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The Boy Who Thought Outside the Box: The Story of Video Game Inventor Ralph Baer
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The Boy Who Thought Outside the Box: The Story of Video Game Inventor Ralph Baer
Current price: $18.99
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The Boy Who Thought Outside the Box: The Story of Video Game Inventor Ralph Baer
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Today, 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 precursor to the Atari gaming system. 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.”