The Atari VCS (later renamed Atari 2600) was released in 1977. This vintage game catalog is from just the second year of the 2600’s existence: 1978. Featuring only twenty (20) games, this time capsule is not only a snapshot in time of the early Atari, but also a look at just how whimsical and cartoony […]
The steady flow of new small arcade machine releases dried up a couple years back, but could the newly-announced Pico and Nano Players from My Arcade Gaming be set to revitalize releases for consumers? We take a look at what’s on the horizon and what it might mean for collectors like us. #myarcade #videogames #genxgrownup […]
Part 1/2 – A few weekends ago, Jon stumbled across this 1980 electronic handheld game from Parker Brothers: Split Second. It was in pretty rough shape, but he’s determined to clean it up and restore it to working condition. Split Second » amzn.to/2yK6uJq Flea Market Finds PnP » youtu.be/cNeegTJ6Q0Q Subscribe » GenXGrownUp.com/yt Facebook » fb.me/GenXGrownUp […]
An eleven-year-old Tommy Grant is trying to deal with some unfavorable circumstances that are intruding in his otherwise tranquil life in rural 1980s Ohio. He retreats into the thing he loves most… Order of Cosmic Champions. The long-running and highly successful animated program and line of toys provides Tommy with a much needed boost of […]
The Atari Legacy cabinet from Arcade1Up came with a game that I had never heard of called Akka Arrh. With a little research, I found out that not only was the game never released, but the way the ROM became public was a story unto itself! In this video, I go through some of the […]