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About This Episode Back in the 70s & 80s, nothing sold a product better than a great mascot or spokesperson. Everyone knew Mr. Wipple, Chalie the Tuna, and the Maytag repairman, and they became almost synonymous with the products they represented. We thought that they’d be around forever but times change and many of our […]

Hollywood has struck a goldmine by remaking the films of the GenX childhood. But just because you can remake a film, should you? In this first episode of Diminishing Returns, Mo takes a look at the 2010 remake of the 1984 classic, The Karate Kid and asks, was it worth it? The Karate Kid (1984) […]

About This Episode There was once a time when it took hours to download a file, when you had to find out from friends and magazines the numbers to the best… well.. let’s call them “sites,” and when your home phone (no mobile back then) was the same line that you used to access remote […]

Shop G'AIM'E Time Crisis » http://genxgrownup.com/gaime The first Intellivision console, brought to you by Atari. The Intellivision Sprint retains the authentic look and feel of the original, modernized with HDMI and wireless controllers. Includes 45 built-in games, including Boulder Dash and Shark! Shark!, along with classic Intellivision sports games, strategy games, and more. Also includes new overlays for each game. #atari #intellivision #retrogaming #genxgrownup - SHOP Intellivision Sprint » https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0FX5Z3N23?tag=genxgrownup-20 http://genxgrownup.com/amazon http://GenXGrownUp.com/merch - PODCAST http://GenXGrownUp.com/pod - SUPPORT US https://patreon.com/genxgrownup - WEB & SOCIAL http://GenXGrownUp.com/discord https://twitch.tv/genxgrownup http://fb.me/GenXGrownUp https://bsky.app/profile/genxgrownup.com https://www.tiktok.com/@genxgrownup https://www.instagram.com/genxgrownup/ http://GenXGrownUp.com - SPONSORS Keys of Fury » https://keysoffury.com G'AIM'E Time Crisis » http://genxgrownup.com/gaime King of Nerds » http://kingofnerds.tv Order of Cosmic Champions » http://www.orderofcosmicchampions.com - CHAPTERS 00:00 The Sprint 00:30 The Acquisition 02:17 Box & Contents 04:36 Overlays 06:01 Size Comparison 07:34 Controller Comparison 09:30 Hardware Tour 13:12 Power On & Impressions 14:28 Carousel & Features 19:11 Astrosmash 20:11 B-17 Bomber 21:17 Boulder Dash 22:50 Night Stalker 24:11 Pinball 25:13 Shark! Shark! 26:33 Space Armada 27:42 Thunder Castle 29:30 USB Expansion 31:00 Diagnostics 32:14 AD&D Cloudy Mountain 32:48 Diner 33:25 Dreadnaught Factor 34:02 Pac-Man 34:32 Tron Deadly Discs 35:08 Smart USB Carousel 36:02 Summary

In this 2019 Jerry Buckner interview, we speak with half of Bucker & Garcia — the musical act who brought us Pac-Man Fever! This panel was recorded at the Southern-Fried Gaming Expo 2019 in Atlanta, GA. #genxgrownup #pacmanfever #bucknergarcia Full Interview » genxgrownup.com/fever Jerry Buckner’s Site » bucknergarcia.com Get Pac-Man Fever » amzn.to/2MsMVPQ SFGE » […]

About This Episode They were dark, noisy, and not usually very clean, but we still loved going to video game arcades. In this backtrack we talk about the experience of the arcade: from scrounging for quarters under seat cushions to how we chose which games to play. It’s definitely something that had its day and […]