The boy who thought outside the box : the story of video game inventor Ralph Baer
Wessels, Marcie2020
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The video game industry keeps growing, with ever more platforms available to fans. But how did the very first system come about? This picture-book biography of Ralph Baer, whose family fled Nazi Germany for the US, introduces kids to a great inventor and the birth of the first home console. Using wartime technology, Baer thought outside the box and transformed the television into a vehicle for gaming. Baer's invention, the Odyssey, is a direct precursor to the Atari gaming system and today's interactive systems - like Wii and PlayStation - are direct descendants of Ralph's innovative `Brown Box'. This award-winning inventor is the true `Father of Video Games'.
Main title:
The boy who thought outside the box : the story of video game inventor Ralph Baer / by Marcie Wessels ; illustrated by Beatriz Castro.
Author:
Wessels, Marcie, authorCastro, Beatriz (Castro Arbaizar), artist
Imprint:
New York : Sterling, 2020.
Collation:
48 pages : chiefly illustrations (colour) ; 28 cm
Audience:
Juvenile.
ISBN:
9781454932598 (hbk)
Dewey class:
794.8092
LC class:
GV1469.3.B33
Language:
English
Subject:
Baer, Ralph H. -- Pictorial works -- Juvenile literatureVideo games -- United States -- Pictorial works -- Juvenile literatureInventors -- United States -- Biography -- Pictorial works -- Juvenile literatureVideo games industry -- United States -- History -- Pictorial works -- Juvenile literatureNon-Fiction 5+Hobbies, Crafts and Games
BRN:
2707240
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