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Atari 2600 Superman: A Day in the Life of a Mild-Mannered Reporter!

Superman is a video game programmed by John Dunn for the Atari Video Computer System (later renamed Atari 2600) and released in 1979 by Atari, Inc. The player controls Superman, whose quest is to explore an open-ended environment to find three pieces of a bridge that was destroyed by Lex Luthor, capture Luthor and his […]

Jon

March 29, 2024

Fantastic Flea Market Finds & Video Project Preview – GXG Plug-N-Play

Some absolutely fantastic flea market finds will be making their way into new video projects in the coming weeks: a Split Second & and Electronic Detective! Split Second » amzn.to/2yK6uJq Electronic Detective » amzn.to/2yJ28T5 Subscribe » GenXGrownUp.com/yt Facebook » fb.me/GenXGrownUp Twitter » GenXGrownUp.com/twitter Website » GenXGrownUp.com Podcast » GenXGrownUp.com/pod Theme: “Grown Up” by Beefy » […]

Jon

November 21, 2017

Imagic’s No Escape! on the Atari 2600 – The MASHUP You Didn’t Know You Needed

No Escape! is an Atari 2600 video game developed and published by Imagic in 1983. The player controls Jason, leader of the Argonauts, who fights off the Furies sent by the Greek gods. A two-player mode, in which the second player competes against the first turn-by-turn, is also available. No Escape! begins with Jason imprisoned […]

Jon

August 9, 2024

Intellivision Beauty and the Beast from Imagic | It’s TOTALLY NOT Donkey Kong!

What do you get when you combine equal parts Donkey Kong, Popeye, and Crazy Climber into a single Intellivision cartridge? You get the first non-2600 game we’ve covered in this Friday Plays series, Beauty and the Beast! With the announcement last week that Atari acquired the Intellivision brand and game library, my interest in learning […]

Jon

May 31, 2024

Why Spend Money on RETROGAMING Toys & Gadgets? ?

We review a LOT of arcade and retro video game toys & gadgets here on GenXGrownUp. And without fail, on each one, we’ll get at least a comment or two asking, “Why would anyone spend money on these products when you could just emulate the game for free on your home computer or a Raspberry […]

Jon

August 17, 2024

Dungeons & Dragons Electronic Labyrinth – VINTAGE D&D TOY SHOW FIND!

In 1980, Mattel Electronics published this Dungeons & Dragons Computer Labyrinth board game. One or two players battle against the computer in a randomly-generated maze to find the treasure and avoid the dragon that guards it. Jon found this one at a local toy show and despite never seeing it before, immediately decided to give […]

Jon

July 2, 2022