couldn’t pass it up. Have a look inside to see if the unsurprising contents of this crate measure up to its new lower price. […]

Jon

August 16, 2019

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Qbert Board Game Review – @#*&^!

The Qbert Board Game is a blast from our retro past and we couldn’t wait to do this board game review for our GenXGrownUp audience. The Qbert arcade game was always one of Mo’s favorites so sit back and enjoy the walk through our retro tabletop memories with the Qbert Board Game. #tabletop #retro #genxgrownup […]

August 21, 2020

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