The Father Of Video Games, Ralph Baer, Has Passed Away

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BraveNewWorld on 07 December 2014

Rest in peace, Ralph.

Thanks for planting the seeds of what would become my, and millions of others, favorite hobby.

"On my business card I am a corporate president. In my mind I am a game developer. But in my heart I am a gamer." - Satoru Iwata

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BraveNewWorld on 07 December 2014

spurgeonryan said:
Never heard of him.

RIP!

Someone needs to watch this video.

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The_Sony_Girl1 on 07 December 2014

Without him, not even Nintendo would have entered the market.

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fory77 on 07 December 2014

RIP
I can't think of anything that hasn't been said :/
He created quite an Odyssey (pun almost intended)
This guy is a true legend...

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fory77 on 07 December 2014

The_Sony_Girl1 said:
Without him, not even Nintendo would have entered the market.

And Atari... But we can't be sure. Someone would've eventually made video games. After all before Baer there were other people making games, like 'Spacewar!' and others

Here is a link to Wikipedia:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_video_game

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