pnosker.com Industry Personality – Happy Birthday Ralph Baer
Today, Mr. Ralph Baer celebrates his 89th birthday. And for that, we should rejoice!
If you’re someone who is truly into video games, then the name Ralph Baer should hold a special place in your heart. In 1966, Ralph Baer and his colleagues began working on the Brown Box. The first machine of its kind; One that would allow a television owner to not just view the pictures on their TV screen, but be able to manipulate and interact with them. This machine would later be presented to Magnavox and born into the world n 1972 as the first ever video game console, the Magnavox Odyssey.
But the story of how this little miracle called video games came to be, that’s equally impressive.
