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Non-NEC Console Related Discussion => Console Chat => Topic started by: guyjin on April 14, 2011, 05:24:23 AM

Title: Jerry Lawson dies
Post by: guyjin on April 14, 2011, 05:24:23 AM

http://www.1up.com/news/video-game-pioneer-jerry-lawson-dies

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Engineer, inventor and video game pioneer Jerry Lawson passed away Saturday of unknown causes.

Lawson was among the earliest video game engineers. His first arcade title, Chicago Coins' Demolition Derby, was developed in his garage in the early 1970s.

Lawson is remembered as the inventor of Fairchild Semiconductor's home video game console, the Channel F. Released in 1976, the Channel F is the first console with programmable game cartridges; before it, home video game systems only played the games that were built into them.

Until recently, Lawson's name was not very well known, even amongst the video game community. Fortunately, Lawson was honored by the International Game Developers Association's Minority Special Interest Group at the Game Developers Conference just last month.

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