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Atari 50: The Anniversary Celebration – Everything We Know So Far!

Atari is celebrating its 50th anniversary, and with it, the spark that launched the modern video game industry. It has been five decades since a small team in Silicon Valley first combined their creativity, curiosity and passion into making video games and hardware. The result of their efforts was Atari, one of the most recognizable […]

Jon

July 4, 2022

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Missile Command Field Test Review – RepliCade X from New Wave Toys -1980 Atari Arcade Classic

New Wave Toys has released Missile Command x RepliCade: Field-Test Edition! This is a fully playable 1/6th scale replica of the Pre-Production Missile Command that was field tested before going with the Missile Command design we know today. This limited-edition machine has all the same standard Missile Command x RepliCade features with faithfully reproduced preproduction […]

Jon

November 8, 2022

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LEGO Atari 2600 VCS – Asteroids Comes to Brick-ified Life!

We’re several phases deep into the new LEGO Atari 2600 set. In this video, having half-built the 2600 console, Jon gives you a look at the great design of the Asteroids cartridge and Asteroids game scene. #atari2600 #atarivcs #genxgrownup SUBSCRIBEGenXGrownUp.com/yt PATREONpatreon.com/genxgrownup MERCH GenXGrownUp.com/merch MEMBERSHIPbit.ly/395HEr9 PODCAST GenXGrownUp.com/pod DISCORD GenXGrownUp.com/discord SOCIAL fb.me/GenXGrownUp GenXGrownUp.com/twitter WEBSITE GenXGrownUp.com THEME “Grown […]

Jon

August 11, 2022

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Wacky Packages Minis SERIES 3 Sneak Peek! – from Super Impulse & Topps

Wacky Packages Minis is the line of hilarious, miniature, 3D products based on the classic stickers by iconic trading card company Topps. With silly and outrageous spoofs of popular household products, Wacky Packages Minis brings the original, 2D parody stickers to life by transforming them to 3D miniature toys! Series 3 is just hitting store […]

Jon

March 7, 2022

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Colossal Fossil Fight! – BRAND NEW Vintage 1978 Board Game from Gabriel

In Colossal Fossil Fight from Gabriel Toys, each of the two players use a dinosaur to pick up bones from the bone yard and place them into their den. There are three types of bones (legs, ribs, and skulls) which are worth one, three, and five points, respectively. Once all the bones are removed from […]

Jon

November 3, 2022

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The Atari 2600’s TV Type Switch: An Important Piece of the VCS Legacy

The Atari 2600’s TV Type Switch: An Important Piece of the VCS Legacy The “TV Type” switch on the Atari 2600 was a hardware feature that allowed users to switch between two different video output modes: “Color” and “Black and White”. Initially, in the “Color” mode, Atari 2600 titles would output a color signal to […]

Jon

March 15, 2023

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