7-Eleven Slurpee + Tetris Handheld is SOLD OUT and in HIGH DEMAND!

by GenX Grownup | Aug 21, 2024 | 1980s, 1990s, GenX Grownup

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 occasion of the 40th anniversary celebration. They’ve got hats...

Atari and PLAION Announce the Atari 7800+ Game Console

by Old School Gamer | Aug 20, 2024 | 1970s, 1980s, Atari, Press Release

  NEW YORK, Aug. 20, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Atari, one of the world’s most iconic consumer brands and interactive entertainment producers, and PLAION, a global leading publisher and developer of video games, are proud to announce the Atari 7800+ – a...

Atari 2600 Yars’ Revenge – The Ultimate Variation of the Ultimate VCS Game!

by GenX Grownup | Aug 19, 2024 | 1980s, 1990s, GenX Grownup

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 creature called a Yar who must nibble or shoot through a barrier in...

Atari 2600 Donkey Kong: Was This Port TANKED to Make ColecoVision Look BETTER? — – COPY

by GenX Grownup | Aug 18, 2024 | 1980s, 1990s, GenX Grownup

Adventure is a video game developed by Warren Robinett for the Atari Video Computer System (later renamed Atari 2600) and released in 1980 by Atari, Inc. The player controls a square avatar whose quest is to explore an open-ended environment to find a magical chalice...

River Raid II Refueled the 2600

by Patrick Hickey Jr. | Aug 12, 2024 | 1980s, Interviews, The Story Of...

The name River Raid was- and still is- synonymous with high-energy shooting action. A classic on the Atari 2600 when originally released during the holiday season in 1982, Carol Shaw’s creation is regarded as one of the most enjoyable and original arcade dogfighters...

Full Motion Video Games

by GenX Grownup | Aug 11, 2024 | 1980s, 2000s, GenX Grownup, Podcast of the Week

About This Episode Photo-realism in video games is commonplace now, but for decades, storage and technology limitations meant blocky figures were the best we could get. But as the tech evolved, the use of actual video started to enhance the game experience. In this...