Nope, not the Atari 2600, or even the popular Nintendo NES from the '80s. In fact, the very first console dates back to 1967, when "The Brown Box" was released, five years before the Magnavox Odyssey ...

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Ralph Baer, one of the unsung heroes in the history of video gaming, has died at age 92, according to Gamasutra. Baer developed the Brown Box (which became the Magnavox Odyssey) and came up with the ...

Ralph Baer is already a legend in the gaming industry, but recognition for the "Father of Video Games" extends much further than that. The latest lauds for the creator of the first home game ...

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Quick: What was the original video game console? Nope, not the Atari 2600, or even the popular Nintendo NES from the '80s. In fact, the very first console dates back to 1967, when "The Brown Box" was ...

Baer, 92, died on Saturday at his home in Manchester, NH. He is known as “the father of video games,” for inventing the technology that made possible the Magnavox Odyssey, the very first home video ...

Engineer invented the predecessor to today's home video game consoles while working at a defense contractor in the late '60s and early '70s. Steven Musil is the night news editor at CNET News. He's ...