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A Portrait Of Magnavox Odyssey Creator Ralph Baer

by Ben Reeves on Mar 09, 2012 at 01:38 PM

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Ralph Baer is one of gaming’s founding fathers. Not only is Baer the inventor of the Magnavox Odyssey, Simon, and many other children’s toys, but this prolific 90-years-old is still hard at work creating new toys.

Filmmaker David Friedman is running an ongoing web series that examines contemporary inventors. This is his look at Ralph Baer.

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[Thanks to FAMESREVENGE for the news tip]