Yars Rising: Yars’ Revenge Reboot Teaser Trailer Breakdown – EASTER EGGS!
Don your neon and your best hacker outfit, and dive into this brand new title from Atari and renowned developer WayForward, building upon the much-beloved Yars franchise in this 2D action adventure!...
View ArticleAtari Berzerk Review – 1:6 Scale RepliCade from New Wave Toys – 1980 Arcade...
Berzerk is a multidirectional shooter designed by Alan McNeil and released for arcades in 1980 by Stern Electronics of Chicago. Following Taito’s Stratovox, it is one of the first arcade video games...
View ArticleAtari 2600 Spider-Man – He Can Sling a Web, But CAN’T CRAWL UP WALLS?!
Spider-Man is a vertical scrolling action game programmed by Laura Nikolich for the Atari 2600, and released in 1982 by Parker Brothers. It was both the first video game to feature Spider-Man and the...
View ArticleWas Coleco’s Donkey Kong Port for Atari 2600 SABOTAGED? | Garry Kitchen...
FULL ONE-HOUR INTERVIEW: genxgrownup.com/GK One of the coolest benefits of being a content creator is having the opportunity to actually speak with some of the key figures who laid the foundation of...
View ArticleAtari 2600 Yars’ Revenge – The Ultimate Variation of the Ultimate VCS Game!
Yars’ Revenge is a video game released for the Atari 2600 in 1982. It was created by Howard Scott Warshaw and is Atari’s best-selling original game for the 2600. The player controls an insect-like...
View ArticleAtari 2600 Smurf: Rescue in Gargamel’s Castle – Who Needs a FIRE Button?!
Smurf: Rescue in Gargamel’s Castle is a 1982 video game published and developed by Coleco for the ColecoVision and Atari 2600. The game is based on the television series The Smurfs. In the game, the...
View ArticleColeco Revival Berzerk & Frenzy Tabletop Arcade Machines
In the early ’80s, the idea of bringing the action of an arcade game home was unthinkable unless you were Ricky Schroder on Silver Spoons! They were far too big & expensive, and thus, out of reach....
View ArticleAtari Surprise Box feat. NEW PRODUCTS Coming Soon!
Atari and PLAION have a number of new products about to be released, and they were generous enough to drop-ship a care package to GenXGrownUp HQ with some samples. What’s in the BOX? #atari #plaion...
View ArticleAtari 2600 Raiders of the Lost Ark –“Why did it have to be snakes?”
Raiders of the Lost Ark is an action-adventure game for the Atari 2600 released in 1982, based on the 1981 film of the same name. The game was designed by Howard Scott Warshaw. When the opportunity to...
View ArticleThe Ultimate U.S. Games/Vidtec/Atari 2600 Tier List – ALL RELEASED GAMES RANKED
During this renaissance of Atari 2600 games in the wake of the release of the 2600+, prices for those decades-old cartridges continue to climb. So it’s even more important now to know the caliber of...
View ArticleVintage Oil Drilling Game that NEVER WAS! | Oil Strike ’75
Get ready to earn while you learn in Oil Strike ’75, a fun, exciting, and educational new game from Cadal Corp. where you’re tasked with running a rig and discovering new oil deposits at the bottom of...
View ArticleComparison of 2019 vs. 2024 Pac-Man | Basic Fun Arcade Classics AGAIN in 2024!
Basic Fun’s line of Arcade Classics tabletop video game toys were all the rage in the late teens, but new released evaporated around 2020 – or so we thought! Just in the past week, sightings of a new...
View ArticleAtari 2600 Thunderground from SEGA | It’s All About Design!
Thunderground is an Atari 2600 video game developed by Sega Electronics and released by Sega in 1983. It appears to have been inspired mainly by one section of arcade game Borderline (1981), which sees...
View ArticlePinball FX Universal Pinball: TV Classics | Live with GenXGrownUp
Join us for an exciting Pinball FX Universal Pinball: TV Classics live stream! Explore the latest pinball tables inspired by your favorite TV shows. Discover tips, tricks, and gameplay strategies for...
View ArticleDefective $1000 Atari XP Carts & the State of Modern Atari | An Editorial
About two weeks ago, a user on X by the name of Cear Dragon posted that two of their limited AtariXP carts – Haunted House & Crystal Castles – were defective. Haunted House, he claimed, had the PCB...
View Article7-Eleven Slurpee + Tetris Handheld is SOLD OUT and in HIGH DEMAND!
You may remember last year when 7-Eleven was running a Pac-Man promotion collaborating with Namco Bandai. Well, they’re at it again this year, but this time around they’ve partnered with Tetris on the...
