Watch on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GShDIkdpq58

Atari Video Music - Story, Teardown, Restoration, and S-Video Mod - Part 1

Note that as of 2022-01-30 this video has been superseded. The original title and description remains but the link above has been updated to point to the new video. :)

Join me as I embark on a mission to restore my Atari Video Music, Atari’s trippy music visualiser from 1977. In this 2-part special I’m going to be replacing the woodwork, designing an s-video output mod, and converting the device to run on a UK 230V power supply.

Thanks to John from Amigos Retro Gaming / This Week in Retro podcast for your voice acting contribution!

Also big thanks to h0ffman for allowing me to use his track “5k Reese” to demo: https://soundcloud.com/h0ffman

Relevant Links:
RMC Discord ctrl-alt-rees Room: https://discord.com/channels/431348664489738251/735847458000863252
Paul Rickards composite mod tweet: https://twitter.com/paulrickards/status/901505157074210817
Atari Video Music schematic: http://www.atarimuseum.com/videogames/dedicated/videomusic/videomusic.html
Video Music patent: https://patents.google.com/patent/US4081829

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Music Credit:
Royalty-Free Music From Epidemic Sound: https://www.epidemicsound.com
Music By h0ffman: https://soundcloud.com/h0ffman

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