The Boy Who Thought Outside the Box The Story of Video Game Inventor Ralph Baer - People Who Shaped Our World

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'.

ISBN:	9781454932598
Publisher:	Sterling Children's Books, an imprint of Sterling Publishing Co., Inc.
Imprint:	Sterling
Published date:	01 Jul 2020
DEWEY:	794.8092
DEWEY edition:	23
Language:	English
Weight:	470g
Height:	226mm
Width:	284mm
Spine width:	15mm

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