View ArticleAtari Acquires Intellivision Brand & HUGE Game Library!
Atari® — one of the world’s most iconic consumer brands and interactive entertainment producers — announced today it has purchased the Intellivision brand and certain games from Intellivision...
View ArticleAtari 2600 Keystone Kapers from Activision | The Third Time REALLY IS the Charm!
Atari 2600 Keystone Kapers from Activision | The Third Time REALLY IS the Charm! Kitchen designed the game after working on Atari 2600 games Space Jockey and a port of Donkey Kong. He wanted to develop...
View ArticleColecoVision Restoration: The Cartridges | Getting to Know the 2nd Gen Legend...
ColecoVision is a second-generation home video-game console developed by Coleco and launched in North America in August 1982. It was released a year later in Europe by CBS Electronics as the CBS...
View ArticleIntellivision Beauty and the Beast from Imagic | It’s TOTALLY NOT Donkey Kong!
What do you get when you combine equal parts Donkey Kong, Popeye, and Crazy Climber into a single Intellivision cartridge? You get the first non-2600 game we’ve covered in this Friday Plays series,...
View ArticleNEW Atari CX-78+ & Atari 7800 Reproduction Cartridges + SHIPPING DATES!
Atari and PLAION have a number of new products about to be released, and they were generous enough to drop-ship a care package to GenXGrownUp HQ with some samples a few weeks back. At the time we could...
View ArticleAtari 2600 Turmoil from 20th Century Fox | The BEST Tempest Experience You...
You no doubt know the story of how Yars’ Revenge came about when Howard Scott Warshaw was assigned to port Star Castle to the Atari VCS. The system just wasn’t quite capable, but with a little...
View ArticleColecoVision Restoration: Console & Controllers | Getting to Know the 2nd Gen...
ColecoVision is a second-generation home video-game console developed by Coleco and launched in North America in August 1982. It was released a year later in Europe by CBS Electronics as the CBS...
View ArticleIntellivision Thunder Castle | Swords & Sorcery in an Ever-Changing Maze!
Thunder Castle is a 1986 maze video game for the Intellivision. The player controls a knight navigating three mazes, defeating enemies to progress. To defeat the enemies, the knight must interact with...
View ArticleAtari’s Yars Rising: Where’s All the FAN HATE Coming From?
Fan reaction to the recently-announced Yars Rising has been surprisingly divisive. It’s been accused of being too talky, too different, and “not Yars” at all. In this editorial, Jon shares his thoughts...
View ArticleK.C. Munchkin on the Odyssey 2: How Close Before You’re Just a Copy?
How many Munchies can your Munchkin munch before your Munchkin’s all munched out? That’s the question posed right on the box cover for K.C. Munchkin for the Odyssey 2. Released in Europe as Munchkin,...
View ArticleNo Players Online: Play an Abandoned FPS on a Found Computer! (DEMO)
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...
View ArticleAtari’s Yars Rising DEMO | Let’s Run Through the Time-Limited Demo (Yars’...
From the renowned development studio WayForward Technologies, Inc. (Shantae, River City Girls, Advance Wars 1+2: Re-Boot Camp) comes Yars Rising, a 2D action-adventure exploration of one of Atari’s...
View ArticleTormenture! | Atari-Inspired CURSED Retro Gameplay
From the renowned development studio WayForward Technologies, Inc. (Shantae, River City Girls, Advance Wars 1+2: Re-Boot Camp) comes Yars Rising, a 2D action-adventure exploration of one of Atari’s...
View ArticleSpellhack!! Demo | Retro Survival Deckbuilder
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...
View ArticleAtari 50 Getting an EXPANDED EDITION in October 2024
Atari and developer Digital Eclipse are excited to announce a significant expansion to their acclaimed 2022 release Atari 50: the Anniversary Collection. The new version, entitled Atari 50: the...
View ArticleAtari’s NeoSprint | The Sprint Legacy Comes to ALL CONSOLES June 27!
Atari’s single-screen Sprint Series brought multiplayer racing to arcades in the 1970s, complete with steering wheels, gas and brake pedals, and gear shifts. The gem of the series was Sprint 8, which...
View ArticleAtari 2600’s Atlantis from Imagic: I’ll Bet You Learn Something NEW!
Atlantis is a fixed shooter video game released by Imagic in July 1982 for the Atari 2600. It was written by Dennis Koble who also wrote Trick Shot for Imagic. Atlantis was ported to the Atari 8-bit...
