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Gotta give posthumous flowers to Jerry Lawson, the man who created the first video game console w/interchangeable cartridges.
It was a watershed moment for gaming. As this USA Today article notes, it was "the foundation for today's global video game market."
In his honor, there's a Lawson exhibit on permanent display at The World Video Game Hall of Fame at The Strong National Museum of Play in Rochester, NY
https://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/2020/02/27/how-black-engineer-forever-changed-video-game-consoles/4752682002/
Gotta give posthumous flowers to Jerry Lawson, the man who created the first video game console w/interchangeable cartridges.
It was a watershed moment for gaming. As this USA Today article notes, it was "the foundation for today's global video game market."
In his honor, there's a Lawson exhibit on permanent display at The World Video Game Hall of Fame at The Strong National Museum of Play in Rochester, NY
https://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/2020/02/27/how-black-engineer-forever-changed-video-game-consoles/4752682002/
Before Nintendo and Atari: How a black engineer changed the video game industry forever
A black engineer and video game developer named Jerry Lawson paved the way for Atari, Nintendo and Sega in designing the first cartridge-based video game console.Mike Snider (USA TODAY)
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