Reminiscing about The Greatest American Hero, and having a look at the contents of the limited edition collectors tin, including that elusive instruction manual!
Enjoy our holiday 2018 video series, where we’re featuring the Top Toys & Games of Generation X, from A to Z! One a day for the 26 days we’re highlighting a different toy or game from our youth, give a little history on it, and share what made it so special. This series runs from December […]
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 […]
Join GenXGrownUp for Perks! » bit.ly/395HEr9 So you’ve built an Atari 2600 Clone Console as an Atari VCS alternative? Now it’s time to add EVEN MORE ROMs to the system and see what happens. The Retropie Atari 2600 ROMs are nice but we want more! Jon takes us through the steps needed to bring the […]
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 – […]
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 […]