Ralph Baer dead at age 92

[ZJ]

http://www.nbcnews.com/tech/innovation/video-game-consoles-pioneer-ralph-baer-dies-92-n263911

Ralph Baer, the man who created the first home video game console, the Magnavox Odyssey, and is largely credited with helping video games become the thing that they are today, died last Saturday at the age of 92.

R.I.P. Ralph. Thank you for everything you did for the video games industry. :(

[Sword-of-Kings]

Goddamn it Baer, you ruined my life! Thousands of hours and dollars have been wasted on these fucking video games.

[DoctorStrongbad]

R.I.P. Ralph Baer.

[TheMajormel]

i can't help bt wonder what ralph thinks about modern video games.

[TheKlown]

Without him we wouldn't have Arkanoid for the original Nintendo which also uses a similar controller but smaller. RIP my friend.

[Conker64]

Without him we would not have the Newgrounds playground that we have today! Rest in peace mate. Have a pint with Dimebag!

[Mace121]

At 12/8/14 01:44 PM, ZJ wrote:
Ralph Baer, the man who created the first home video game console, the Magnavox Odyssey

Speaking of the Odyssey, he also made the first light gun

[Teddiikun]

He left quite a legacy

[darkjam]

What a legend, hope he had a peaceful death. Thanks for everything you did to the industry man, RIP.

[Zerodecoole]

Rest in Peace.

My condolences to the family.

[DoctorStrongbad]

His life was very successful.

[CGA-999]

RIP Ralph Baer.