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El origen robado del videojuego: cómo una idea ajena desató la revolución del ocio digital
Mucho antes de la guerra de consolas que conocemos hoy, el germen de la industria del videojuego se gestó en una sala de estar y se dirimió en los tribunales. En 1972, el éxito arrollador de Pong, la máquina arcade de Atari, escondía un secreto incómodo: su concepto había sido tomado de la Magnavox Odyssey, la primera consola doméstica creada por el ingeniero Ralph Baer. Lo que siguió no solo…
This riverfront statue honors the inventor of the first video games ever sold.
Video Games, Fictional Characters, and Real Things that Exist Overseas
God has naturally created all nonliving things and living creatures including you (American or Western man) and myself. Humanity has artificially developed physical and even digital products and services based on their unique ideas, desires, needs, beliefs, and/or experiences. Together, both the Lord God and all of us mankind whom He has created in his image are responsible for making this world…
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ralph baer in arms park, april 2023
Link to design documents
wikipedia
Release date
NA: September 1972
EU: 1973
Video Oyununun Babası: Ralph Baer Prototipleri ve Elektronik Oyunlar
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Video Oyununun Babası: Ralph Baer Prototipleri ve Elektronik Oyunlar 1960’lara gelindiğinde milyonlarca Amerikalı evleri için televizyonlara yatırım yaptı ve kısa süre sonra bu teknolojinin televizyon programlarını pasif olarak izlemekten daha fazlası için kullanılabileceği anlaşıldı. 1966’da Sanders Associates Inc. için çalışırken, mühendis Ralph Baer televizyonda nasıl oyun oynanacağını…
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First Gaming Commercial Console in History (A Summary)
In 1972, the first videogame console was released by Magnavox, an electronics company. Created by Ralph Baer, known as "The Father of Videogames".
The "Magnavox Odyssey" had limited graphic capacities, while it only showed two white blocks and a vertical line along the screen, it included translucent color superpositions for configurations and designs proporses.
The controls had 3 buttons, one for vertical movement, one for horizontal movement and a "Reset" button.
350,000 units were sold and wasn't a commercial success to the fact of a bad commercialization and information since people will think that this device will only work on Magnavox TV's.
This videogame console didn't have audio either and the price of it might have been to high since it was around $100 equal to $600 today.
Despite the unsuccessful destiny for this device, the "Magnavox Odyssey" introduced the informatic technology to homes, proving and existing market for home videogames.
The Boy Who Thought Outside the Box: The Story of Video Game Inventor Ralph Baer by Marcie Wessels
The Boy Who Thought Outside the Box: The Story of Video Game Inventor Ralph Baer by Marcie Wessels
Illustrator: Beatriz Castro Crazy about Wii, Nintendo, X-Box, and PlayStation? Meet the inventor whose work made them all possible: Ralph Baer, creator of the first home video game system! 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…
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