Boy Who Thought Outside the Box
Boy Who Thought Outside the Box Crazy about Wii, Nintendo, X-Box, and PlayStation? But how did the very first system come about? Meet the inventor whose work made them all possible: Ralph Baer,…
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Boy Who Thought Outside the Box
Crazy about Wii, Nintendo, X-Box, and PlayStation? But how did the very first system come about? Meet the inventor whose work made them all possible: Ralph Baer, creator of the first home video game systemToday, the video game industry keeps growing, with ever more platforms available to fans.
Using wartime technology, Baer thought outside the box and transformed the television into a vehicle for gaming; Baer's invention, the Odyssey, is a precursor to the Atari gaming system. 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. Today, interactive systems like Wii and PlayStation are descendants of Ralph's innovative "Brown Box," making this award-winning inventor the true "Father of Video Games."