Don Tate

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Jerry Changed the Game!: How Engineer Jerry Lawson Revolutionized Video Games ForeverHardcover, 29 August 2023

Jerry Changed the Game!: How Engineer Jerry Lawson Revolutionized Video Games Forever
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Reading Age
Ages: 4-8
Grade Levels
3
Print Length
40 pages
Language
English
Publisher
Simon & Schuster/Paula Wiseman Books
Date Published
29 Aug 2023
ISBN-10
1665919086
ISBN-13
9781665919081

Description

Meet Jerry Lawson, the Black engineer who revolutionized the video game industry, in this engaging picture book biography perfect for fans of Whoosh!: Lonnie Johnson's Super-Soaking Stream of Inventions and Little Legends: Exceptional Men in Black History.

Before Xbox, PlayStation, or Nintendo Switch, there was a tinkerer named Jerry Lawson. As a boy, Jerry loved playing with springs, sprockets, and gadget-y things. When he grew up, Jerry became an engineer--a professional tinkerer--and in the 1970s, he turned his technical know-how to video games.

Back then, if players wanted a new video game, they had to buy an entire new console, making gaming very expensive. Jerry was determined to fix this problem, and despite roadblocks along the way and having to repeat a level or two, it was never game over for his mission. Eventually, he leveled up and built a brand-new kind of video game console: one that allowed players to switch out cartridges! He also founded Video Soft, Inc., the first African American-owned video game company in the country.

Jerry's tinkering and inventions changed the video gaming world forever. Today, gamers have access to hundreds of video games at the push of a button, all thanks to him. Game on!

Product Details

Audience:
Ages: 4-8
Author:
Don Tate
Book Format:
Hardcover
Country of Origin:
US
Date Published:
29 August 2023
Dimensions:
22.86 x 29.21 x 0.33 cm
Educational Level:
Grade Levels: 3
Illustrator:
ISBN-10:
1665919086
ISBN-13:
9781665919081
Language:
English
Pages:
40

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