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Atari Video Music: Forgotten 1970s Tech

Atari Video Music

Everyone remembers Atari for their famous video game consoles, arcade games and even home computers. Being a child of 1970s and 80s technology, I’m surprised that I don’t ever remember seeing this oddity.

The Atari Video Music was released in 1976 and was an analog video synthesizer that could generate…

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August 24th, 2007 by: Technabob

Space Invaders Luggage

Space Invaders PVC Travel Bag

Fans of the classic arcade shooter Space Invaders… can now wear their pride on their shoulder with this travel bag.

The Rockza Space Invaders bag is made from black PVC with a long shoulder strap. It features a rainbow of invader bitmap images (complete with “scanlines”) that are more reminiscent

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August 4th, 2007 by: Technabob

Playing Pong on a 500 Square Foot Display

Pong on Giant LED Light Curtain

Some guys from a theatrical lighting supplier decided to crank up their fancy LED light curtain with a little round of Atari’s classic 1970′s arcade game, PONG.

The light curtains create a digital grid using thousands of individual LEDs. Two panels were used together to create a display that measures…

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August 3rd, 2007 by: Technabob

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