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Video game inventor and pioneer Ralph Baer dead at 92 years old.


#1 ajh2298   2009 Stanley Cup Champs CAGiversary!   7984 Posts   Joined 19.3 Years Ago  

Posted 07 December 2014 - 10:54 PM

R.I.P.

 

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#2 Lord_Kefka   Son of a Submariner! CAGiversary!   2422 Posts   Joined 19.3 Years Ago  

Posted 08 December 2014 - 01:15 AM

I came to post the same thing, just heard.  This thread deserves to be much larger.  RIP Ralph, and thank you.



#3 mitch079   Mumm-Ra shares with no one! CAGiversary!   12844 Posts   Joined 18.8 Years Ago  

Posted 08 December 2014 - 04:10 PM

RIP Mr. Baer.  Thank you for your contributions.  I loved Simon as a kid and played it often.



#4 detectiveconan16   Delicious! CAGiversary!   7189 Posts   Joined 16.0 Years Ago  

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Posted 08 December 2014 - 04:13 PM

This should be front page. He made a lot, and planted the idea that homes can be a place for fun and computing. Without the Magnovox Odyssey, we wouldn't have had a lot of gadgets that spun from it.



#5 Rodimus   I'm Different CAGiversary!   12855 Posts   Joined 19.2 Years Ago  

Posted 08 December 2014 - 09:26 PM

This guy was ahead of his time. He invented the light gun almost two decades before Duck Hunt.



#6 mer71   Gaming since 1981 CAGiversary!   4594 Posts   Joined 19.3 Years Ago  

Posted 08 December 2014 - 11:32 PM

RIP. This guy was a genius.

#7 bigdaddybruce44   Murders & Executions CAGiversary!   13295 Posts   Joined 15.4 Years Ago  

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Posted 09 December 2014 - 03:49 AM

RIP. A true innovator.



#8 -Wandering-   Eliminate. CAGiversary!   886 Posts   Joined 8.5 Years Ago  

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Posted 09 December 2014 - 05:09 AM

RIP.



#9 keithp   Older than you CAGiversary!   5602 Posts   Joined 19.2 Years Ago  

Posted 12 December 2014 - 05:43 PM

A true visionary. RIP.



#10 berzirk   I'm not so serious CAGiversary!   2509 Posts   Joined 14.9 Years Ago  

Posted 12 December 2014 - 10:41 PM

Bet he wishes he had a 1UP right about now.

 

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