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LEGO Atari 2600 VCS vs. A REAL Four-Switch Atari 2600 – Build, Comparison, & Review

Jon has completed the construction of the new LEGO Atari 2600 set and in this finale to the series, he’ll cover the build and then compare the LEGO brick console to a genuine Atari 2600 four-switch unit. So many examples of attention to detail! Pay tribute to a true trailblazer Travel back to the dawn […]

Jon

August 29, 2022

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TETRIS FOREVER Coming Soon from Atari’s Digital Eclipse

Digital Eclipse, the developer behind the likes of Atari 50: The Anniversary Celebration and Llamasoft: The Jeff Minter Story, has unveiled another entry in its critically acclaimed series of interactive documentaries, this time focusing on legendary puzzler Tetris. It’s called Tetris Forever, and it’s coming to PC and “multiple” consoles this winter. Tetris Forever is […]

Jon

August 27, 2024

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Atari 5200 Trak-Ball Servicing & Replacement | Atari CX-53 Trackball

With Atari, trackballs, and 5200 all in the news, what better time to open up & test an almost-new, complete-in-box Atari 5200 Pro-Line Trak-Ball controller from 1983! And that’s exactly what Jon did last week, but discovered that 40-year-old controller had a trackball which had yellowed dramatically over time. With the advice of GenXGrownUp viewers, […]

Jon

February 8, 2024

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The Oregon Trail Micro Arcade Review – The ’71 Computer Game in Your Pocket!

The Oregon Trail is a series of educational computer games designed to teach 8th-grade school children about the realities of 19th-century pioneer life on the Oregon Trail. The player assumes the role of a wagon leader guiding a party of settlers from Independence, Missouri, to Oregon’s Willamette Valley via a covered wagon in 1848. Super […]

Jon

April 3, 2022

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Pac-Man 1980 Challenging Puzzle from Milton Bradley – FACTORY SEALED!

Pac-Man is and was a classic arcade phenomenon that spawned hundreds if not thousands of branded toys and products sporting the yellow dot-muncher. This toy is a vintage 1980 puzzle labeled as “Two Challenging Puzzles.” Using the provided puzzle pieces, you must assemble four open-mouthed characters, and then re-assemble three closed-mouth characters. This one is […]

Jon

February 27, 2022

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200+ Games for $20? – My Arcade Gamer V Data East Handheld Quick Look

The Gamer V handheld portable from My Arcade has no shortage of promise, but it smells an awful lot like the Pixel Player from a couple years ago. It advertises eight Data East classics plus 220 “other games” that could mean anything. In this Quick Look, we’ll see just what this little unit has up […]

Jon

November 29, 2021

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