View ArticleAtari Gamestation Go! Hands-On with a REVISED PROTOTYPE of the 2024 My Arcade...
My Arcade first introduced the Atari Gamestation Portable at the 2024 Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, Nevada. Since then, we’ve all been more than eager to learn more about this device. What...
View ArticleAtari 2600’s Frostbite from Activision: Break Out that Winter Coat!
Frostbite is a 1983 action game designed by Steve Cartwright for the Atari 2600, and published by Activision in 1983. The game has a player control Frostbite Bailey, who must hop across several ice...
View ArticleAtari & Alan-1 Recharged Cabinets Join the LEAGUE!
Atari & Alan-1 bring new Recharged cabinets ONLINE! Atari and Alan-1, Inc., a video game studio and manufacturer of coin-operated arcade game cabinets, is bringing the Atari Recharged line of game...
View ArticleAtari’s Yars’ Revenge OFFICIAL HSW Sequel Status! – Exclusive Interview
Yars’ Revenge is a video game designed by Howard Scott Warshaw for the Atari Video Computer System. The game involves a fly-like humanoid alien race known as Yars attacking their arch-rivals the Qotile...
View ArticleDonkey Kong ’94 on Nintendo Game Boy is WAY MORE than an Arcade Port!
Donkey Kong,[a] also referred to as Donkey Kong ’94, is a 1994 puzzle-platform game developed by Nintendo and Pax Softnica and published by Nintendo for the Game Boy. Donkey Kong is loosely based on...
View ArticleAtari Gamestation Pro Full-Size Paddle Controller Add-On
The @atari Gamestation Pro from @MyArcaderetro has been a popular emulation device ever since its release last year. Arguably the most criticized part of the unit is the provided controllers, but...
View ArticleImagic’s Cosmic Ark on the Atari 2600: Part Two of an UNFINISHED Trilogy
Cosmic Ark is an Atari 2600 game designed by Rob Fulop and published by Imagic in 1982. The objective is to gather specimens from different planets in a spaceship which contains the survivors from the...
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Zoltar Speaks! Go BIG with New Wave’s Pint-Sized Fortune Teller
New Waveis proud to present their Zoltar Miniature Fortune Teller Machine. The Zoltar Speaks Mini Replica includes all the same details and features as the full size, famous animatronic fortune teller...
View ArticleImagic’s No Escape! on the Atari 2600 – The MASHUP You Didn’t Know You Needed
No Escape! is an Atari 2600 video game developed and published by Imagic in 1983. The player controls Jason, leader of the Argonauts, who fights off the Furies sent by the Greek gods. A two-player...
View ArticleAtari 2600 Adventure Reboot – DRAGONS Aren’t DUCKS Anymore!
Adventure 2600 Reboot is a graphical and sound update to the Atari 2600 game Adventure. Play is controlled by the keyboard. Play is much like the original in that you must find keys to the castles,...
View ArticleAtari 2600 PHYSICAL RELEASE of Alien Abduction: Modern Update to Activision’s...
Audacity Games presents John Van Ryzin’s Alien Abduction! From the creator of Activision’s H.E.R.O. comes a spiritual successor that takes the player into the bowels of an alien spaceship to rescue an...
View ArticleWarbirds: Atari Lynx WWI Biplane Dogfights DONE RIGHT!
Warbirds is a 1991 first-person combat flight simulation video game developed and published by Atari Corporation in North America and Europe exclusively for the Atari Lynx. Taking place in the 1910s...
View ArticleWhy Spend Money on RETROGAMING Toys & Gadgets? ?
We review a LOT of arcade and retro video game toys & gadgets here on GenXGrownUp. And without fail, on each one, we’ll get at least a comment or two asking, “Why would anyone spend money on these...
View ArticleManic 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...
View ArticleLCD Pac-Man Handheld from 1992 | Micro Games USA
Micro Games of America (later known as MGA Entertainment) released a line of handheld LCD games based on the original Pac-Man and Ms. Pac-Man arcade games. The handheld line was launched in 1992, and...
View ArticleImagic’s Demon Attack: The 10th BEST-SELLING Atari 2600 Game EVER!
Demon Attack is a fixed shooter video game created by Rob Fulop for the Atari 2600 and published by Imagic in 1982. The game involves the player controlling a laser cannon from the surface of a planet,...
View ArticleWhat Attracts Older Gamers to BLOCKY GAMES from DECADES Ago?
“Why do old people play bad games?” That’s a common question in comments, and while I disagree with the phrasing, I understand what’s being asked. Why, when games with so much more depth and...
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