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1979 Wildfire Pinball Handheld | Vintage Parker Brothers Electronic Toy

Wildfire is a handheld pinball simulator released by toy manufacturer, Parker Brothers, in 1979. The box advertises that it “sounds and plays like the real thing!” We know that’s unlikely for an electronic toy of this era, but that takes nothing away from the charm emanating from a vintage gadget like this. Jon recently found […]

Jon

October 17, 2023

TV’s Top 10 One-Season Wonders

Far too many great television shows are canceled after just a single season (or even less). With so few episodes, these shows seldom make their way to syndication, so it’s easy to miss out on gems if you didn’t catch them on their initial run. GXG gives you a rundown of the top ten one-season […]

Jon

July 31, 2017

Atari & Alan-1 Recharged Cabinets Join the LEAGUE!

Atari & Alan-1 bring new Recharged cabinets ONLINE! Atari and Alan-1, Inc., a video game studio and manufacturer of coin-operated arcade game cabinets, is bringing the Atari Recharged line of game to arcade cabinets starting later this month. Not only can you now play your favorite reimagined Atari classic in the arcade, but using Alan-1’s […]

Jon

July 10, 2024

What If ATARI Acquired Those Classic ACTIVISION GAMES?

Over the past year, Atari’s mergers & acquisition team has been working overtime. They grabbed up a dozen titles from Stern including Berzerk & Frenzy, secured rights to the back catalog of Mattel’s M Network games, and even nabbed the Intellivison name and much of that console’s library. This is all part of their strategy […]

Jon

November 2, 2024

Headed to Infinity Con 2019

Infinity Con 2019 is one of the best regional conventions around. This year GenXGrownup and Drawn & Paneled will be there in full force to enjoy the Costume contest, Face-Off contest, Smash Bros. tournament, and so much more. March 2nd-3rd in Lake City, FL – come join us for all the fun! #genxgrownup #infinityconfl #cosplay […]

Jon

February 27, 2019

Atari 2600 Turmoil from 20th Century Fox | The BEST Tempest Experience You Can Get on the VCS!

You no doubt know the story of how Yars’ Revenge came about when Howard Scott Warshaw was assigned to port Star Castle to the Atari VCS. The system just wasn’t quite capable, but with a little re-design, a new and now classic game was born. I don’t know for a fact that similar evolution took […]

Jon

June 7, 2024