Generative Art Timeline · Chapter 5: Artist-Programmer Era (1970s)
1977
Atari 2600 Released
The Atari 2600 helped humanity transition from fearing computers a decade prior to loving them. It was also critical to the advancement of digital devices in our homes and the early Demoscene.
Text by Peter Bauman. Generative Art Timeline, Le Random, fact-checked September 2026.
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Movements
Demoscene, Mass Media Art, Video Game Art
Filed under
- Ideas
- Demoscene, gaming, home, Mass Media Art, technology adoption, Video Game Art
- Technologies
- Atari 2600
- Organisations
- Atari
Related moments
- 1972 · Atari Founded
- 1976 · The VHS Recorder Brings Digital Media to the Home
- 1977 · Apple Introduces Apple II
- 1978 · LaserDisc Introduced
Echoes across time
- 1992 · First Assembly Party in Finland
- 2006 · Google Buys YouTube
- 1951 · Edmund C. Berkeley Begins Publishing Computers and Automation
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Le Random podcast
- Timeline Ch 5—Artist-Programmer Era (1970s) with Joan Truckenbrod, Hans Dehlinger & Anika Meier — listen with transcript on Le Random (14 Jan 2024, 65 min). Chapter 5’s episode. Apple Podcasts · Spotify