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The First & Best-Known Rubik’s Cube Knock-Off: Wonderful Puzzler – Jon’s Cool Junk

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 […]

Jon

November 17, 2022

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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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Forgotten Atari Prototype FOUND & FREE to Download & Play on Your VCS: Snark!

First it was Sonar, and now, Snark! Yet another Atari prototype from the early days of the VCS has surfaced and is available to download & play. And it’s pretty complete! Snark can best be described as… well it really can’t be described in terms of another game. Snark it truly a unique idea, at […]

Jon

April 21, 2023

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HUNGRY STUDIO WINS GOLD STEVIE® AWARD FOR BLOCK BLAST! IN 2025 ASIA-PACIFIC STEVIE AWARDS

Flagship Title Awarded as Best Mobile App/Casual Game; Winners to Be Celebrated During Gala Event on May 13 in Seoul Hong Kong (April 16, 2025) | Hungry Studio was named the winner of a Gold Stevie® Award in the Best Mobile Apps/Casual Game category for Block Blast! in the 12th annual Asia-Pacific Stevie Awards. The Asia-Pacific […]

George

April 16, 2025

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Manic Miner for ZX Spectrum | Miner Willy is ONE MAJOR Miner!

Manic Miner is a platform game written for the ZX Spectrum by Matthew Smith. It was published by Bug-Byte in 1983, then later the same year by Software Projects. The first game in the Miner Willy series, the design was inspired by Miner 2049er (1982) for the Atari 8-bit computers. Retro Gamer called Manic Miner […]

Jon

August 30, 2024

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25 Atari Home Computer Ports of Classic Arcade Games! | THE400 Mini & Atari 8-bit Home Computers

The early ’80s was perfect timing for arcade ports on home computers. Arcades were still thriving and packed with what are now legendary games, and home computers like the C64 and Atari 8-bit (Atari 400/800/etc.) were so much more capable than early consoles, that they could much more closely duplicate the sound, visuals, and gameplay […]

Jon

March 2, 2024

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