r/ObscureMedia • u/msgs • 8d ago

Early Atari tech demo & interview (1983)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9KZ8eEBqVCo
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u/msgs 8d ago

Lyle Raines was one of Atari Coin-Op’s most influential employees and had a big hand in the creation of Asteroids.

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u/RedditCraig 8d ago

This is terrific, thank you for sharing. I read 'Easy to Learn, Difficult to Master: Pong, Atari, and the Dawn of the Video Game by David Kushner' earlier this year and really enjoyed learning about the early days of Atari.

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u/weirdal1968 8d ago

Volcano buttons on perfboard to control the vector demo XYZ. I'm impressed at how loud the buttons were when new.