Ralph Baer passes away at 92

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Ralph Baer passes away at 92

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Ralph Baer passes away at 92 :sad:
A great inventor and THE father of Video games passed away. He has over 150 patents and not only came out with the first Video Game System but also got back a copy infringement revenge of sorts back from Atari with Simon.

Mr Baer is a genius, oh I had to buy his book. I imagine this will shoot high in price. Bought not for possible increase in value, just want my own copy to read his thoughts. Only Rolentapress on Amazon has the book at $29.99 new, everyone else is selling the book at more then sixty dollars! :?

http://www.amazon.com/Videogames-Beginn ... 0964384817

A sample PDF of the book is available at Rolenta Press.

http://www.rolentapress.com/Products/Vi ... g/vitb.pdf

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ugh, truly sad.
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noiseredux wrote:ugh, truly sad.
Indeed.

Just the other day I was thinking "He must be getting old, huh?"

A true pioneer of gaming and a swell guy too. He will be missed.
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Well poop. :(
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oh man, very sad.
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RIP
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Truly, Ralph Baer lived and left his mark on the world.
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Rest in Peace

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RIP. I need to check out that book also.
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