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How Do VALUE, WORTH, & COST Factor Into Retro Gaming’s PERCEIVED EXPENSE?

As I read comments, I often see the recurring suggestion that gaming – particularly nostalgic retrogaming that we care most about – has become far too expensive. I’ve been giving this a lot of thought, and I’m not really sure I agree with that sentiment – but probably not for the reasons you might think. […]

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January 25, 2025

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Atari 2600’s ADVENTURES OF TRON : The Intellivison Port That Became Something NEW

Adventures of Tron is a platform video game produced by Mattel in 1982 for the Atari 2600. ? See MORE Friday Plays RIGHT NOW! ? www.youtube.com/watch?v=TzlP98g2_tE&list=PL13zHeyDr6xswcm1YMnJivU0jefJIOLcb&index=2&ab_channel=GenXGrownUp It is based on the Disney film Tron. The game was originally intended to be a port of the Intellivision video game Tron: Maze-A-Tron, but it became an original […]

Jon

January 24, 2025

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ONLY 500 COPIES of the Atari x Butcher Billy 2600 Cartridge Box Set EXIST!

Atari announced the Butcher Billy set back in December 2023. The company reached out to the Brazilian artist to make a special cover and case for the set, decorating this four-pack of games in which they only made 500 copies. Players could snag these four specific 2600 titles in one set, including get Fatal Run, […]

Jon

January 22, 2025

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NEW Atari Gamestation Go TOP TEN Frequently Asked Questions

Stop leaving yourself vulnerable to data breaches. Go to our sponsor aura.com/gxg to get a 14-day free trial to see if any of your data has been exposed. We first saw the Atari Gamestation Go over a year ago at CES by the name, “Gamestation Portable,” with an estimated release date of Q4 2024. We […]

Jon

January 21, 2025

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Atari 8-bit’s RESCUE ON FRACTALUS! – The Outer Space Combat Sim from Lucasfilm Games

Rescue On Fractalus! is a space combat simulator video game created by Lucasfilm Games. ? See MORE Friday Plays RIGHT NOW! ? www.youtube.com/watch?v=TzlP98g2_tE&list=PL13zHeyDr6xswcm1YMnJivU0jefJIOLcb&index=2&ab_channel=GenXGrownUp It was originally released in 1985 for the Atari 8-bit computers and Atari 5200 console, then ported to the Apple II, ZX Spectrum, Amstrad CPC, Tandy Color Computer 3, and Commodore 64. […]

Jon

January 17, 2025

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The ATARI Joystick Ball-Top I’ve Been SEARCHING FOR! (and then some)

If you watch regularly, then you’ll remember my buddy, Paul, who does 3D industrial design and runs an Etsy store full of cool enhancements for our gaming gadgets. A few months ago we were talking and I asked if he could recreate a simple Atari joystick ball that I used to have. Over the next […]

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