Growing Up '80s

We're talking about the video games that amazed us when they first saw them. Not the best video games ever, maybe they didn’t end up being our favourite games even. But there was something about them, when we first saw them, that still stays with us.

Robin and Darren talk about cartoons as they return to the Growing Up 80's couches after a year's absence!

From 300 baud to the beginning of the internet on Commodore computers

Detectives in the 80s

Forming an 80s Rock Band

C64 Construction Sets

TRON the Movie in only 2.5 hours

Are you bored? Try an '80s Board Game

Slipstream is worse than it should be but better than you remember.

Garfield influenced us more than we care to admit!

What was it like collecting comic books in the '80s?

What Fascinated us as kids in the '80s!

Songs from the Big Chair by Tears for Fears

Did you eat cereal as a kid in the 80s? How about Shreddies?

Australia's MicroBee, the UK's BBC Micro, Ontario Canada's ICON, we talk computers in school.

Collecting trading cards, Wacky Packages, candy and magazines from the Corner Store. -= Podcast cover art made with the use of AI - Kind of obvious? =-

Various game systems and computers Robin and Darren had growing up.

The Last Starfighter, sci-fi classic or horror-monster movie?

Robin and Darren talk about Computer Camp: Micros, Mainframes, Bullies and Disk Copying!

Get Spaced-Out with Robin and Darren as they talk about Classic Space LEGO and some of their most favourite "space" video games from the '80s.

Dive deep as we explore the 1981 classic video game from Konami, Frogger! There are nibbles, lilly-pads, lady frogs and all you'd expect. There are also a few retro '80s home ports and the first ever Growing Up '80s best-of-three tournament!

It’s 1984 and Ghostbusters is a hit movie, and the soundtrack featuring Ray Parker Jr’s Ghostbusters Theme is racing up the charts! Robin and Darren journey back to the basement, listening to the Ghostbusters cassette on the old boombox.

The Commodore 64 User’s Guide and remembering their first steps in learning to program, game development, computer art and music.

It's all about UFO abductions as Robin and Darren talk about the classic Choose Your Own Adventure book "Inside UFO 54-40" and the Atari 2600 game Cosmic Ark.

On the first episode of the new podcast (Growing Up 80s) Robin and Darren get it on like Donkey Kong and then phone-it-home just like E.T. the Extra Terrestrial.