“The Atari Video Music was introduced by Atari Inc. in 1976… The idea was to create a visual exploration that could be implemented into a Hi-Fi stereo system.”
View →“Some of the technicians who did our early chip layouts were a little spacey,” Alcorn savs. “When the Sears guvs came by we’d hide them in the back room. Well, Bob Brown had designed Video Music, our weirdest product ever. Hook it up to your stereo and TV at the same time, and the sound triggered some pretty psychedelic visuals. The Sears guys took one look and asked what we’d been smoking when we did that. Naturally, one of our techs lit up a joint and showed them.”
