The CULTIC live playthrough reaches what is hopefully the final stretch as we enter The Ritual Chamber and try to finish this brutal retro FPS nightmare once and for all. We’ve fought through crypts, mines, shipyards, chapels, asylum grounds, and one extremely rude tank boss — and now it all […]
My Arcade’s Gamestation Retro Go finally has a release window, price, and preorder details — but at $199.99, is this 200+ game handheld actually worth the wait? This week on Bit By Bit, we’re also checking out the newly revealed LEGO PlayStation, Anbernic’s upgraded RG DS Plus dual-screen handheld, Hyperkin’s […]
The CULTIC live playthrough continues, and we’re deep into The Asylum at the final checkpoint. We’ve made it through cultists, chaos, creepy halls, and more panic reloads than I’d like to admit — but now it’s time for one last push to see if we can finally survive the Asylum […]
Shop Fightbox: https://genxgrownup.com/fightbox 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 one […]
The CULTIC live playthrough continues! We finally finished off The Chapel last week, and now we’re about halfway through The Asylum Grounds — which, somehow, feels like the game looked at everything we already survived and said, “Cute. Now try this.” Join the GXG crew as we keep blasting our […]
Shop X-Arcade: https://genxgrownup.com/xgaming The X-Arcade can do it all. Almost. That is until you install the spinner kit to expand the types of games this will support! The X-Arcade can do it all. Almost. That is until you install the spinner kit to expand the types of games this amazing […]
Marauder for the Atari 2600 may look a lot like Berzerk at first glance, but Tigervision’s 1982 maze shooter has some clever ideas of its own. There’s a real objective to your exploration, a temporary invincibility shield, faster-paced action, and a unique line-of-sight mechanic that changes when enemies are even […]
This week on Bit By Bit, Evercade is bringing DOOM to cartridge — but do you really need the massive $249.99 limited-edition DOOM Nexus bundle when existing Evercade owners can grab the new DOOM Collection cartridge for just $29.99? We break down what you’re actually getting and which option makes […]
Try Afterplay: https://genxgrownup.com/afterplay Death Trap for the Atari 2600 has a pretty rough reputation, but after spending real time with it, I think that reputation misses what makes this game so interesting. Released by Avalon Hill in 1983, Death Trap is a surprisingly sophisticated score chase built around a finite […]
Shop Fightbox: https://genxgrownup.com/fightbox A fake sick day, a borrowed Ferrari, a principal on the warpath, and one unforgettable parade through downtown Chicago. In this Backtrack, we’re revisiting Ferris Bueller’s Day Off, John Hughes’ classic 1986 comedy about skipping school, seizing the moment, and somehow making it all look effortless. Forty […]
