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Sep 1, 2020 45 min

Baer and Bushnell

from Obsessive Compulsive Gaming Hosted by Devin McConnell

The third episode in the OCG History series takes a look at how video games went from the side projects of engineers to a fledgling consumer industry thanks largely to the work of two pioneers. Special thanks to Jimmy Bogardus for creating the shows artwork Check out his work at @JimmyCertified ===== Sources ===== --> Baer Ralph Baer - Timeline Ralph Baer - How Video Game Industry Began Wikipedia - Ralph Baer They Create Worlds - The Baer Essentials Smithsonian - The Brown Box Smithsonian - Brown Box Prototypes HowStuffWorks - Who Invented Video Games? The Brown Box They Create Worlds - A Magnavox Odyssey YouTube - Baer and Harrison Play YouTube - Meet Ralph Baer --> Bushnell They Create Worlds - The Book of Nolan Slate - The Invention of Pong PBS - Nolan Bushnell Profile PinRepair - Computer Space They Create Worlds - A Nutty Idea Technologizer - The Dawn of Arcades They Create Worlds - The Stars are Right They Create Worlds - Plans in Motion Arcade Historian - Galaxy Game Vintage Computing - Ted Dabney Wired - Inside Story of Pong and Atari Gamasutra - History of Pong Michael Currant - History of Syzygy Pong-Story - History of Pong Arcade Historian - Overflowing Pong Myth YouTube - Computer Space YouTube - Atari Pong

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