In November 1979, Australian band Mental As Anything released their debut album 'Get Wet' and launched a long career.

We've published a Retro Gaming curated collection online that captures some of the ways that games have intersected with Australian popular culture since the 1970s.

Mr T promotes the Atari 800XL home computer in this advertisement from the mid-1980s.

How have video games intersected with Australian popular culture since the 1970s?

This item from 4ZZZfm reports on a 1983 women's protest at Bondi Junction in Sydney against the public sale of a video game called Custer's Revenge. 

This is an ad for the ColecoVision video game console that was released in 1982.

This TEN Eyewitness News examines concerns expressed by parents when a pinball parlour is planned to open opposite their local school.

This is a poster for Tron, a 1982 science-fiction film directed by Steven Lisberger.

Elton John is interviewed by Brad Robinson for Channel Ten's news magazine program, Page One, about the release of his latest album Reg Strikes Back in 1988.

This is a short clip from a community documentary called Space Games – Rage or Rip Off?