Dune II, Northwoods Hodag, & Harold Halibut

About This Episode We watch the new medieval fantasy film starring Hawkins, Indiana’s favorite daughter, assemble some fun with a cryptic building toy gifted to us by one of our fourth listeners, and spin up the latest release of our favorite video emulation front-end to see what’s new! Patreon » patreon.com/genxgrownup Discord » GenXGrownUp.com/discord Facebook…

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New On Antstream This Week: Food Fight & Raffles

Classic arcade gaming and an isometric adventure join the Antstream library. Continuing to add great games to the Antstream library, this week’s newly added titles are the arcade fun of Food Fight (Arcade) and the isometric adventure Raffles (Amiga). Atari’s Food Fight originally came to arcades in 1983. The game was later released for various…

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THE POWER OF SPECTACLE! – by Chris Tang

DANCE DANCE REVOLUTION (1998-Present; Arcade & multiple consoles, primarily PS1/PS2) While there are many ways arcade machines can surpass other forms of gaming, my experience with one particular series and genre stands alone with life-changing skill progression and the magic of spectacle! Dance Dance Revolution or “DDR” for short, drew attention with its mere presence…

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MLB Slugfest 20-03: No Arcade? No Problem

Baseball has long been America’s pastime, but after the steroid scandal of the late ’90s, the illegal antics off the field absolutely were paramount to the drama that occurred during games. While the personalities of the game have always been important to fans, players were bigger and stronger and more animated than ever before. Make…

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A History of Atari, Part 2 – by Leonard Herman

From late 1975 and throughout 1976, work proceeded on Atari’snew programmable home system.Bushnell and Atari’s president, Joe Keenan, hoped to release it in time for Christmas 1977, but realized they didn’t have the finances to do so. Bushnell wanted to take the company public but his underwriter believed that that wouldn’t raise as much as…

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SPACE INVADERS – by Eugenio Angueira

In 1978, Taito/Midway took the arcades by storm with their release of a game called Space Invaders. The game was designed by Tomohiro Nishikado, who spent a year developing the game itself as well as the hardware necessary to make the game possible. His concept gave the players the ability to fire a laser into…

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First DLC for ‘Atari 50: the Anniversary Celebration

Atari and Digital Eclipse Announce First DLC for ‘Atari 50: the Anniversary Celebration’ Releases on September 26  Atari and developer Digital Eclipse are excited to share a significant addition to Atari 50: The Anniversary Celebration. The Wider World of Atari, which includes 19 playable games and eight video segments in a completely new timeline, takes…

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