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Do you play video games? Then your life had been touched by the work of Ralph Baer.
In 1966, Baer convinced his employers at a military electronics company to let him experiment with creating games connected to television sets. Their invention: the first multiplayer, multi-program video game system, the Magnavox Odyssey.
With approximately 350,000 units sold, Magnavox Odyssey was not considered a commercial success, especially in comparison with Pong’s runaway popularity. However, Baer continued to work on video game programs, both for his employers and on his own. One of Baer’s most successful games? Simon, the electronic memory game.
While Baer’s inventions were a fun part of many people’s youths, Baer’s young life was no game. Baer was born in Germany in 1922, a dangerous time and place for Jewish children and their families. The Baer family immigrated to the United States, where Baer graduated as a radio service technician in 1940 and worked in the field for three years until he was drafted into the U.S. Army. After World War II, Baer attended the American Television Institute of Technology in Chicago on the G.I. Bill.
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1. ? The “Brown Box,” a prototype for the first multiplayer, multi-program video game system, the Magnavox Odyssey.
2. ? Odyssey, the first multiplayer, multi-program video game system, released in 1972.
3. ? While not a video game, Baer developed Simon while consulting with Marvin Glass & Associates in Chicago. The game was released by Milton Bradley in 1978 with much fanfare, including a midnight release party at Studio 54

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