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254171, R.I.P. Jerry Lawson - developer of the first cartridge based game system
Posted by Rjcc, Tue Apr-12-11 01:52 AM
http://www.joystiq.com/2011/04/11/game-console-pioneer-jerry-lawson-dies-at-70/
http://digitpress.com/forum/showthread.php?t=152672
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eqiKTG_ONaA
http://www.vintagecomputing.com/index.php/archives/545
Gerald A. "Jerry" Lawson is one of the great unknown pioneers of the video game industry. He passed away this past Saturday morning of unspecified causes, according to an announcement on Digital Press.
Lawson will be remembered as the engineer of the first cartridge-based game console (with a pause option!), the Fairchild Channel F, which launched in August 1976 as the Video Entertainment System (VES). He was also the only black member of the legendary Homebrew Computer Club, formed in Silicon Valley in the mid-70s.
In the early 1980s he founded and ran Videosoft, which developed a handful of games for the Atari 2600. Additionally, Lawson's Demolition Derby was one of the first coin-op arcade machines, produced in his garage in the early '70s and installed in a southern California pizzeria shortly after Pong debuted. One of its key design features prevented players from stealing "free" games by jiggling the coin switch.
Just last month, Lawson was honored during the 7th Annual IGDA Minority Special Interest Group Social Gathering at GDC. Shortly before the event, he was profiled by the San Jose Mercury News. More about his life is revealed in a 2009 interview with Vintage Computing and Gaming.
http://card.mygamercard.net/lastgame/rjcc.png
www.engadgethd.com - the other stuff i'm looking at
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254184, never knew about him. RIP.
Posted by Nopayne, Tue Apr-12-11 12:10 PM
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254190, me either :( RIP
Posted by jetblack, Tue Apr-12-11 01:12 PM
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254186, *Jams 2 cottriches into the NES in his honor*
Posted by JFrost1117, Tue Apr-12-11 12:44 PM
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254206, RIP
Posted by Solaam, Tue Apr-12-11 05:22 PM
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254229, Peace to him and his family.
Posted by placee_22, Wed Apr-13-11 12:23 PM
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254250, wish i knew of him before passing - RIP :(
Posted by mtbatol, Wed Apr-13-11 06:18 PM
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254378, RE: R.I.P. Jerry Lawson - developer of the first cartridge based game system
Posted by The3rdOne, Sun Apr-17-11 10:23 AM
RIP
BMIG
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254494, RIP Jerry
Posted by IceburgSmurf, Tue Apr-19-11 07:19 AM
We should go back to catridges, besides the dust issues i never had a problem with rom cartridges plus you could save game data on them unlike stupid DVDs.
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254516, ***blows into a cartridge in his honor***
Posted by muzuabo, Tue Apr-19-11 02:46 PM
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254519, R.I.P. n/m
Posted by Orbit_Established, Tue Apr-19-11 04:08 PM
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254522, R.I.P. and where's his Black history Moment?
Posted by BurbKnight, Tue Apr-19-11 04:52 PM
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