VIDEOS: The Father of VideoGames, Ralph Baer, Has Passed Away

Some Very Sad News this Evening: GamaSutra Reports that Ralph Baer, Widely Regarded as the Father of the VideoGame Industry, has Passed Away at the Age of 92. A Renowned Inventor and Holder of Over 150 Patents, Baer's Most Famous Work was Designing the Machine that Would Become the Magnavox Odyssey, the World's Very 1st Home VideoGames Console. Every Console and Handheld that's Come since, well, you Can Trace it All Back to the Odyssey.




You Can See Footage of Baer Testing the Brown Box in 1969 (1969 ? Wow !), below:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=scaLx1l_j5w





Another Video about Baer and its First Released Console in the World:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-I73oK9q-jk






Another Video for Your Joy:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7vBZmzLXBK8




Born in Germany in 1922, Baer's Family Fled the Nazis only 2 Months before the Infamous Kristallnacht Attacks on Jewish Stores and Homes. From Holland they Moved to America, Where Baer's Work in Electronics would Culminate in 2006 with him Being Awarded the National Medal of Technology by President George W Bush for his Work in Pioneering the VideoGame Industry.




Info Sources:

http://www.gamasutra.com/view/news/231730/Ralph_Baer_father_of_video_games_passes_away.php

http://www.videogamesfoundation.com

http://ralphbaer.com