Er bestaat ook een docu over : The story of computer games- from Pong to Mario Bros.
Daar werd in verteld dat Pong (het bekende tennisspelletje in al zijn eenvoud), uitgevonden in 1972 door Nolan Bushnell en oprichter van ATARI, eigenlijk al vele jaren vroeger werd uitgevonden door Ralph H. Bear (een TV technicus) in 1968, toen werkende voor Magnavox. Hij had er ook een patent op genomen en toen de VCS uitkwam heeft hij ATARI gedagvaard en 400.000 dollar opgestreken (een peulschil dus).
Zonder Ralph H. Bear was er geen videogaming.
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Video games : In the beginning by Ralph H. Bear
THE REAL STORY BEHIND VIDEOGAMES
Long before there was a Sony Playstation, Microsoft Xbox or Nintendo Gamecube, there was the Magnavox Odyssey, the world’s first home videogame console. But the story of videogames predates the Odyssey by six years. It begins in 1966 when a television engineer named Ralph H. Baer sat down at a New York bus station and entered history.
Videogames: In The Beginning is Ralph H. Baer’s account of how today’s $11-billion per year videogame industry began. A meticulous note keeper, Baer presents in his own words the real story of what led to the Odyssey… and beyond.
But he doesn’t end there. In this book Baer also examines other products that he has worked on such as Simon, the most popular electronic toy ever created. He also discusses his pioneering work into early forms of CD-ROMs and digital imagery.
Whether you are a student of videogame design, a game player, or a fan of inventions and history, you are sure to find Baer’s history fascinating and informative.
Included in this book are:
• The actual four-page treatise that Baer presented to his employers
• Original schematics and photos of the first videogame prototypes
• Original top secret internal notes and memos
• Original United States patents
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