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Title: Video Gamers Recall 'Father' Ralph Baer's Extraordinary Legacy Post by: HCK on December 09, 2014, 03:00:28 am Video Gamers Recall 'Father' Ralph Baer's Extraordinary Legacy
Ralph H. Baer, the father of the home video game, died Saturday at 92. Baer invented the Odyssey video game system and co-invented the electronic game Simon. While working as a military contractor for Sanders Associates in the '60s, Baer began to explore the possibility of creating a video game system that could be played on the television. The result of his work was the "Brown Box." Source: Video Gamers Recall 'Father' Ralph Baer's Extraordinary Legacy (http://www.technewsworld.com/story/81451.html?rss=1) |