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 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."