Video Games Inventor Ralph Baer Dead at 92
. The original unit itself has become a collectible, selling for close to $1000 on auction sites. Game play on the Odyssey was considered cutting edge at the time but as these commercials for the unit show, players needed to affix a plastic overlay on their TV for game graphics. But that didn't stop it from becoming a very big hit and launching what is now a multi-billion dollar industry. Baer also worked with Coleco on gaming systems and created the electronics for everyone's favorite party game - Simon. He also wrote about this life in the industry in Videogames: The Beginning. Read more here. Radio.com is an official news provider for antiMusic.com.
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