Ralph Baer died, creator of the first home game console – Money.pl

2014-12-08 18:21

Author: Sylwia Zimowska

If there Baer video games probably would remain longer the domain of large university centers, and even computers themselves do not doczekałyby the miniaturization soon.

Before in 1975, Atari released the console allowing your game Pong, Ralph Baer in 1966 developed a plan that describes how to display video games on television screens. Engineer wanted miniaturized big computers that allow only a small circle of scientists to play and enter them into the thatch home.

“I did not think then of it as a game, but I was going to squeeze out of television’s more than just watching stupid programs “- says Baer.

Two years later he presented to the world Brown Box – the first video game console. Its prototype allowed to play in the simplified version of table tennis, football and volleyball.

Brown Box – the world’s first video game console

In 1971, Baer sold the patents to the company Magnavox console, which resulted in the launch of the console Magnavox Odyssey. The equipment, however, did not address the commercial success due to poor advertising campaign and post the same manufacturer, who treated the console as a tool to support sales of televisions. Baer has sold his patent to another company, and ultimately the most advantage of them by launching Atari Home Pong console.

Since 1975, Baer worked on their own account when designing various types of electronic toys and games. Constructed, among others Simon memory game consisting of memorizing the order of sounds, played by pressing the 4 colored panels, the first saying a postcard, a teddy bear with a built-in video, saying new bike Bike-Max. In total, was the author of more than 150 patents.

In 2004, Baer received a medal from the US government in recognition of his pioneering contributions to the development of the video game industry, education and entertainment, and four years later at the GDC received the “pioneer “.

-” If I were 40 years ago, listened to all those people who told me ‘Stop deal with nonsense’ and did not realize their plans to us today probably was not here “- he said during the ceremony.