Ralph H. Baer
Ralph H. Baer · Technology & Engineering
Invented the home video game console (the 'Brown Box'/Magnavox Odyssey, 1972) and the electronic memory game Simon (1978).
March 8, 1922, Pirmasens, Germany — December 6, 2014
Pirmasens, Germany
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Ralph H. Baer was a German-born American inventor and engineer whose Jewish family fled Nazi Germany in 1938, shortly before Kristallnacht. He invented the first home video game console, the 'Brown Box' that became the Magnavox Odyssey in 1972, and later co-created the electronic memory game Simon in 1978. Known as the 'father of video games,' his pioneering work launched the multibillion-dollar home gaming industry.
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Invented the home video game console (the 'Brown Box'/Magnavox Odyssey, 1972) and the electronic memory game Simon (1978).
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