by GenX Grownup | Sep 14, 2024 | 1990s, 2000s, GenX Grownup, Podcast of the Week
About This Episode Forty years ago, now, a Russian software engineer wrote a simple puzzle game in his spare time. It featured a variety of geometric shapes falling into a well, and in short order, the world was in love with his creation. In this episode, we dive into...
by GenX Grownup | Sep 10, 2024 | 1980s, 1990s, GenX Grownup, Opinions
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 a player drive a tank underground firing at other tanks while...
by GenX Grownup | Sep 2, 2024 | 1980s, 1990s, Events, GenX Grownup
In this narrative-centric revival of Atari’s classic IP, players are placed in the shoes of a newly appointed captain of the Pegasus corporation with the task of leading a fleet of landers. What begins as a simple task of completing risky (but standard) landing...
by GenX Grownup | Aug 31, 2024 | 1970s, 1980s, GenX Grownup, Press Release
Atari brings the computer age home. Again! Welcome back to the Atari 8-bit world of computing! The powerful Atari 400 set a new standard of capability with its release in 1979, and along with its subsequent models, has been loved by gamers and computer enthusiasts for...
by GenX Grownup | Aug 25, 2024 | 1980s, 1990s, GenX Grownup
Tabletop arcade toys were all the rage in the early ’80s. Coleco was well known for its tabletop machines (Donkey Kong, Pac-Man, Frogger, etc.), but slightly lesser known were those by Parker Brothers. In 1983 they released this version of Q*bert by Gottlieb. Jon...