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In the mid-2000s, Atari Interactive was slapping the Atari name & (weird) logo on anything that moved. Here’s a prime example in the Atari Combat playable ink pen! A standard ink pen with a chunky box on top with a LCD interpretation of the VCS original. We’ll see! #atari #atari2600 #retrogaming #genxgrownup SHOP (affiliates)genxgrownup.com/amazon SUBSCRIBE […]

All the thrills and spills of the arcade game in a cardboard format in the Pole Position board game! Released in 1983 by Parker Brothers, players use various movement cards (move 5, move 4, move rookie/move 2, move 2/shift track) in an attempt to be the first car around the track. Adapted from the popular […]

Atari 50 just dropped the latest DLC: The First Console War Get your EXPANDED EDTIION Today! www.amazon.com/dp/B0D92Y1QVT?tag=genxgrownup-20 (affiliate) Well before the current day console wars dominated social media and message boards, Atari’s VCS and Intellivision collided in the first major video game rivalry in 1979. The battle only intensified when Intellivision started making games for […]

SPELLHACK!! is a fast-paced survival deckbuilder with a surreal game-within-a-game aesthetic! Collect and upgrade Technospells during the day, and defend against waves of Summoned Beasts at night in this bodacious twist on the genre! Spellhack takes the traditional roguelike deckbuilder forumla and mixes it up, adding elements from survival and tower defense games, and avoiding […]

You find an old computer, someone left a file: capture_the_flag_prototype.exe You decide to open it. What lives in a DEAD game? Traverse the digital wasteland of a shooter game long-abandoned. but don’t let looks deceive you, the game is just a remnant distracting you from its real purpose. Delve deep into a fully realized faux-90s […]

Shop Fightbox: https://genxgrownup.com/fightbox The My Arcade Streets of Rage Micro Player was first announced at CES 2025, and now it’s finally here! This miniature arcade cabinet brings Sega’s legendary beat-’em-up series to the countertop—but after the long wait, does it deliver the experience fans were hoping for? In this review, we take a close look at the cabinet, controls, screen, included games, features, and overall build quality. Then we put it through its paces to find out whether this tiny arcade deserves a place in your retro-gaming collection. Is the Streets of Rage Micro Player worth the wait? Let’s find out! #retrogaming #handheld #retro #genxgrownup - SHOP Buy Streets of Rage: https://amzn.to/4pYfV2j Buy Golden Axe: https://amzn.to/4geLZMc 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 Fightbox » https://genxgrownup.com/fightbox King of Nerds » http://kingofnerds.tv Order of Cosmic Champions » http://www.orderofcosmicchampions.com - CHAPTERS 00:00 SoR Story So Far 02:33 Box & Contents 05:15 Hardware Tour 06:52 Cabinet? 10:31 Power On 10:53 Streets of Rage 17:01 Streets of Rage II 20:50 Conclusion